Each evening after work I work on the workshop a little bit. Last night’s project involved hanging some of the metal signs I’ve collected over the years. While many people adorn their buildings with signs from old gas stations and businesses, most of mine are old road signs. Some of them were purchased legally. Some of them came from abandoned… read entire post

As of last Wednesday, April 1, construction on the building is finally done. When Susan and I purchased our new home back in 2018, we intended on building a workshop in the backyard the minute our old house sold. Unfortunately, the old house sat on the market for another nine months. When it finally sold in July of 2019, we… read entire post

When you have a shop built, the following things happen in the following order: the build site is prepared, dirt is brought in, concrete is poured, the building is assembled, and then the building is finished. After a few months of coordination, the first stage — the preparation of the site — is over. I think. This stage involved having… read entire post

“Mr. O’Hara, could you please give me a call back? We’ve had an incident in your backyard.” I don’t know that I’ve mentioned it before on the blog, but we’re having a shop built in the backyard at our new home. This was a decision we made before we ever bought the new house. I’ve wanted one for a long… read entire post