Your DIY Home Improvements - Post'em up!

[TimG]

Wow, those improvements are amazing. I bet your neighbors love having you there. It looks beautiful.

[Chick_Maggot]

<span style="font-weight: bold">Thank you.

I chuckle when my two next-door neighbors thank me for helping raise their property values. lol</span>

[markinnaples]

Again, killer work.

[Chick_Maggot]

<span style="font-weight: bold">Here I wanted to utilize a large niche in the foyer. The tri-panel art I bought was a little small, so I built some framework to go over the niche to try and give the art a little more presence. Yes, my wife likes sea turtles.</span>




<span style="font-weight: bold">I covered the framework with Lauhala matting and trimmed it with some stained wood. Still a lot of work to do in this area, window cornices, wood flooring &amp; baseboards, new stair railing, big corbels for the beam, new front door, etc. </span>




<span style="font-weight: bold">Hung the art on the framework with a little orange paint inside the niche to add a some dimension. Finished it off by hanging some greenery near the ceiling and I was done. The British Colonial vibe works for me.

Hanging this monster by myself was tough. It's 5ft wide and 7ft tall and about 9ft off the ground.</span>


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[TimG]

OK, Steve, we have a big blank wall in our dining room and we don't know what to do with it. When can you be here? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[Chick_Maggot]

We'll need to negotiate hotel accommodations (5-star only), meal allowance, initial consultation fees, car rental, design fee, reimbursement for airfare, fee collection fees, and off-hours entertainment allowance (dollar bills for strippers). Actual building and installation will be on a time and materials basis. Call me with your schedule.

[TimG]

I need to run that by my wife, I mean my CFO.

[Chick_Maggot]

<span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">I guess there's very few people on the board who do anything to their homes.</span></span>

[Jonesy]

All my money goes to my cars [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

You certainly have a knack for transforming walls and landscaping!!

[Chick_Maggot]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jonesy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All my money goes to my cars [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]</div></div>

Ok you're excused lol.