Tiny DIY

Just in case you think we've been slacking off in the DIY department, have no fear, we are still motoring on.  Our projects have just been itty bitty tiny ones.

Travis, with some help, built a box to insulate our whole house fan so heat from our attic doesn't leak into the upstairs of the house (we think our roof might be under ventilated).  It'll be a really great thing in the winter when we'll stop losing so much heat out of the hole in the ceiling.  It's got nifty hinges on the lid so it opens up when we turn the fan on so we can still benefit from running the fan in the summer.

Sharpie for Daddy, Crayola for F

Meanwhile I've been slowly painting all the new trim around our windows.  There were also various wall patches and touch up that need to be done in almost every room of the house, leftovers from past projects, so I've been dabbing on every color of paint we own and washing lots of brushes.  

Drywall repair

After texture and paint touchup

 In a couple places I decided to change our brown stained trim to white.  Our house is a mish mash of stained trim and painted trim.  I'm working on making it a bit more cohesive.  Most of the main floor is white, the few remaining holdouts are destined to become white in the upcoming weeks.  Upstairs most of it is still stained so for now that will all stay brown.

Painting trim.  My least favorite painting.  

Outside Travis requested a better border to make mowing around the flower beds with our push mower easier.  He's been working on some lovely brick edging on the weekends we are home and the weather is cooler.

Father's Day dumping wagon getting some good use

"No really, you go inside and blog.  I'm fine out here in the sweltering heat!"