I ran a bundle of old lathe boards through the planer and polyurethaned them. These will become trim for the upstairs suite at 1403.
When my arms have healed a bit more, I’ll resume work there. Here is my to do list.
Month: November 2026
leftovers
Food leftovers are great, in my book, but sometimes you need an extra fridge to store it all, like a porch fridge with turkey or a beer fridge in the garage.
I have quite a bit of leftover inventory from the latest projects (main, up). The mudroom at 1403 still has a lot of drywall and other material, tools, and equipment to complete the upper suite. Most of the other material is stored at home in the shed. I bought some plastic storage totes from Walmart and organized it all in an inventory list.
rear walkway nearly complete
We (finally) resumed work on the rear walkway for the house. We picked up 3/4 yd. of gravel from Lethbridge Landscape Supply and spread it out along the walkway area. This is what it looked like over time.
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So today’s work was to add more gravel, level everything with a slight slope, and put in the paving stones (basically concrete blocks 24″x24″). The existing ones needed to be moved to line up with the new ones, so the steps were temporarily removed. The pavers were not quite lined up with the house because the patio area slab (formerly gazebo slab) was slightly askew. We straightened them all out, and now I think it looks alright.
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Next is to straighten the edge of the gravel with a form, fill in the remaining edge with soil, and plant some sort of vegetation – small shrubs maybe. But at least now the tenants can shovel the walk of snow without digging up the gravel.
However, the gate still isn’t up yet, so I guess that would be next.