Strip, shingle and oak cabinets.

apples the bears didn't get

My back feels much better,  I tried so many things to get it back to normal. One thing for sure is that I couldn't lie around for long,  I had to get out and walk around.   I laid on a heat pad,  I stretched, rolled on a firm roller, laid around on an inflated ball, bounced around on my toes, hung from things. It seamed like I was trying everything, I guess what it needed most was time and water...drinking more water is so important.  One day I took the loppers and cut scotch broom that was encroaching on a pair of wild apple trees next to a maple and some oaks. After that session it started to improve.

choosing paint colors

I finished stripping the paint from the ceiling in the music room, hallelujah! The only thing left to strip now is a couple of doors. Alex worked his mudding skills over the sheet rocked walls and Becky is hard at work sanding and priming. She has picked up a half dozen paint samples to try out.

ladder scaffolding

I started shingling a wall at a clients shop. I am using western red cedar #1's for the wall and placing them in a random pattern rather than straight courses. I love the look of shingles. For a square (100 square feet) they run about $250, a square is four bundles, this project is about two squares of shingles.

face frame and side panels

I am moving along with the oak upper cabinets. I had to order a 3/16 rabbeting bit because the plywood I got to match the existing cabinets is only that thick, (it is actually a hair under 3/16) so I got an 1/8 inch bit too. Face frames and side panels are glued up and have finish, door frames are made but need panels and carcasses need to be cut out of melamine.