2nd Side Completed

Today Jack and I worked together on the siding on this 2nd side. Jack did a very good job. The two sun sides are finished. Here are before (with my little guy Ryan) and the after.

Love siding! Goes from trash to clean looking in hours. Reminds me of grouting tile. You smear this mud over the tiles, making it look like a mess, then wipe it away to reveal something awesome.

Vinyl Siding on the garage

Front completed today on our garage. A few challenges I didn't expect. The thin sides were not the same height. That really messed up the first long piece of siding over the door. That one piece had to be perfectly straight or it would throw off the entire job.

I baked in the sun all day and had a throw down with a few bees. The hardest side is done- lots of angled cuts that were not fun.

Refinished A Bench

Today I helped out my mother in law with refinishing an outdoor bench. The bench was made of oak and had seen some time in the weather. The wood had turned black and rough.

My daughter and I sanded the wood with 80 grit, 120 grit and finally 220 grit sandpaper. That took us around 2 hours with an orbital sander. We then cleaned the black iron parts and spray painted it. The wood was treated with a polyurethane.

Last we assembled the bench.

Edging around the pool

Putting the finishing touches on the edging around our pool. This should help keep weeds down and look nice once the grass comes in from the places I torn up last week. Got to get water back there! Grass needs water- genius.

Edge around the front flower beds

After years of trying to figure out an edging that looks good and
stays in place I found this stone at home depot.
I dug a small trench, put in gravel as a base and then hammered them
in place. They were easy to bend around the plant bed.

Cork board frames

Worked on creating frames for our cork board squares. The squares
secured to the cupboard with double sided tape kept falling off- with
all the stuff going everywhere. These frames should hold up better.

Yankee Locker

Close to finishing Jack's NY Yankee locker. Cutting out the Yankee
facade for the top of the locker was challenging. There are spots
where I went off line a bit. Of course those are the spots my eye goes
for every time I look at it.
Cutting out a few shelves for it later then I'll paint them. This
locker is for his. Baseball stuff mostly. One side will have a bar to
hang his uniform. The other side will have a hook for his bag.