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This Week’s Featured Pulp Improvement
Pulp Deck
Pulp Deck
Sometimes you just need to do some heavy lifting (and digging). What might I be talking about, you ask? Well, I am talking about the soon to be hot tub/BBQ Pit area of the Pulp Deck project!
The intent here? We have an existing hot tub and a really cool Smoker BBQ, what better thing to do than to make it all part of the deck project. The thought being that we could do a sort of patio adjacent to the deck and then land those two items on it, a simple step down to get to both!
Let the work begin. First up, this being New England and all, need a pretty solid base under top to prevent heaving from the ground freezing. Our plan for top surface is to use granite pavers in a mixed rectangular/square pattern, you know, like I said, a patio. The path to get there, lots of digging, followed by lots of filling!
So dig we did. We also wanted to add a little “critter proofing” to the entire deck, aka, chicken wire attached to deck edge and then buried in the dirt around the deck (to keep out the larger, nesting critters). For patio base, going with a thick layer of crushed stone, topped with a thinner layer of stone dust (like concrete sand) which helps the leveling process, and then those top granite pavers.
It was time, and with the landscaping delivery just prior to Turkey day, we were ready to go! We were able to get a jump on things by digging out the patio area previously, so last week, got busy with that chicken wire install and then wagon after wagon of the crushed stone (landscape drop was out next to driveway, have to get it to the pit). First layer down, stomped on and ready to continue.
Did I mention it got kind of cold here? It did. We just happened to be off yesterday, but morning outdoor temp of 10 degrees just not conducive to outdoor work (nearly got frost bite clearing the ice off of the vehicle), so moved back into doing some indoor finish work, currently closing up holes and paint patching of office. I did manage to go to another landscape supply to check out potential bricks that we’ll use for the walkway to driveway project and got lucky, we’ve found something we like, Boston City Hall Pavers, aka, the same type used for that project (pics below).
Hoping to get back on the pit work in the near future but we are definitely moving into the winter season (yup, we even have a little snow on the ground). It’s all good though, plenty of the indoor projects to keep us busy. Stay warm you all!
The Progress pics adjacent and below. See you next week!
Pulp Improvements
The 257 Project
Most Recent Pics for Sale
The 1800 Project
Here’s the trailer to the exciting new movie coming out this summer (okay, so maybe not really a movie, more a couple long form video’s to document the start to finish of this project)! Truth is, had a little fun with a movie trailer template they have and this is the “story” of the 1800 Project to date. Enjoy!
Nothing at All
A long time ago, in a small apartment in New York City, I was listening to a Prince song, simply called “7” and I was very much getting into the sound of the guitar playing, and what I perceived as an “open” chord strum, aka, just hitting those strings with no fingers applied (forgive me if that was mistaken). I tried to work that into something, and came up with a riff that I thought was pretty catchy. Not 100% sure what mood I was in at the time but decided that “you don’t need Nothing at All” was a good premise and ran with it. Years later, and also during the pandemic, decided it was a good time to rebuild it. Got busy with my wonderful musician friends and a new version it was.
Hope you enjoy!
The Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach Limited Edition Prints Prints
We recently mentioned that we had been gifted a fine collection of Ray Harm and Guy Coheleach “limited edition” art prints which we intend to eventually sell here from the website (will be setting up a page in our shop collection). Currently doing a complete inventory of what we have and documenting all of that. Wanted to share a little taste of what we are talking about so will feature a pic or two each week until we get that shop page up and running. This week’s sample print below!
Kirtland’s Warbler
