Monday, July 15, 2013

Sweat Equity This Is Just 1 Example

We are always asked how much will my home cost? But before we can really answer that we need to find out some things. 1 is will you be doing "sweat equity" ? You might ask what does sweat equity look like....there are many ways to get involved in your project. Some want to do as much as possible and others may say I think we can paint. 

Last weekend we made a trip to the Wenatchee, WA area ( actually in a small town called Magala) to help a couple that are doing sweat equity on their home in the finishing touches and so here are some before and after photos of a project we helped them with.    

Mark & Kari had already found this place were they bought 2 very nice fir slabs with "live edges" that means that it is the actual outside of the tree bark and all .

Here is the before of the bar. Don't you just love the old corrugated metal they used on the face of the bar? on the right side floor under the trap are the bar tops.
They had a number of things they had to figure out as to how it was going to go on. Some of which they had prep work to do which is what you see in the next 2 photos .
Nice location to work out on the deck over looking the fields of fruit. 
Mark ( the home owner in dark shirt ) is cutting off a bit of the over hand so they can get the pots and pans on the stove top . And Cliff ( green shirt) is cutting in a space where the 2 slabs will intersect at the corner.
Here are the attached slabs they still need to be sanded and finish put on them which Mark is going to do. 
Any questions or comments we would love to hear from you !

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Independence Day 2013


I just love my friend & customer Bill & Julie's front porch at this time of the year !
What does this day mean to you ? 

Friday, January 18, 2013

Sun is out temps are in the 50's but not spring yet

You know how it feels this time of you ...like spring is just around the corner and so that brings me to spring cleaning. Yikes what am I saying...really for me I have been cleaning out the business paperwork. Getting ready for the upcoming Sportsmen & Home & Garden shows by updating . So updated paperwork, business cards, a new hand out along with sprucing up the web site . All this is coming soon so watch for us if you are headed to these shows first one up is The Portland Sportsmen Show Feb. 6-10 @ The Expo Center in Portland or Portland Home & Garden Show Feb. 20-24 @ The Expo Center in Portland or Central OR. Sportsmen Show March 7-10 @ The Deschutes County Fair Grounds.