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!
What we’ve learned from installing our hardwood floors
I went through a good number of points regarding flooring instillation in the last few posts, (like running the floor on the diagonal, getting around obstacles, and fixing bad nails) but there are a few more things that I should mention. One point – because the flooring is on the diagonal, you might bang up your […]
Repairing a broken porch roof joist
We had a cherry tree land on our back porch. The side joist was pretty smashed but it seamed to be the only substantial damage to the entire structure. This should be a triangle: We had a service come and remove the tree. So now we needed to fix the broken roof joist. Here’s Spencer’s […]
Removing the tree from the back porch
We have a cherry tree on our back porch. It came very close to the skylight but missed by an inch or so (the skylight is plastic by the way). Spencer and his dad insisted that they could remove the tree. I thought otherwise. What do you wear for tree removal? I’m going to say 15 […]
The cherry tree & burst pipe
Upon returning from Belize, we discovered a cherry tree laying across our back porch roof. All things considered, it could have been worse – but having a tree fall on your house is still not fun. Our neighbor said he herd what sounded like a “9 foot big-foot running through the woods” the day we […]