The original door had curves with wooden beads, but was seriously weathered and cracked. After a century of gunky finish was scraped off, Jeff gave the "4-foot-only-2-people-can-carry-door" a facelift with salvaged wood from the original fireplace.

During his years making furniture and remodeling Jeff often put secret notes inside wood or building cavities. This time it's not a secret, he put a picture of the family taken on top of the Fremont Bridge during the 2013 Portland Bridge Pedal between the panels. Pedal day is when all 10 Portland bridges are closed down for bikes: http://blog.bridgepedal.com. Seemed appropriate since we've named each of the living spaces after Portland bridges. (Note: Fremont is Garden West in Phelps-Montgomery language.)

The front porch has been an eye sore since the move, but a necessary entryway to the house. After a week of torrential rain and power outages, a sunny weekend allowed for removal of the structure and reframing for the new grand porch (with a little help from Grand Central Bakery goodies, a weekend tradition for the crews).

Oodles of handles went up this week on all the cabinets: 160 to be exact. Someone was a bit on auto-pilot and put the wrong handle on a cabinet door - see if you can find it at the open house...and yes, the cabinet door will be replaced, Jeff wouldn't allow it any other way.