Beckie (Infarrantly Creative) was my first ever Sawdust Girl client and her room turned out even better than either of us planned. She wanted to build tons of storage for her loft studio. We talked through options and decided to go with two walls of built-ins with a big island in the Continue Reading
May 29, 2017
The Door Thief – bathroom progress
Installing doors is one of my least favorite jobs. It's difficult. I know it's not difficult or loathed by everyone. But I LOATHE it. But, there are four doors I need to install in this bathroom at some time. I've put it off as long as possible but it seems that time has finally arrived. Continue Reading
May 21, 2017
Wardrobe Cabinets for Bedroom 2
The wardrobe cabinets for Guest Bedroom 2 are each 32" wide and 9' tall. It's not a ton of space but these two bedrooms are small. The new closet sizes are more proportionate to the bedrooms now. They are both guest rooms for us. Smaller closets and a larger bathroom is the perfect situation for Continue Reading
April 28, 2017
Linen Cabinet and Bedroom Closet
The adventure continues...I have had a LOT of hick-ups of late. It happens. Usually not quite as often as it has been lately but it is what it is. Figure out a solution and move on. That's all you can do. The new closet for "Bedroom 1" is a 48" wide built-in wardrobe. First I built a 2x6 Continue Reading
April 21, 2017
Bathroom Vanity Progress
I've been building tons of cabinets for the jack and jill bathroom . The bathroom vanity is five cabinets joined together into one giant beast. Hoisting that up onto the base by myself was a chore. Especially since I'm still not back to 100% good health. My respiratory virus has somehow Continue Reading
March 24, 2017
Flatback Measuring Tape – workshop fav
I previously shared a post about my favorite tape measure, the lefty-righty. I've recently discovered a new favorite, the Flatback measuring tape. I consider this another "must have" woodworking and cabinet making tool. I still love my lefty-righty and use it a TON but I use it more for Continue Reading
March 20, 2017
Bathroom Renovation Update – part 7
Hi guys! Life has been a bit crazy since my last post, 6 weeks ago. I've been working on my bathroom renovation but I've not been functioning at 100%. Long story short... First, I had some excruciating pain in my abdomen that resulted in a trip to the ER. (I've been having similar pain for the Continue Reading
February 9, 2017
Jack and Jill Bathroom Update – week 6
So it's been six weeks since I started this project and it's finally turned the corner and taking shape. The whole space is framed now and it's time to patch the floors and sheetrock the walls. Before patching the floors, I tied into the existing HVAC vent so I could get a toekick vent under Continue Reading
January 11, 2017
Jack and Jill Bathroom – Framing
Hi all! I've finished most of the framing for the Jack and Jill Bathroom. I still need to install the pocket door kit but the rest of this space is done. It was super difficult to frame the long walls because the space is so small. I like to frame a wall on the floor, then lift it up into Continue Reading
December 30, 2016
More Bathroom Demolition
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! We've all been taking it pretty easy this week but I was able to recruit help from Wes, Madison and Madison's friend yesterday and we made fast progress of the demo that needed to happen. Celebrate -good -times! Since my last update, I Continue Reading
December 23, 2016
Kindness Moves Mountains
I recently went to Dallas to visit with Shelby and help her build a small project for her new home. Shelby's home was one of the 1009 homes Lowe's helped Habitat for Humanity build or repair this year! I first met Shelby in May, when I went out to help frame her Continue Reading
December 16, 2016
Jack-and-Jill Bathroom Remodel Begins
I started the Jack-and-Jill bathroom remodel this week! It's as much a surprise to me as it is you. Haha-seriouslythough. When we live in a house while I remodel it, I have to continually rearrange my "project priority list" based on our current life needs. Right now our needs require me to Continue Reading
December 2, 2016
Studio Recap – A Year of Progress
Now that I finally finished my kitchen entry makeover, I'm back to work in my studio! I usually have about 5 different projects going on at once. I like it that way so I don't have much down time. While glue is setting up here, I can paint over there. Continue Reading
November 28, 2016
Using a Circuit Breaker Finder to add Under-Cabinet Lights
I used a Circuit Breaker Finder for the first time while working on my kitchen entry makeover and IT WAS AWESOME! The days of running up and down the stairs 20 times, turning off one breaker at a time and checking to see if it was the right one -- are over! This post is Continue Reading
November 24, 2016
Finishing the Kitchen Entry Moulding
