Milwaukee Ave picket fence project – part 1

Milwaukee Ave picket fence project – part 1

Milwaukee Ave picket fence project – part 1 Building a picket fence in an historic district:     Late last week I began my next client project, after being mostly done with the treehouse project.Yes, it makes me sad that I’m no longer working on the treehouse. ...
Treehouse – house cleaning day

Treehouse – house cleaning day

Treehouse – house cleaning day The treehouse – a day off, and yet so much love… I took a day off from the treehouse project today as I was committed to another client project, repairing a fence.  However, when I left the tree house yesterday, I was disappointed...
Treehouse Day 14

Treehouse Day 14

Treehouse Day 14 Today, Day 14 at the treehouse project… …I completed the upper loft walls, including mounting middle horizontal side wall beams on the north and south sides, and one post on the north side, and mounting the 2×6 lower beam across the broad eastern...
Treehouse Day 13

Treehouse Day 13

Treehouse Day 13 Today, day 13 at the treehouse project… …I first completed the final “keystone” wall board on the lower deck, which involved pulling out and setting up my portable table saw to mark and rip the left and right edges of the board so that it was...
Treehouse Day 12

Treehouse Day 12

Treehouse Day 12 I completed the lower walls – except for the last wall board! I managed to space and mount all of the lower wall boards yesterday and today without having to pull my portable table saw out of my work van and rip any boards to get the proper...