Doug's Project 365

In an effort to dress up our dining room, I’m installing rail and stile wainscoting.  Here you see the basic flat stock and chair rail installed.

This is what happens at Sugarloaf when all but 3 of the lifts are closed due to wind hold. Thanks to some quick thinking my Michael and me, we did some hiking to get to deserted terrain and had a grand old adventure regardless.  That’s Michael on the left, and the line for the T-bar on the right.

Bonus picture: This is what happens when I decide to pack it in for the day at lunch.

[Note: catching up on almost a month’s worth of posts]

I’m at Sugarloaf for a 3-day weekend of skiing.

20% off a mixed case of wine at Gordon’s!

For some unknown reason, this doorway in our dining room was framed out in flat stock rather than the typical fancier stuff usually seen in a Victorian. Since I’m doing a minor project in the dining room, now is the time to fix it. The hardest part is avoiding doing too much damage to the old plaster.

I finally made it to the moulding shop in Braintree I’ve been talking about. I bought some supplies to do a minor remodel of our dining room. Here’s a vignette of the type of wainscoting I’ll be installing — minus the Chippendale side table.

Over the weekend somebody clipped the driver’s side mirror of my car while I was parked. No note or anything of course. I think it looks vaguely Borg-like this way.
 

I think a mixed bouquet like this — even on Valentine’s day — looks nicer and lasts longer than just roses.

There’s something about having breakfast for dinner that makes me feel like I’m back in the time when I was just starting to live on my own.

There’s one thing to be said for 2 feet of snow on the ground: the snowshoeing is excellent, even in an inner suburb of a major US city. Lis and I went to a park along the Charles in Newton Lower Falls. This bench is not currently among the world’s most ergonomic.

 
[Note: yes, I’m 10 days behind in posting this photo, and we have much less snow now.]