Shingling In The Shade

I love my 9' Pottery Barn Umbrella which shaded our shingling project this weekend on a Home Depot 35' Boom Lift Bill brought home with his Tesla. Terrific as the temp rose with the sun and we have used it splitting wood and with furniture. 

Christian and Bill worked together to get the peak shingling finished here in two days. Rental lift cost: $400/day.

Building An Outhouse

The outhouse was here when Bill bought our house and resurrected as he moved into the house; missing windows and doors with a foot of chicken droppings. It was later rebuilt while Bill was at Princeton University where he collected discarded slate roof tiles for it. 

This type roof ventilates the building with a screened hatch in back. We have used MoorGaurd Low Lustre paint on the wainscoating and MoorGloss on the hinged half window. It is 4' sq., 7' H and set on solid cinderblock footings. 

Below is the rebuild and original outhouse. We gave up the Dutch door but added a window, used rafters with exposed ends and battens for the slates; raising the roof for ventilation.

Building A Picket Gate

I designed this gate for Bill to build entirely from pressure treated wood; 4" x 4" posts, 2" x 4" door frame and 1" sq. pickets trapped at the top. It joins the privet hedges that front our property and adds closure. I gave it a coat of BM MoorGard Low Lustre white paint. 

Alex & Leif when it was first finished many yrs. ago. The wood is still perfect.

A Guest Room Desk

Alex was first in our family to get a moveable desk; so many hours while working remote & standing some. He bought another, and in our guest room now for when his family visits.

I have also added a Pottery Barn floating headboard to the bed here, which has portals on both sides.

The front guest bedroom has an antique French painted table to use as a desk or vanity. Alex's first furniture purchase which always finds a use and much admiration.

Sometimes it is the room that makes a desk great. Leif's guestroom.

Sewing For A Baby Girl

Last Sunday was a baby shower for our first grandaughter and baby girl in a family generation. My gifts included two vintage style dresses I made; the blue  is from a "new" vintage tablecloth, and the striped has vintage cultured pearl buttons on the back. The patterns were from my Mom's early collection.

Nantucket inspired.

Getting To Old Farm

Bill gets to the Cape in his Tesla now stopping to half-recharge once since he fully charges at Old Farm; parking next to the house and charger. Such an old 1717 house and new vehicle! Sweet.

It is like a jungle.

Professional Framing

The best framer I know is Michael in Hopewell at the Morpeth Gallery. He recently framed Leif's painting of our late dog Anders using 1 1/4" X 3/8" Light Oak Molding; mitered at the corners after restretching them. He has also added canvas to a collectable painting and stretched very large ones onto thick frames for us with superb craftsmanship and no need for a frame!

I have not removed the protective plastic from the painting yet, waiting to hang.