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Technology is my passion and always has been as long as I can remember. Tinkering in the physical and digital world is what I enjoy most. When my wife and I found ourselves with a house with a garage I built a woodshop to begin exploring this new found hobby of woodworking. Tie that in with homeownership and we have so many projects to work on. Here is our story.
Our Recent Projects!
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Breathing New Life into Our 1960s Hood Vent
In our latest kitchen renovation, we decided to keep a piece of history—the original 1960s hood vent. Instead of replacing it, we cleaned it up and restored it to its former glory. Here’s how we did it and why we love the final result.
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Transforming Our Kitchen: From Separate Gas Appliances to a Sleek Range
Today, I’m excited to share a recent kitchen project where we replaced our gas countertop stove and built-in wall oven with a sleek, new range. Plus, we found a creative way to repurpose the old wall oven space for some much-needed storage. Let’s dive into the details!
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Restoring solar pathway lights
Solar panels on pathway lights are an eco-friendly and convenient way to light up outdoor spaces. However, in order to function at their best, these solar panels need to be kept clean. Dust, dirt, and other debris can accumulate on the surface of the panels, reducing their ability to absorb sunlight and generate electricity. In…
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When Lutron isn’t available -Smart Hubspace Outdoor 6-Outlet Power Stake
I’m working on my outdoor Christmas decorations this week and went to go an order a new Lutron Outdoor Smart Plug, sadly those weren’t available anywhere so I ended up going with this WiFi based smart home device from Defiant over at the Home Depot called the Smart Hubspace Outdoor 6-Outlet Power Stake. Showing this…
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Installed new outlets for eGo batteries to charge
Sometimes the project you need to work on isn’t the project to want to work on. I ended up starting my day in the garage a bit late since I wanted to to clean up my work surfaces in the window side of the garage. Ends up I really needed to find a new home…
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Woodworking – Stacked Pumpkin Yard Decorations
From existing design to interpretation I made a holiday yard decoration for this Halloween and picked up some skills to apply to future projects.
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Our journey to roof replacement and solar
With the rising cost of electricity in Southern California we replaced our roof and installed solar.
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Plants around our home – Front Yard Edition
Jen’s grandmother loved her plants and adored her rose garden. Jen has been continuing her grandmas love for plants by building out her own collection. Using an app called Picture This we’ve been able to keep up with our collection of plants and learn a lot about each of them. The 2022 Collection
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New Roof in Preparation for Solar
In preparation for our new Sunrun solar system were going to have installed we had to have our roof redone. Our roof installation took some time to get completed. We had to wait for permits to be issued and inspections to be passed. Once it was done it turned out great and I really like…