Our pool was acid washed a couple days ago, and the guy that did it thought it would be nice to put our hose in the pool and start filling it back up.  Well, that would have been a nice thing to do

Base molding...I dreaded this day...but now that it is going up it feels good. Really finishes up the room.  Hides that last bit of construction crap and imperfection.  Only got the dining room

Demo has finished and they are now repairing the damaged concrete, and preparing for setting the coping stones. Hard work!  They are doing a good job as well.  You can see a couple stones at

VR is becoming more and more popular, and Oculus has always been at the top of the VR food chain as long as I can remember.  I had a chance to demo it at PAX this year. Like many demos, it was kinda

We were able to use the pool a few times this summer.  We had it inspected, cleaned, filled, and it turns out it is in decent shape.  What was in the worst shape is the tile and coping stones.

Something to look out for...we had these double ovens delivered over a month ago, and just recently had them installed.  Come to find out, the bottom oven rubs a bit on this metal flange below the

Before: After: Just took a few hours nail gun, mitre saw, and some elbow grease! Really cleaned up the look of the entryway, and modernized the whole unit. Cheers to another project finished!

I hosted a 30 person workshop last week for participants from around the globe.  Since it is fall in Michigan, I thought I would treat them to a autumn traditional treat around here, fresh cider and

A few MDF 1/2” thick boards, a saw, and a nail gun...and you can create an accent wall like I did this weekend.   Really brigntens up a room, and creates a modern look.  Some things to note:

I don’t often get excited about work topics, but this new building we are building is fairly exciting to me. It will mean we can move from being soread out in 4 different buildings, to one centralized

This was a joy and a bummer at the same time.  New carpet went in last week, but when we went to vacuum it, the corners lifted out under the power of the vacuum! Not happy.  Will have to get

The Pine Box is a cool bar located on Capitol Hill in downtown Seattle.  We visited there a few times during our recent trip.  They have a lot of specialty beers and ciders. Oddly enough they

Waking up at 7am to get in a line, to sign up for mini golf...crazy right?  Well, that’s what we had to do to get a turn at the Fortnite Lazy Links Mini Golf course. 9 holes, to celebrate the new

Had the chance to demo Star Trek Online at PAX West last weekend.  Had a lot of fun with some good friends.  Lines were long but I got to snap this cool photo in the captains chair! Also got

Been enjoying PAX West for the last few days, and was able to make it to the waterfront for a few scenic photos, this being my favorite: Being stuck in long lines to play games all day, it feels good to

Had a Dansberg 16000 yesterday at a local indian restsurant.  Pretty good for a run of the mill lager. Went well with the chicken tika, and cooled the hot spices within the food. Out in Seattle for

This was unfortunate.   I had the tile layed down looking all nice and neat...and then used a grout that set up really fast.  Too fast.  I wasn’t prepared for this. Now I have some

A fun shot we took of us holding the last tile that needed to be set in place: Felt good to be done!  Could not have done this job without my dad.  He made all the hard tile cuts, and helped

Almost brings tears to my eyes, thinking about what it looked like months ago... Countertops are really nice, and cabinets are looking great too.  Floors need to be finished before they put all the

Complete! Took 4 days after work, but it is done and that is the important thing.  Now, onto grouting!