Fixin' up the Bungalow

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Goodbye Bathroom Door


Bathroom Door
Originally uploaded by gizmodyne.
When we redid the bathroom a few years ago we stripped one side and repainted it. Soon after, huge cracks opened in the panels. Now we are swapping it with a bathroom door. Private bathroom finally.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Mantel Complete


Mantel Complete
Originally uploaded by gizmodyne.
Here is the finished mantel with finish. We are waiting for a little paint touch up before we move back in. Also the floors need to be refinished. The old style of construction is much better than the mantel we had made before. Too bad we wasted money on that first mantel.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Doors Reunited.


Old Cabinet Doors
Originally uploaded by gizmodyne.
When we bought our house I was about halfway through organizing the closets when I realized the shelves looked mighty nice. They were our old cabinet doors. It was very lucky!

We have three intact upper doors, three damaged upper doors, and two damaged lower doors.

The cabinets have been faced with a cheap veneer and then repainted. We plan to refinish the intact upper cabinets and build new cabinets for the base cabinets.

The broken doors let us see the method of construction.

We are starting to design the long wall of base cabinets and plan to build them ASAP.

We need a dishwasher to replace our sink hose. More later.

Friday, January 05, 2007

New mantel


New mantel
Originally uploaded by gizmodyne.

We were never happy with the mantel that we had built. After lots of research I drew up a plan for this mantel using Google Sketchup. Juanl, our carpenter built this. It is waiting for stain and finish. We love it!