Oh how I love summer here in the North Carolina mountains. It’s so beautiful here and we enjoy lots of late morning family breakfasts of homemade whole wheat pancakes with my mother’s homemade strawberry jam. I…
View PostI agonized for days over what kind (water or oil-based) and color of finish to use on the wormy chestnut countertops. I made a lot of samples with extra wood. Remember I wanted light white…
View PostYesterday, we started trying to figure out how to get these joints square without a jointer. You can see the big gap we had between the boards, and we had to get that closed up. …
View PostWe got a great start preparing the wormy chestnut boards for my countertops today, despite the threat of rain. You can see part one, pulling off the boards, HERE. Luis got everything set up, and…
View PostLook what UPS delivered to my doorstep! This beautiful Pfister “Cadenza” faucet…and so appropriately named for us since Luis and I are both musicians:-) Isn’t it gorgeous?? Well, that’s not my sink for sure. This…
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