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Through sweat and sunburn I finished the work on my gate. Wasn’t it hot this week?! I think they said it was 20 degrees above normal for a fall day.
I sanded off the stenciling of the backside of the gate and maybe I’ll redo […]

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Wow, I’ve been busy the past couple of days. My garden gate was in real need of a finish overhaul. I finished one side but because the spar varnish finish is so hard to remove I decided to get a new sander. Here is a picture of how bad the gate had […]

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While vacationing in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho we stopped at the “Old Mission” which is the oldest standing building in Idaho. What was going to be a quick walk through ended up being a 3-hour adventure as we stopped to marvel at their handiwork done with barely any tools. Below is the story of the […]

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I have my curtains back up and the tape and paper off the glass. A good sign that I’m done, but I’m not. I need to let all that woodwork around the windows cure good before I go back and give it the “rub out” step. It’s just my own type of […]

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