Tag: home owner

  • Backyard Greenhouse

    Backyard Greenhouse

    I just finished up a week long vacation in which I built a greenhouse in my backyard. I love DIY projects, the adventure, the problem solving, all of it! And I usually make a lot of mistakes. For example, the stone walk-way I built last year was dug too low, and I’ll have to raise it up this year. I’d love your opinions / critiques of my greenhouse-building process.

    For the greenhouse, I used a ShelterLogic kit, which had mostly easy-to-follow assembly instructions. Before putting the house together, I had to level off some earth. My backyard does not have any level areas that are also in the sun, so this was a challenge. I think i handled it pretty well! Using a level, I measured the differential between the highest point and lowest point and found that it was approximately 16 inches. So I split the difference: I dug about eight inches down on the high side, and used the dirt and some cinder blocks to build up 8 inches on the low side.

    How does it look? Would you have done something differently?

  • In the lane, snow is glistening…

    In the lane, snow is glistening…

    First major snowfall at the new abode. It’s what some would call “emergency weather”, but here in Maine we call it “Friday”.

  • First foray into furniture design

    First foray into furniture design

    We need a couple of low sitting night stands for our bedroom, and we haven’t found quite what we are looking for online or IRL. So I’m going to build them. I bought the wood and the Kreg jig, and I’m going to start tomorrow. I’m pretty pumped! Here’s what I made in SketchUp.

    Let’s see how close I get with the finished product.

    First foray into furniture design