Handy Anderson: Hammer for Hire

Client is finishing up the guest room for when the new baby arrives. Assembled and wall-mounted a Murphy bed and desk. Ready for the grandparents!

Clients rear concrete steps collapsed under the weight of their age. Demo'ed and trashed the concrete, cut together the 4-step stringers.

Windows had been installed but not trimmed out. Bit of a weird space so I had to freehand cut quarter-round moulding to fit. Sealed and painted.

Tongue and groove decking was rotting off the porch and needed replacement. The fun part was getting the boards *under* the existing railing.

Wiring in a ceiling is always an adventure.

Needed to replace a broken combination fan/light/heater in clients bathroom. What the instructions *don't* tell you, is that if they're already wired separately on the switch, you need to rewire the unit to match.

Fun times!

Client had a pile of unused 2x4's and no place to store their kayaks.

I repurposed the wood, sealed with an exterior paint. Padded the ends and covered with an exterior rug, placed on deck block to prevent ground contact.

I like the colors!

Client was frustrated about their children just dropping their coats wherever, because they couldn't reach any hooks.

Simple copper coat hangers on raw cedar, at child's height.

Client needed to replace some outdated plastic nubs that were cosplaying as towel hooks.

Ordered some hooks to match the bathroom aesthetic, wall mounted on raw cedar.

I like to up-cycle whenever possible. It just feels wrong to throw something in the dump when it still has life in it.

Here I was acting as a sort of Furniture-broker; my client had a specific need. When I found this i knew it could be perfect.

So I cleaned it up, fixed a couple dings, fabricated display trays and added LED lighting. It came out superbly.

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