Cabinet soft-close thingies!

OK, so of all the kitchen improvement we made these soft closer things give by far the most bang for the buck.

See that little extra thing in the top corner?



Only one self-drilling screw to install... Takes less than a minute... Costs just over $5 each... And now when you "slam" a cabinet door shut, it softly catches it about 2 inches out and eases it silently closed.

Fan-freaking-tactic!



Something like $120 to do this to the whole kitchen and bar... Totally worth it.

- Scuba Steve

Location:Cricketfield Ln,Cary,United States

So close to gluing up...

Spent a few hours out there today... Getting the rest of the headboard ready to go... If I had a few dowels I would have this piece glued up already, but such is life... After some sanding I'll get this one glued up and then just 3 more glue-ups to go and then staining and assembly!





- Scuba Steve

Location:Cricketfield Ln,Cary,United States

Spindles done!

That is 52 spindles, all ready to go!

Progress at WebAssign

Construction is just beginning on the new office! Lots to happen between now and November 1 when we move in. (I've been coordinating this whole move planning... fun, but lots of work!)

A few screen-shots below...

Working on the crib...

So with the wife due around 9/22 it is now officially a race between the little one and me building the crib.

Just been so distracted with the kitchen and other house stuff... But I've got a good start on the crib and I'm feeling pretty confident at this point.

Various pieces-parts below:



Spent a few hours this weekend working on the spindles, which actually make up the bulk of the whole project as each one needed to be made flat, made thinner, rough cut out, face sanded, trimmed to exact shape via a jig and router, rounded off, and hand sanded... And I had to make 52 yes 52 of them!

Here's me working with the little jig I built to make them all the exact right profile:




Yes, I wear gloves when I woodwork. Protects the hands, and makes me feel a bit like a biker so there is that extra badass mojo in the shop...

Here are 52 spindles, waiting for the rounding-over step...




Few more days in the shop, and this thing should be under control.

-me

Tile progress!!

At last, we are making progress again! After about a month of waiting and several missed appointments, they came and did a full full days work on the tile backsplash.

Here's what it looked like this morning:



And now:







Woo hoo! Really turns the kitchen up to 11.

Grout tomorrow and seal thursday... And we are back to a fully functional kitchen.

(ceiling painting, touch-up, and lighting to do.... But most of that can happen whenever....)

-scuba

Zucchini parmesan

So look what we found in the garden!




Decided to turn it into zucchini parmesan... Turned out pretty darn good! Of course if you put that much cheese on it, how can you go wrong!

Felt great to eat dinner mostly out of the garden...