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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

First of all I need to say, though I am on a couple of city commissions/committees, my comments do not, in any way, reflect the view of those groups and I am in no way speaking for them or as a person connected with the city in any way. My views, observations and comments have … Read more

The last of the ice on the lakes in the Ely area cleared off this week. After the rain on Monday, (May 12), there wasn’t much left on Burntside which is usually about the last to go completely. I took this picture on Tuesday May 13th. We  were seeing another nice day of mixed clouds … Read more

For some reason I always thought, if there are kids in the house, it is important to also have a piano.Maybe because, growing up, for me, that’s how it always was. It took it’s place there in the kitchen or living room. Some of us took lessons, some of us, like me, just sat down … Read more

Most of the siding went on earlier in the winter. We are using LP Smartside siding and trim from Voyageur Lumber in Ely. Here is a shot of one of the sides that was finished in December: Then the screen porch was framed in and the siding was just put on there recently as the … Read more

 A door project I have been working on in the shop: Here are the styles and rails, shaped and ready to assemble. It is a double door so, of course, twice as many pieces. Here I have the panels assembled and have put the first coat of finish on them. I always pre-finish the panels … Read more

This past week I was lucky enough to be invited on a trip to Warroad Minnesota to take a tour of the Marvin windows facility and learn a bit more about the windows and doors that we primarily use on all our projects, how they are made, history of the business and other interesting tidbits … Read more

This week the “Gypcrete” over-pour happened.As I talked about in my last post here:http://huismanconcepts.com/in-floor-heat-tubes/We had all the in-floor heat tubes down and ready last week.The guys from Floor Technologies came up this week and we had perfect weather, (no snowstorms), with an early temp of about 0 degrees but a high nearer 30 which was … Read more

A bit more progress on the timber frame project: We had the heat tubes installed last week, ready for the over-pour.Because of the snow storm on Tuesday in most of the state, our over-pour guys canceled.We never did get the storm they were predicting here but I know many parts of the state got hit … Read more