I do a little bit of drywall for my own stuff. But hire out big projects.
Im just finishing up some updates on my place in Chicago to get ready to sell. We re looking for a project in the suburbs to keep me busy.
I want something I can add square feet on and also something with room for a small shop.
We just finished painting every square inch of trim in the house from natural oak to white. I used to think painting natural trim was sacrilege. But it was dated and orange.
We also added new dark floors. Of course along the way I built some furniture to suit the new look and down size the over sized dining room furniture I built (for staging).
I had some old cherry in storage that I bought off a cabinet maker 10 years ago. I needed something for an island top so I used tha. I fell in love with the look so I made a floating bar/server, a couple coffee tables and a dining room table.
Ive always worked with oak or quarter sawn oak because thats what is in these old vintage buildings in Chicago. I especially like quarter sawn white oak. But I fell in love with cherry recently.
Ill post some pictures when I get my photo bucket figured out.
You seem like a big diyer. Love it! Love the reclaimed slate.
Ive owned granite polishing tools forever but never did much with them. I recently replaced our countertops and did some of the fabrication myself (cut the sink hole). Ive gotten pretty good at it. Ive been scarfing up scraps from my supplier and made some cabinet tops. I also made a few center piece tps for the wood tables - basically giant coasters