Oh wow. I am no longer liking those screwy looking CFL lightbulbs. Not at all. Not one bit. Several years ago, CFL's were the newest and supposedly best light bulbs. Apparently, companies were going to stop making the incandescent bulbs and moving to only producing CFL's. We put CFL's in most of our light fixtures and I am thinking a lot of other people did as well. Take a look at this! … [Read more...]
Building a Closet with a Sloped Ceiling – Part 3
This closet we are building in our upstairs loft is starting to really come together. We are very close to being done and it will be great to have all this extra storage space. Here's the last installment of this home building project - we are very close to being done. Basically, all we need are two more brackets and the flooring - finally this job is coming to a close. Have you read the … [Read more...]
Loft Closet Design and Build – Part 2
We had stopped working on the loft closet for a while. Then, on a road trip, we were at Home Depot looking for some garden sprinklers. Graham spotted a sale on glass paned wood doors and we thought they could work well for the closets. We measured them up and decided they would work! We got them for a great deal ($52 per door). So we bought them and were … [Read more...]
Closet Build with a Sloped Ceiling
When the weather turns colder, it's easy to stay inside more often. The wood stove is going and the house is nice and warm. When we have a cold snap, it's a great time for Graham to work on inside projects. Which we have a lot of. Here's one of our projects. He built a closet for a sloped roof line in our loft. When we moved in here, there weren't many closets at … [Read more...]