I finished up the Kitchen Entry project with lots of moulding. 'Cause moulding makes everything awesome! I've already shared the Decorative Columns I built and how I added Crown Moulding. Today I'm finishing up with baseboards and a decorative coat rail! (And I'm sure it won't surprise you to Continue Reading
November 23, 2016
Decorative Column and Crown Moulding – Day 27
Building a decorative column for the end of my new wall to enclose the side of my future built-ins. I'm also finishing off the end of the plank wall with a similar treatment. (Day 27 of my 1 day, Kitchen Entry Makeover.) This post is sponsored by Metrie. I was provided with materials and Continue Reading
November 15, 2016
Patching holes and then patching some more holes — Day 13
After building the little wall extension and drywalling, mudding, sanding, priming and painting -- I realized that the light switch that turns on the lights for the large hallway, needed to be moved. I needed to move it closer to the entrance to that hallway. I've been Continue Reading
November 14, 2016
Replacing Wood Floor Decorative Insert
There are about a million little details that need to be addressed in order to completely finish this entry. The decorative insert in the wood flooring is one. We had to install the wood flooring with the kitchen remodel, as the kitchen was originally tile. This kitchen entry area was a new Continue Reading
November 13, 2016
Installing Kevo Smart Lock – Day 11
Part of this whole kitchen entry makeover is installing a new Kwikset Kevo 2nd Gen Touch-to-Open Smart Lock. I always want to be completely up front with y'all about sponsored content --this post is sponsored by Kwikset. I received product and compensation from Kwikset to Continue Reading
November 12, 2016
Doors, Drawers, and Drawer Fronts – Day 10
Adding doors, drawers, drawer fronts and decorative hardware to my kitchen entry hutch is an exciting step. It almost finishes the hutch portion of this one day makeover -- which is all I initially intended to do, and why I thought this makeover could be completed in one day. Continue Reading
November 11, 2016
Building a Tilt-out Storage Cabinet – Day 9
I decided to build a tilt-out storage cabinet for the two outside sections of my hutch base. I want an easy way to access the dog food and recycling bins. Pull out storage cabinets would have been easier to build but not as easy to open...and I don't want anyone setting recycling Continue Reading
November 10, 2016
Moving Can Lights ‘n stuff- Day 8
You know how much I hate the heavy texture in this house. In a lot of the house I've done tongue and groove planks or box beam ceilings. I'm not doing anything that decorative here but want to be consistent with the smooth (textureless) drywall in the rest of the house. Continue Reading
November 9, 2016
Paint and Trim – Day 7
I'm trying to get this project finished as quickly as possible. I keep telling Wes, "One more day -- for sure". It might not make sense to do things in this order (because the wall by the office is still in the mudding process) but I need this space to start looking like it's Continue Reading
November 8, 2016
Decorative Toekick and Ball Loss Prevention – Day 6
I used this decorative toekick design in the kitchen so I'm adding it to the kitchen entry hutch as well. The hutch looks fine without it, but I want to maintain consistency with my cabinet design. I don't use it everywhere except on focal point cabinets. This hutch qualifies so Continue Reading
November 7, 2016
Creaky Pocket Door Fix’n – Kitchen Entry Makeover Day 5
Since I'm now working in this Entry Hallway, I'm resigned to complete all the little and not so little things that need to be done in this space. One, I need to close up the "office" and finish sheetrocking that wall. But before I do that I HAVE to deal with the creaky pocket Continue Reading
November 6, 2016
Walls and walls- Kitchen Entry Makeover Day 4
While I was mudding the patched hole I made for the outlet in the built-in hutch, I went ahead and skim coated the walls in the entry hallway as well. Since tearing out the door headers made the "kitchen entry" walls extend down the hall meaning that I'm now making over the Continue Reading
November 5, 2016
Creating a Built-in Hutch – Kitchen Entry Makeover Day 3
After building and installing the base Entry Cabinet, I took a hard look at the overall area. I decided to tear out the planks on the side walls and create a built-in hutch out of the cabinets I'd already built and installed. I left the planks on the back wall as that will appear Continue Reading
November 4, 2016
Building Entry Cabinet – Kitchen Entry Makeover Day 2
I'm determined to re-use what materials I can from my Entry Bench demo. The top and bottom were big enough to use for new entry cabinet. One side of one of the pieces was pretty hairy but I'll just use that as the bottom (0f the bottom). The underside of both pieces were pretty Continue Reading
