Ana’s plans for the storage closet doors involve bi-fold doors in a room with hardwood floors.  If you have this type of door, you should check out what she did.  The door I will be putting this on is a regular door in a room with carpet. Ana uses 1 1/4″ casters, which probably work […]

Have you ever read The $64 Tomato by William Alexander?  Great book if you are a gardener, and as I was buying the supplies to get started in woodworking, it reminded me of this book.  Alexander started adding up what he spent to produce the one tomato he got out of his garden and figured […]

OMG.  This project has been a lot more work than what I anticipated.  Nothing new with that–I have a habit of downplaying the amount of time and effort projects take.  But the results have been so worth it!  I am finishing the last batch of hardware today. The sealer layer is where I depart from […]

This is where you see results!!  I am going to take advantage of some Indian summer days here in Ohio and knock out the bottom hinges on about 22 doors, as well as the exterior door hardware I couldn’t fit in before the weather got cold. Before I do, I’ll post on the painting process.  […]

Now the fun part!  Get your spray painting station ready.  I had to do this in our garage because it was windy outside.  However, this stuff is really stinky and has some ingredients that I didn’t want to inhale, so I did keep one of the garage bays open and the back door to the […]

  We have been in our house for 10 years and 85 days.  I have disliked our door hardware for the exact same amount of time.  I had looked into new hinges and knobs awhile back and man oh my did I have sticker shock.  Yikes.  We have 30 doors and 3 pocket doors in […]