Mount Heavy Mirror Over Stairs. For one of my designer clients I had to mount a heavy mirror over a stairway. It started with a lot of math to get my marks in the correct spot. I used d-rings and picture hooks. Some mirrors come with picture wire but if it is at all heavy […]
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Install Kids Floating Bookshelves. This client had a Pinterest photo of floating bookshelves in a kids room. She wanted me to mount them so it would look similar. She was not home when I installed them so I text this photo to her. She said “OMG, I love it!” To intall shelves or art, I usually […]
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Mount TV On Tile Fireplace. I mount a lot of TV’s but this one was the hardest. It was a tiled fireplace wall with metal studs. I was surprised my studfinder found the studs through the tile. On a TV this size I could mount it without studs and not worry normally. But on tile […]
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Art Intallation At Hotel Ivy. Hanging art at Hotel Ivy! I spent two days this week hanging art at a Hotel Ivy residence. A couple pieces were a challenge. One was a 4×8 foot cement on plywood painting. It weighed about 150lbs!We used a French cleat to hang it with, which is basically a one […]
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Breaking Into A Safe In Minneapolis. I was called by Ameritrade’s building management company. They asked me to remove a safe. Apparently, they forgot the code. They had a company come in to breach the lock. I picked it up and brought it to a metal recycling place but they would not take it. So […]
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Hang New Flower Boxes/Planters. Today I hung several flower boxes for a client in Deephaven. He had several older wood ones that were rotting off the house. I removed the old flower boxes and patched the damage from that.The new plastic ones won’t rot. First I measured out where the brackets will go. I drilled […]
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Hanging Art In Minneapolis. Here is another art hanging I did. I have hung several pieces for this client. We hung lots of small pieces like this one. Plus several larger ones on another visit. Hanging art is one of my most common requests. I do it almost every week. They can be super small pieces […]
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Replacing Kitchen Cabinet Hardware. I change out kitchen hardware fairly often. This kitchen needed 10 drawer bin pulls and 28 door handles. But it wasn’t just remove the old install the new.It involved drilling new holes using a template. Sometimes I need to make a custom template. I removed all of the old hardware. Marked […]
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Precious Family Tools. One of the tools I used today installing reclaimed wood in a bathroom wall was my dad’s. He used it on home projects when I was a kid. Once, we tried to sell it at a garage sale but no one bought it. Dewalt makes a way better one but I like […]
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Get Wood In The Bathroom. A client bought some reclaimed wood at www.mrtimbers.com to install on the wall behind his toilet. It looks really nice. The wall was painted black first so you wont see through the knot holes or gaps. I leveled it out. I glued most of it and nailed a few full […]
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