Orange bathroom

Victory! One completely finished project! Our first floor bathroom is a pretty shade of orange, but most exciting, it is finished!! Here is just a glimpse of the color we chose:

Basement updates

Dan crafted a white door for our sump pump...out of sight, out of mind, we hope!


We also finally moved our 'tool room' in the living room down into the official tool room in the basement- there was a lot to sort through:


Dan is very pleased with his new tool room. It is getting a lot of use:

First Tulip

Our garden is atrocious. We have done nothing! But, in spite of us, one mighty little tulip popped up. Next up: Working on the garden!!

Functional Basement

We've moved in to the basement, which means the rest of the house is empty, but clean! Here is Dan's office set up:


Here's Dan's next project: Organize the tool room...

Food Construction: A Departure

"Oyster, Lemongrass, Sesame"

Dan and I do work on things...other than the house. Here are some of my favorite pictures of two weekends ago, when we attempted to reconstruct some of our favorite dishes from alinea. I attempted to make this about home construction, so that it fits in with the blog theme! I mean, at least Dan is using a blow torch in one picture, that should count...

Next we made a tuna sashimi:


with this gorgeous roe:


Dan made a Guinness jello to pair with beef short ribs:


Yuba! What is, it, you ask? It's the skin from heated soymilk (I think)... a long process, but a delicious texture and lightly sweet taste! We wrapped ours around shrimp and sprinkled with togorashi


Power tools! Dan torches a piece of cedarwood to lend a smoky, woody flavor to griled fish, mushrooms and dates!

Trim!

Looking good! For the most part, Dan finished the trim this past week, so here is a picture of Jenn pretending to do the trim:



And here is a picture of Dan's excellent corner trim craftsmanship:

Fit and Trim

Next project: Basement trim. We are trimming our office, laundro, and hallway with a white synthetic trim which is quite firm, and the rest we will trim with a dark grey vinyl wall base; like the trim you see in a school or a hospital. Very industrial.

Last night, Dan and I went to Home Depots (plural) at 9:00PM. The first we picked up our white trim, but it didn't have the vinyl. So we rode to a 2nd HD with the trim hanging all out. Here's my view from the back seat, squished next to trim:

Thanks to my dad and Elaine- you can see how quickly we turned around the birthday gifties! Thank you!