When I started work on the house, I noticed that the floor wasn’t level. I thought I could level them pretty easily by jacking up the floor joists. There is easy access to the joists from the basement. After I pulled up the flooring, I realized that this was going to be a MAJOR project. […]

I love soaking in a hot tub each evening. So, I’m adding a deck for a hot tub off the master bedroom. I’ll have an awesome view of the vineyard from the deck.

The utility room will stay in the same place but will be completely reconfigured. The coolest addition will be a two way cupboard and drawers that will allow direct access to the walk-in closet. After clothes are washed and dryed… you can put them directly into the walk-in closet drawers. (The drawers open in both […]

The master bedroom will remain about the same. We will change the door into the bedroom, add a walk-in closet, an entry to a new on-suite bathroom, and a door out to a new deck for the hot tub.

I bumped into bizarre wall construction when demolishing the downstairs bathroom. Two of the walls were basic lath and plaster. But… two of the walls had three layers. The bottom layer was 1/4 inch plywood. Next came a vintage style of sheetrock topped off with a 1/2 layer of plaster. The 1/4 plywood looked like […]