It looks like the Northern Grounds Restaurant is coming under new ownership again.I heard they are going to change the name. I have to admit that saddened me a bit at first.At first I thought it a bit odd that someone would take a place that was already a landmark and change it into something … Read more

…on our other project things are progressing slowly as well…Here is a picture of the three season porch with the newly installed slate floor over the “in-floor” heating system:  The rest of the house will have an interesting floor covering. This is a pretty rough looking pile of boards but it is actually flooring milled … Read more

Over the past couple weeks the fireplace at this timber house has been completed and we have installed the mantel. Here are some other pictures of the timber work and ceiling. The Douglas Fir timbers have a natural finish on them, but the pine paneling of the ceiling has been stained slightly brown. It’s turning … Read more

At one project we are working on we have a fireplace going in. The rough construction has been done for some time but the rock veneer is going on now. It’s beginning to look good: …and on the other project we have going on, the remodel of the old log “kit” home, we are getting … Read more

A week didn’t make a lot of progress on the current door project in the shop, I am trying to keep up with my big projects and find time here and there for the shop stuff. This picture was taken last Friday: The door is an interesting one. The homeowner had made a stained glass … Read more

I am finally back to working on the door I have supposed to have been working on for the last two years.I have been working on it off and on so I am pretty far along with making all the parts, but I am just starting on the carving of the panel. Here is an … Read more

…well we made it.Another 150,000,000 miles or so, that long trip around our sun…This, of course, is not even a detectable blip in the 450 billion years or so that this has been going on.…but in our short lives here, if we are lucky, it represents a little more than one percent of our total … Read more

A long time since my last post here.We now have some snow and have seen below zero temps.Not a lot of snow yet so the ice on the lakes should be good. I have heard there is some real good skating ice in places on the lakes right now, smooth and clear…but that is not … Read more

I have been working in the shop on two sets of arched doors for a contractor in the Twin Cities. These, like so many of my projects, should have been done a month ago and once again, I am testing the patience of my clients. Hopefully in the end they will be happy with the … Read more

Last week I was involved in one of those moments in time that come along occasionally… The assemble of the playground equipment in Whiteside Park, in Ely MN. I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical when we started unloading the full semi truck that pulled up on Thursday morning. There was a lot … Read more