Basement framed in

I finished the basement for a family in Provo after selling them my L shaped bunk bed. The father was eccentric and wanted small passage doors in all the walls for the kids to pass thru. He also wanted a castle. Unfortunately this man had champagne tastes on a beer budget so the castle never got finished. I framed the basement, did the finish carpentry and painted it as well. I now own a paint sprayer and do a decent job at painting.

Built in Armoire 2

I was sick of the small closet that occupied this space in my house so I ripped it out and replaced it with this built in armoire I made. I made these doors and drawer fronts on my table saw. I put a new attic access in above in this hallway, along with a new can light since the old light disturbed the opening of the new cabinet doors.

3 small desks for 3 small boys

It was Christmas 2010. I was supposed to make a small desk for a small boy. I had extra wood left over so I made all three desks.

L Shaped Bunk Bed

It was summer 2010. I got laid off for a few days so i decided to build this bunk bed I had been dreaming about ever since I built the first one. It took me 5 weeks. This bed has 18 drawers.

Rambler

I went back to work for the summer framing for Ben Barney. The residential construction market is not like it was a few years ago when I was working for him. Only the strong and the lean have survived the housing crisis. The price of labor is dirt cheap right now. I'm basically working for fun but it beats what I was doing last summer. He put me in charge for a few weeks while he and his other lead man went on vacation. This is a decent size rambler with a walk-out basement in Pleasant Grove. It was fun to work with mis antiguos amigos mexicanos who still work for him. This house was fun to frame.

Tray Ceiling

I have been wanting to rip out the ceiling in this bedroom for a long time. So I finally did. I replaced the flat, sagging, 8' garbage ceiling with this tray ceiling. The idiots who built my house tried to span 10' with a single 2 x 4 ceiling joist with no supports from the rafters. Thus the sagging. The idiot who "remodeled" the house only put new sheet rock on that old glittery pop-corn ceiling garbage. So I ripped all that trash out in one fail swoop. I had a blizzard of blown in insulation to deal with as I ripped it down. But me and Robert got it all cleaned up and put back in the attic.

After that it was rafter cutting- mayhem 2010. For a trucker Robert caught on pretty quick to the skill saw and he can still boast all his fingers. Then the sheet rock and texture kept me busy for a few nights afterward. I had Zoo Zoo paint everything because I fell ill due to seasonal allergies. Now that room feels bigger.

Neighbor's Fence