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Shed basement – better progress

29/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1458 Views 3 Comments Make-n-Do

After a slow start, progress in the basement has been good. I now have a deeper hole – and somewhere

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Shed basement – Merry Christmas

24/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1591 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Christmas is coming and the shed-basement project progresses – with a minor (or maybe even major) hiccup just today. You

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Shed basement – digging deeper

21/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1500 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

As a hole-digging-progress report, this.video is sooo exciting –– NOT! But, stick with me and I promise it will get

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New project – digging a hole in my shed

14/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1066 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

My shed has a basement under half of it. But it’s not high enough to stand up in – at

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Finished kitchen and bathroom tour

07/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1024 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

IT’S ALL DONE (nearly – just minor touchups you don’t need to watch). The kitchen floor was the last major

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All the fiddly bits to finish a kitchen build

30/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1016 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I can’t believe it – my daughter’s kitchen build is finished! Or at least it is now, in real life.

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Kitchen ceiling – part 2

23/11/202424/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1046 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The central, drop-down part of the ceiling will be a centrepiece of my daughter’s kitchen – if all goes to

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Kitchen benchtop – part 5 (and last)

23/11/202424/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 985 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I promise – this is the last video of the benchtop installation. It was a tricky and long-winded journey, but,

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Kitchen ceiling – part 1

16/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1047 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The ceiling in my daughter’s kitchen has lived in my head for months. It’s finally time to get it out

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Kitchen benchtop – part 4

15/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 581 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

How long does it take to fit one bench top, you might ask? Well, we’re near the end – just

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Kitchen benchtop – part 3

09/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1062 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This episode features a nice big slab of ironbark, which will be a standout feature of my daughter’s kitchen. Ironbark

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Two steps to failure

02/11/202402/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 896 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This was a hard one to cop – but it was, in the end, a big fat fail. Or was

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Kitchen benchtop – part2

02/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 756 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Putting the stone on top of the kitchen bench is a momentous milestone. One ‘simple’ act seems to progress the

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Blind corner cupboard

26/10/202426/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 929 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

A blind corner cupboard in any kitchen is a pain to deal with. More so in a small kitchen where

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Kitchen benchtop – part 1

26/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1124 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Like the cupboards, I felt the stone benchtop also needed a solid, level base. In my head, that was always

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Hanging wall panels and high cupboards

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1164 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After getting the first cupboards installed, I move on to panelling the walls – then some high cupboards. There was a

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First cupboards installed in daughter’s kitchen

13/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1881 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After building a good solid base, it’s time to start installing some cupboards on top. But that’s not as easy

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A good base to start kitchen layout

05/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 934 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After a rocky start, I set out to build a solid foundation on which to rest the kitchen cupboards. But,

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Rough start to a kitchen project

28/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 938 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

It’s taken a while – and A LOT of procrastination – but, I finally got around to making a start on

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Making a bar stool – and drinking beer

21/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1044 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I need a new bar stool to go with my bar table in my little Irish ‘snug’. Actually, I didn’t

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