Building Modern Blog
New House, New Videos!
By Anna
Hey Everyone!
We’re so excited that you found our site!! We wanted to let you know that we’ve started making YouTube Videos again! We hope to see you there! We’re working on gardening, landscaping, and modern builds! We’ll be reviewing some of our older projects like a modern planter bed & modern primary bathroom renovation, as well as new projects!
We can’t wait to see you there! Please leave a comment and say hello on our YouTube Channel! Thanks!
Storefront windowsill repair
The front of our house has a rather unique feature: the foyer is a 12 ft. tall floor to ceiling cedar beam and glass wall. The glass had water penetration issues between the panes (the seals had broken) and were foggy and needed to be replaced. We scheduled a company to come and replace the glass, […]
The kitchen Floor is not level
Prior to purchasing our house, we could easily see with the naked eye that the floor in the foyer was not level…this was also the case for the area near/inside the pantry in the kitchen. In the foyer, the floor sloped down to the right toward the master bedroom wall. In the kitchen, it sloped down […]
Carpenter bee trap
I’m going to divert attention away from the kitchen and move to the outside of the house for a bit. You know who loves our house? Well, spiders clearly do because of the webs all over the exterior… but you know who else? Carpenter bees. Yep, carpenter bees love to nom on our cedar sided […]
Patching cedar siding
Our next outdoor project for the house was replacing a few cedar boards on our chimney. I don’t have a before photo, but just imagine some siding boards in rough enough shape to justify replacement. Replacing boards in this small area is probably the simplest and most straight-forward siding replacement project for a beginner. The […]