Protect our trees

After reading this article from the daily southtown called Tree protectors to organize in Beverly I breathed a sigh of relief knowing we made the right decision on leaving our old growth white oak in the corner of the yard and building the garage around it. Jen and Mrs. Kelly are the ones who made sure we did not lose something completely unique to our Chicago neighborhood.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

OK OK I know! I am waaay behind schedule, but with weather like this I think I'm doing pretty good. With spring only 2 weeks away it is always fun to watch the snow. Because I know it will all be melted tomorrow!

Work on the garage has been going slow but steady. I have finished building the sliding "party" door and I have cut and trimmed all the soffit pieces. I thought keeping open soffits would make it easier to finish, but because the nail holes from the roof have to go through the substrate to grip I was left with an open soffit full of nails. I used firring strips and beadboard to give a finished look to the soffits. It only took 2 months to finish. Next up is building the venner stone base. Stay tuned!