Continuing on with the kitchen remodel on our 120 year old Japanese home. The site looks pretty messy in these pictures, but that s what you get when you re trying to live in a space while renovating. Every morning and evening I would open and close the blue tarp which became the only barrier to the Read More Kitchen Remodel 2 The post Kitchen Remodel 2 appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking .
Continuing on from the last post with the old doma gone I could proceed with structural work for the kitchen. But before diving into that lets take a step back and look at some photos from when we first moved into this house, now nearly two years ago. The house when it was first built Read More Kitchen Remodel 1 The post Kitchen Remodel 1 appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking .
At last I m back with an update. A lot has happened over the past few months. I ve been working on our renovation project pretty much nonstop, aside from a few breaks for some small commissions and teaching. But the big project dominating my time this year has been renovating our kitchen, and I ll share the Read More Old Doma Demo The post Old Doma Demo appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking .
Welcome back folks, it s been a while. A lot has happened over the past few months, and despite my best efforts it s been hard to find the time to sit down and write. There s so much I d like to share here on the blog but between commissions, teaching, and the house renovation, time has become Read More Dining Room Renovation The post Dining Room Renovation appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking .
One of the changes we decided to make during our ongoing renovation was to replace some of the tatami mat floors with wood. As much as I like tatami, ours were quite old and definitely in need of repair, which can be pretty costly. I m also a major allergy sufferer and after living in the Read More Tomobe Shikii Replacement The post Tomobe Shikii Replacement appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking…
Throughout this whole process of repairing the north side of our house, something that had been nagging me was the tilt of the building. The level and direction of tilt varies a bit throughout the building, and it s most pronounced on the north side. So, before closing up the walls I decided to see if Read More Tomobe North Side Plastering The post Tomobe North Side Plastering appeared first on…
.continuing on from round one of jacking up the house . what followed was more demo to open up the walls for some ne-tsugi (post repair using slicing joints) as well as some more foundation work. Demo was also necessary because the earthen plaster walls had separated internally as a result of the sill beam rotting Read More Tomobe Ne-tsugi The post Tomobe Ne-tsugi appeared first on Big Sand…
What a whirlwind of a year it has been so far. There s been an interesting mix of work for which I m incredibly grateful. This spring I had some cool furniture commissions, followed by teaching in Kentucky at The Year of Mud once again, as well as a separate trip back home to MN to visit Read More Tomobe Jacking Up Posts The post Tomobe Jacking Up Posts appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking .
It s long overdue, but at long last I have some images of the finished modular tansu cabinets to share. I finished this project up back in February, but that was followed by crating and shipping which was a bit of an ordeal, and I was hesitant to share any images until the cabinets were safe Read More Modular Tansu Final Post The post Modular Tansu Final Post appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking…
Well it s been a while since I ve my last post. A lot has been going on both with work and with life in general and it s been hard to find the time to write much lately. But at long last I m back to share some of the final details from the Modular tansu project. One Read More Modular Tansu Custom Hardware The post Modular Tansu Custom Hardware appeared first on Big Sand Woodworking .