The main goal during weeks 16 & 17 of our basement reno was getting ready for drywall by wrapping up some smaller pieces of the project. ...

Heading into week 16 of our basement reno we had come a long way but still had quite a bit to do before we could get any dry wall up. ...

After we had the new wall framing up it was time to look up and start focusing on the ceiling.  First up was getting the metal beams...

So my plans to be more regular about blogging were put on the back burner for a while but with the new year I’m taking another crack at...

Now that the closet frame was up it was ready for drywall.  Here are a bunch of shots as the drywall was going up. A close up of the...

Mace and I were enjoying a glass (or two) of wine last night when Mace spilled some of it on the deck boards.  That lead to a...

After the structure was up we had a special delivery of our deck material.  What the deck was going to be made out of was a big topic of...

Now that we had a solid foundation for the deck we could start building the structure.  With help on the way Mace started by taking off...

As I have mentioned before, one of the main reasons we ended up going with this house was because of the opportunity to put on a deck. ...

Day 2 of getting the new slider installed picked-up with finishing the framing for the new opening.  But first let’s have breakfast where...

During the garage planning stage we decided to add a side door that you could enter through the porch.  And the perfect place to...

Now that we had demoed and gotten materials Mace could start framing out the new walls for the garage (6 days after demo).  Our friend...

Now that we’ve demoed both closets its time to build one huge one!  To do this we have just a few things to do, won’t take long at all...