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A good base to start kitchen layout

05/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 971 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 971 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 1092 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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Hanging clamps on old fence palings

14/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1124 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Since moving house 12 months ago, there has been one issue in my shed that’s been bugging me – clamp storage.

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Telling a law firm to shove it

31/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1218 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Some time ago, I received an email claiming I had breached someone’s copyright by publishing a photo that they owned

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‘Scary’ shower-glass installation

24/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1298 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I had been dreading – and procrastinating over – this particular task for months. On the one hand, it was

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Re-framing a window in a view

17/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1267 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The outside frame of my shed window is of no consequence to me on the inside. From the panoramic window

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Side-projects wrap-up

11/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1104 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I was a bit under the weather for a while recently. And because of that, I didn’t want to do

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Make and install a bathroom safety rail

03/08/202403/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1408 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

A safety rail wasn’t on my to-do list. But, with the bathroom in full use by the client (my 30-something

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Meet Mr fan Tastic

09/07/202409/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1029 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie bought one of those fancy all-in-one bathroom extractor/light/heater thingies like the one I installed in the bathroom downstairs –

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Meet Mr fan Tastic

06/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 792 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie bought one of those fancy all-in-one bathroom extractor/light/heater thingies like the one I installed in the bathroom downstairs –

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My shed nearly sux – installing dust collection

22/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1584 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

My ‘new’ shed is getting a long-overdue upgrade. And this time, I’m doing it more properly than the last time.

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Marrying two spaces – bathroom and toilet

15/06/202415/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1280 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Ashling – “the client” – was scheduled to go out of town for four or five days (for surgery) last

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Only the fiddly bits left

08/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1130 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I’m getting close to the finish line in my bathroom build. All that’s left now is ‘the fiddly bits’. Cornice

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Seriously chunky bathroom shelves

01/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1188 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Out comes another slab of ironbark – this time to make two seriously chunky shelves for the bathroom. I don’t

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Bathroom vanity – part 3 – drawers

23/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1420 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Here’s a boring little video for you – making a drawer for the bathroom vanity unit. I know it’s boring –

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Fitting a bathroom vanity – part 2

18/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1261 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After carefully sanding the vanity top for hours and hours – all the way to 400 grit – it’s now time

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Bathroom vanity unit – part 1

09/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 934 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

With the tiling finished, it’s time to turn my attention to the fit out. First up is the vanity unit

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New assembly table from chunky pallets

02/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 603 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I only went to the mall for a cup of coffee – but came away with two of the chunkiest

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Challenging tiling job FINALLY finished

30/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1029 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

HURRAY!!! The tiling is finally finished in Ashling’s new bathroom. It took longer than I thought it would, was harder

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