6. March 2009 by admin.

I finished one side of the walk in closet today!  There is one shelf for each side down in the basement, but I don’t think we will need them.  I got a really good deal on the birch cabinet grade plywood at Home Depot.  I used birch veneer banding and a light walnut oil stain from Varathane.  After that was the water based urethane from Minwax in a gloss finish.

I used no glue instead opting for pocket hole joinery.  Basically, you drill a hole with a special jig set to a certain depth in the angled template(the blue thing) that is clamped down down to the wood.  You can then screw two pieces of wood together and hide the screws.  You are making a pocket for the screw to slip into.  Here I am drilling some holes.

Allright time for, as HGTV would call it,”THE GRAND REVEAL!”
up the stairs…

into the hallway…

I see shelving…

a lot of shelving!

even a special spot designed for Moxie’s litter pod!

time to get some hangers…

hmmmm now what about that other side

Allright I have to start making Giada’s lasagna now. 

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22. February 2009 by admin.

So I decided to get going on this walk-in closet project for this closet room, since its all cleared and painted and all.  After taking a look a closet building book, I came up with a design that would fit the wall which is this:

Its basically two shelving units with a dual hanging rack in between.  After spending an evening working up the measurements, I bought four sheets of 3/4″ plywood at Home Depot.  I am going to be using pocket hole joinery (which I’ll post pics of later) and no glue.  Even though these units are going to be fastened to the wall, I want to be able to take them down if and when we refinish the floors.  Adjustable shelves were important so using some pegboard and clamps, I made holes that you can stick shelf pins into for the shelves to sit on.
 

Here is one large plank stained with the light Walnut stain that I’ll be using.

I decided to try out a water based polyurethane.  I’ve always used oil-based but I read online that the water-based  ones have come a long ways and the drying times are really fast so I figured I’d give it a try.  Awesome so far!  Its has gone on really easily, it dries in an hour for sanding and it looks great!

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22. February 2009 by admin.

We’ve started work on the small closet room upstairs now.  We plan for it to be a nice walk-in closet with lots’o’ storage.  First thing to do was install a ceiling light and switch on the wall.  I just tapped into another ceiling light in another room up in the attic to source the power.  Cutting the hole out in the ceiling wasn’t much fun since the plaster just started to crumble, but lots of tape and compound later… the ceiling looks great.

After all that work, we decided to paint the wall an ACE Hardware paint called Italian Marble.

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