We finished up the bathroom project I told you all about. I think it turned out great, because as you know, I love me some earth tones!
Two sinks, such a luxury:
I think everyone is happy with this project! To see where we came from, check out our before posts here and here.
Keep warm, everyone!
Joe
Hi Friends!
That’s right, the 3rd annual Joeman calendar is now available! As usual, all of the proceeds benefit Lazarus House in St. Charles. And also as usual, I guarantee that it will not disappoint. Without giving away too much, my daughter’s favorite month is October and my son-in-law likes March. You’ll have to buy the calendar if you want to end the suspense.
Add a comment to this post or email me if you would like a calendar – I’ll send you one with an envelope for a donation to Lazarus House.
Joe
Brrrr! We’re keeping warm by staying busy on our bathroom project. This week we installed the floor and wall tiles:
I tend to gravitate toward earth tones for everything in my house (a source of constant fodder for my daughters!), so I liked this choice of color. Here’s the walls:
Have a great weekend!
Joe
Hope everyone is enjoying the snowy weather! We’re back with a few pictures of the finished porch project.
We finished installing the new structural posts, so now the porch is finished.
Here’s the final picture:
If you are just tuning in, you can check out the other blog updates on our porch reconstruction project here.
Happy shoveling!
Joe
Hope everyone had a great holiday! Just wanted to post a few pictures of a back porch we recently finished.
Have a great week!
Joe
Note: our previously posted porch project is still in progress – we’re installing posts now!
This week we’re working on a new bath project. First we put a rubber membrane in the shower to ensure a leak-free base.
Then we covered the shower walls with a concrete board:
Our electrical hook up is complete now.
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday week!
Joe
We helped another contractor replace a rotted beam for a client.
Here’s a picture of the joinery:

joinery for the new beam
Then we installed a metal cap on the beam so we don’t have the rotting problem again:

beam with metal cap
And here is the finished product, the new beam after it was installed:

New beam installed!

close up of the new beam
Until next time!
Joe



















