Baseball for Ely’s American Legion team this weekend so far: ‏   http://elylegionbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/07/ely-reaches-district-finals.html?spref=tw  http://huismanconcepts.com/

To continue from last weeks post:The next steps are filling in and compacting the inside area under the basement slab and then laying the foam insulation that will force the heat from the in-floor heating system up into the house. Here the dirt is being brought in to the inside of the footings and compacted. … Read more

This past week we broke ground on a new lake home project: Rolling in with the Backhoe… EZ Excavating doing the dirt-work. Jake on the machine, removing debris and starting to dig The hole is dug out and the footings formed. This is the walk-out wall on the lake side of the home. This is … Read more

A story from city hall…a true story, though I may embellish it a little, (this is, after all, my blog and I can do whatever I want here…) I happen to know a wonderful lady, Claire, who works in the city clerks office. In her job there, she deals with people who come in or … Read more

Recently we had an interesting little project to keep busy with for a few days… Scott and Chris did a wonderful job building this stairway to the lake from a log home we built a few years ago. The decking is all Western Red Cedar:  Stepping down from the ground level deck and starting the … Read more

…a fun day at the park yesterday. A small group of volunteers under the direction of Bill Tefft, spent a good chunk of the day installing the long awaited paver paths in Whiteside park by the playground area. The paver product is Azek. It is a really cool recycled plastic product available at Voyageur Lumber … Read more

Sometimes I find a picture of a face that just cries out to be drawn. This was one of those faces. I was intrigued by the reflection in the sunglasses. It could be any guy standing anywhere but you can see by the reflections, he is clearly standing in a dugout at a baseball field. … Read more

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

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/

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/