Sawdust Girl® https://sawdustgirl.com Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:54:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://sawdustgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-SG-site-icon-32x32.jpg Sawdust Girl® https://sawdustgirl.com 32 32 Building and Installing a Giant Faux Beam on the Ceiling https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/ https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:54:00 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40734 When I white washed the ceilings, I had to decide how to cover the ridge where the rows of planks from each side of the room ended. I didn’t even attempt to make them match them up perfectly and miter them together. I considered two options: a simple flat trim or a big faux beam. ... Read More about Building and Installing a Giant Faux Beam on the Ceiling

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/building-and-installing-a-giant-faux-beam-on-the-ceiling/feed/ 7 Lodge and Life Update https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-and-life-update/ https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-and-life-update/#comments Mon, 09 May 2022 20:16:45 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40596 Hi friends! I can NOT believe I haven’t written an update since last July. I have been working but nothing has happened quickly. It didn’t seem like I had much to share in August or September…and it just kept feeling like I had NOTHING to share. Quite a few projects are now coming together to ... Read More about Lodge and Life Update

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-and-life-update/feed/ 21 Choosing an HVAC System https://sawdustgirl.com/choosing-an-hvac-system/ https://sawdustgirl.com/choosing-an-hvac-system/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:17:00 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=39437 Probably the biggest improvement that’s been made to my new workshop is the installation of the new HVAC systems. In all 7 of the houses Wes and I have purchased and lived in, we’ve only ever needed to schedule maintenance for the existing HVAC units. The process of choosing a whole new system for my ... Read More about Choosing an HVAC System

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/choosing-an-hvac-system/feed/ 7 Lodge update part 5 – Drywall https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/ https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:56:05 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40106 Well, I decided to stay in TN to move things a little further along on the Lodge before I go out to Idaho. It was a tough call to make but… Julie went, and I stayed so dad got some help and company and I made progress on the Lodge. We now have drywall! In ... Read More about Lodge update part 5 – Drywall

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/lodge-update-part-5-drywall/feed/ 15 The Lodge – part 4 https://sawdustgirl.com/the-lodge-part-4/ https://sawdustgirl.com/the-lodge-part-4/#comments Wed, 26 May 2021 16:22:48 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=40057 A LOT has happened since my last Lodge update in January. You may recall in that update that Wes and I both got Covid. It took me a good month to get my strength and lung function back. We got a little more work done on the Lodge before I got the news about Mom. ... Read More about The Lodge – part 4

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