Secret Project Work and a Few More Shingles

The high temp today was 16 degrees for about an hour in the afternoon.  R braved the bitter cold to hang more shingles.  In the meantime I stayed indoors with the cats and worked on my secret project.

A long time ago I purchased a box of offset hinges to use in the kitchen.  The price was great and at 10 bucks I purchased in haste.  When the hinges arrived I realised that I could not use them on the kitchen cabinets.

But I have since been able to use the hinges on various projects but not as hinges.  So today I again hauled out the box of hinges to use on my secret project.

I'm not using them as hinges so I cut the hinge portion off with a hacksaw.  I'm repeating a design element that has been used both inside and outside of the house.  I now have just 6 hinges left!! 

So tomorrow R and I will make a placement adjustment on the exterior lights on each side of the french doors.  One of the lights is 7/8th of an inch further from the door.  The light fixtures were in the correct spot for the other door but when we installed the new door we tried and tried to center it in the opening. Unfortunately the door just wouldn't stay plumb and level unless we moved it over 7/8ths of an inch.

It's not a big deal because we wanted to use a wood block under each light rather than have the fixture sit on the shingles.  The fixture will fit against the wood block tighter than it currently does against the cedar shingles.

I hope that everyone enjoyed their paczki today.  I had two, raspberry and lemon.  Why have only one???  R had to wait in line for almost a half hour because there were so many people buying these tasty calorie filled pastries.  It was worth it.

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Board and Batten Shutter Tutorial Part 4

This is the final installment on building and hanging our board and batten shutters.  Click on the links below if you have not read parts 1-3.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 

The shutters are not primed or painted yet but we like to drill all of our pilot holes now so that we do not mar the white painted finish when we installed the strap hinges and pull rings.  Also, we drill the pilot hole for the long screw that will go through the shutter and into the trim.  We countersink that pilot hole for the long  screw because we need the screw to be below the surface because we are hiding it behind the decorative strap hinge. 

 First we layout the hardware to make sure everything is exactly where we want it before we drill the pilot holes.

The large hole is the hole that the deck screw will go through to attach the shutter to the trim.

We leave the strap hinge attached at the hinge part but lift the strap up so you can get to the countersunk hole for the deck screw.

We are now ready to take the shutters outside to hang on the garden shed.

R used a 2 1/2 inch deck screw to attach the shutter to the wood trim. With the strap hinge lifted up and out of the way it is easy to get to the countersunk pilot hole but the hinge is still attached to the shutter..

R screwed in the second deck screw, that will be hidden under the bottom strap hinge, after checking with a level to make sure that the shutter is straight. 

 Now install the remaining small screws in the pilot holes for the strap hinge.  Don't look at the peeling paint.  I'll paint that when I remove the shutters to paint them.  I will also replace that cracked window pane and reglaze the window.  Danger Danger....Project spinning out of control!!!!  Isn't that the way it always is?  One thing leads to another. 

  You can see the pond to the right of the shed.  There were two Sandhill Cranes walking around the pond and two Mallards swimming on the pond.

You can find the Sandhill Cranes and the Mallards in the center of the photo.

These little shutters add the same design element that is on the original doors of the house and the same element that is on the garden shed doors.

Tomorrow I am going to look at a Jacobean dining room table with a china hutch and buffet server.  We have been looking for some time but we always find that pieces are missing or the set have been painted.  Fingers crossed that it looks as good in person as it does in the photos.

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