From Washington to Maine: Building A House for the First Time: Updated Kitchen Photos - Fine Homebuilding

From Washington to Maine: Building A House for the First Time: Updated Kitchen Photos - Fine Homebuilding

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From Washington to Maine: Building A House for the First Time - Fine Homebuilding

From Washington to Maine: Building A House for the First Time - Fine Homebuilding

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My Review of Skil 5 1/2" Trim Saw

CPO Skil

5 1/2" Trim Saw. Left-hand blade design with 5 1/2" blade For maximum visibility . Precision cut helical gears For longer tool life . Built-in scales and cutting guide For accurate applications . Ball bearing construction For smooth precision operation

Skil 5 1/2" Trim Saw

The Only Circular Saw I Own

sjdehner Belfast, Maine 8/21/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Great Blade, Good Design, Powerful, Safe, Easy To Use

Best Uses: In The Workshop, Home Improvement, In The Field

Describe Yourself: Professional

Having built an entire house I cannot think of a single cut that required a larger circular saw. This little gem is compact, light and more than powerful enough for any job that comes to mind. I sold my heavier, awkward and less safe 7 1/2" circular saw to buy this little guy and have no regret. I highly recommend going "small" with a circular saw.

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my kind of cable

I wanted to teach myself cable knitting basics over the winter, but was somehow too busy...now that Shawn and I are working on the business together, instead of each working on a big project on our own (he on the house and me on the business), we suddenly have a lot more time!!

Here is my first attempt at cable knitting. The sock is nearly done, just the rest of the foot and the toe to finish up. The cables are like magic, so fun, and amazingly easy! Another brilliant engineering feet. I mean feat.

I'm so ridiculously proud of these!!

kind of bedraggled after 6 weeks of rain, but here's our second little garden in Belfast...and one gardener picking dinner salad greens!

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse.

Last year in the summertime we took a little "mini-cruise" out to some nearby islands to see puffin colonies, which have been brought back from the brink of extinction in the area (due to excessive hunting in the late 1800's) very successfully by a lot of hardworking men and women. On the way home, we passed by the Pemaquid Light, and we both wanted to see it. So on one of the first sunny days of the summer, a bit over a week ago, we took a picnic lunch and soaked up some much needed sun rays on the weathered rocks at this lovely, albeit very very crowded, spot.

the waiting game

We survived and are even smiling! And Penny magically turned her head, again, at the last minute.

Now we are just waiting for the sale to come along...we both hope someone will love this house and take good care of it and the land it's on. We may have changed our mind about staying in Maine, but we worked hard (HARD!!) and consistently with love (tinged only slightly with frustration at times) knowing that it was our good work that would someday sell this and send us home.

We've learned so much on the way. :-)

I'm glad we came.