Hi guys! The last month or so has been all about those tiny little diy projects that we need to finish up. This week it was the back yard and the entryway at the backdoor. The workhorse door. The one that gets the ultimate test of wind, dog and man. Oh and dirt and sand. If you truly knew how many times I am sweeping this area for sand because of the lack of grass in the backyard. You'd probably shake your head and say "Oh yeah I can empathize!"  So I had two objectives this week.  Do another wall with the metal wainscoting near the backdoor, and throw four thousand pounds of grass seed down in the yard and pray to mother nature it will grow. So here's hoping for grass to grow so I can stop sweeping every single day. You'll also get to see how the long wall is holding up to our everyday life of greg, friends and one 75lb puppy constantly running in and out of this door. If you missed the install of the first wall you can read: DIY Wainscoting Project It will also ......

I thought you'd appreciate an update on how the wainscoting is coming for the back entry. Using Galvanized tin and pre-primed lumber to add that Industrial look. Let's take a look at how my backdoor used to look like.  Yeah, me the purple lover is going white. This area gets a lot of sun but the color and the walls needs some love and attention.  This back entry gets a lot of use. "G" took out the current old baseboard and then we started laying out how we wanted the wainscoting.  I contemplated running it horizontal or vertical. Vertical won out in the end.  Blitz was supervising "G", helping with milk bone break time and measuring. After adding the pre-primed pine in the layout we wanted with the spacing to be able to simply insert the tin panels, I had "G" cut a scrap piece of lumber for the top, as a cap rail or decorative piece. This will get painted white along with the rest of the wood. I am thinking a high gloss durable enamel.  The back do......