ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

Completion of a recent project brought a huge smile to my face.  Our friend and general contractor Donnie said to me, "It doesn't take much to make you happy, does it?"  And, truthfully, I must say that is an accurate statement.  I have so enjoyed these past few weeks working on this house.
   We suspected, and the roof work revealed, that the sills of the four 7 foot windows leading to the porch roof were in need of serious repair.

 As with most of the materials used in the original construction, the wood used in the making of the sills is no longer readily available or reasonably affordable.
  Here comes the fun part... Instead of paying someone to mill the sills and door frames, we've done it ourselves.  Fortuitously, my brother owns a 10 inch planer which he has been kind enough to loan us.  We located 3 inch thick rough cut fir at a local mill and planed it down to 2 1/4 inches.  After a run through the table saw to form an angle, cuts with the circular saw to notch out each end, and a pass over by the palm sander, we have 5 beautiful new sills.

(primed and ready to install)

This beautiful finished product brought a tremendous smile to my face!