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Some more pictures of the island project we have been working on through the summer.These, of course, were taken a few weeks ago during that nice stretch of Autumn we had this year.I have since taken the boat out of the water and parked it for the winter. Rock floor in the bathroom area. Rock … Read more

Trying to get concrete work done to get a new cabin construction project started before the snow comes. Another week of beautiful weather. Conditions could certainly be a lot worse this time of year for this type of work: Here we have the footings poured and ready for the ICF wall. It is a very … Read more

Some late season work on an island project. The weather has been beautiful the last couple weeks and a ride across Burntside Lake is particularly enjoyable. Traveling alone, it is nice to have a little extra weight in the front. Here I am taking a mini refrigerator that will go under the kitchen counter-top in … Read more

…interesting project this summer in Whiteside Park in Ely. We bid to do the re-roofing and refinishing of the buildings in the park as well as doing something with the lower logs on the bandshell that had not weathered so well over the 20 years or so since this had been built. In the course … Read more

A few pictures of the nearly finished kitchen in the timber frame home we have been working on.Cabinets are a Red Birch Blend supplied by Voyageur Lumber in Ely.Counter-tops are Honed Mesabi Black granite supplied by Laurentian Monument. This past Monday evening I attended our monthly Parks and Rec meeting. It was held outside at … Read more

Some deck railing we completed in the last few weeks. Cedar top and bottom rails and then stainless cable in between.It took me a while to warm up to the stainless cable look, but I am liking it more and more now.It really is a lot less obstructive to the view, especially on a lake … Read more

Some progress on a current project, some ceramic tile has been installed in the kitchen and hallway areas over the “Gypcrete” and “in-floor heating system. This is the entry area and the walkway back to the master bedroom. To the lift, just past that timber post, is the stairway going to the basement and up … Read more

…and as quick as it started, it is over.The baseball season has come and gone once again leaving us with this sort of vague emptiness…Sure there will be some “fall ball” stuff going on and some camps here and there and we can always go to the batting cage and practice, but there is just … Read more

I recently needed a piece of granite  for a custom vanity I was working on and so turned again to the guys down at Laurentian Monument. I was given the OK by the home owner to go and pick something out that I thought was nice. They have a lot of nice stone slabs on … Read more

I recently came upon a couple old sketches I thought were interesting.They were in a sketch book that belonged to my wife’s sister.I have a vague recollection of visiting my wife’s family many years ago and, having nothing much to do, someone produced a sketch pad and some pencils.I never gave it another thought till … Read more