8,495 photos taken in Des Moines, Iowa

  • To square it up, I cut a couple straight pieces of plywood and tacked them to the sides with roof...
  • And we had to make a decision, keep the live-edge or not?
  • After sitting in storage for several years the wood got a bit warped and twisted, so I had to get...
  • Bonfire night
  • Completely cooked on the grill. So damned tasty.
  • First grill out of the year
  • Removable toe kick finished up
  • Troopers
  • This girl was amazing
  • lil baby city sunset
  • Thank you, Garth, for bringing me this dead bunny.
  • Clamps off
  • Clamps off
  • Glued up n clamped
  • Once everything was installed and clamped, we celebrated with pizza and a bit of Yamazaki whisky.
  • Fittin things together with Rico
  • Progress
  • When it was time for final assembly and glue-up, I asked my good buddy, Rico to give me a hand.
  • Things coming together
  • Curry night!
  • Dry fitting a cap and baseboard just to get a glimpse of what everything would look like
  • Removing the masking and plastic bubble was exciting, and gave us a glimpse of what the final pro...
  • After letting the alkyd ("oil") base stain dry for a few days, I tried my hand at spraying on a f...
  • Look at this hunk
  • Top posts: stained!
  • Starting to stain the first couple posts
  • goth shirt details
  • Try to use something else at the same time, please.
  • Chop that egg up with a spoon and eat it.
  • Take the egg out of the microwave and add Tabasco, or salt and pepper, or Cholula, or whatever so...
  • While the egg is microwaving, give some cheese to the dog
  • Add a bit of cheese and stick this thing in the microwave for ~45 seconds. Time depends on both m...
  • Scramble that egg
  • Start with 1 egg in a custard dish
  • This is all you need to make a little 1-egg omelette breakfast
  • My tent for finishing the newel posts in our already finished home.
  • Finishing the pre-installed newel posts required so much prep work
  • Got a lil nest sensor
  • Hangover food
  • The day after a party. We are disgusting human beings.
  • Got some snow in April
  • Ragin with Tia and Craig