Ipe decking and summer bugs, Ely Minnesota

I never got around to showing pictures of this deck we finished over the winter on the house that we have been finishing up: The deck is made of Ipe, (pronounced ee-pay). It is a Brazilian Hardwood that is extremely dense and strong, (and incidentally, available locally at Voyageur Lumber in Ely). This deck has … Read more

Completed granite counter top job

This is the new granite counter-top install I posted about a few weeks ago…The appliances and plumbing fixtures are in place. The job is completed.  Here are other pictures of the house:http://huismanconcepts.com/custom-home-gallery/cedar-and-stone-cabin/ ____________________________ ________________________ http://huismanconcepts.com/

Custom made arched screen doors

I spent the day this past Friday driving to Minneapolis to deliver and install some screen doors to go with the arched oak doors that I built last year. Here are the Oak doors I built last year: Here they are with the screen doors installed: __________________________ _____________ http://huismanconcepts.com/

Pines, Stained Glass and Walnut

More pine trees… This is a door I just finished building and installing.The stained glass was made by the homeowner and she asked me if I could build it into the entry door for their cabin near Ely.Here are some pictures: …and for anyone planning on fishing today, here are a couple pix of Little … Read more

Keeping busy with some smaller projects, getting through the extended winter and into the spring/summer building season. Fortunately we had the foundation in for this garage so we could get going on it without having to wait till the ground thaws. This is what Scott and Chris have been working on the past few weeks: … Read more

A Mesabi Black Granite countertop install

When we built this house a few years back, we went with a nice wood edged, laminate surfaced countertop.  Recently, I was called back to look at replacing the counter-top. The wood edges were now scratched and worn quite a bit and the laminate surface had chipped around the edges here and there. Granite was … Read more

Snow day 4/19/13

It was a snow day yesterday. They had predicted 4-6″ the day before, but it started snowing hard in the later afternoon and by the time I went to bed, (I’m and 8:30 bedtime guy), there was pretty much no doubt that this was going to be a big one. Friday 4/19/13, school canceled… so … Read more

A snowy spring day and other things.

6 or 7″ new snow yesterday. Wet stuff. Hurts your back just to look at it knowing it’s just a little too much to just leave and wait for it to melt. But I am done doing super clean-up jobs on these snow falls… I will do just enough to get by… Hopefully it will … Read more