Cary Carpentry & Construction

Bathroom nook/ shelf. Had some material left after the other projects so I finished out this space with a simple border and apron. Left the live edge on the front piece. Barnwood Project. Iowa 2022

Douglas Fir Entertainment center. 21 inches deep by 10' long glue up. This unit had to be moved up three flights of stairs, so .I finished the top, bottom and sides of sight, then assembled it on sight. The legs are 3/4 black steel with a 3/4 fl**ge. Barnwood Project. Iowa 2022

Bathroom shelving. Birch plywood with 2 1/2 inch Aspen facings. Barnwood project Iowa 2022

Built this knee wall/ handrail with yellow pine and plumbing supplies. 3/4 black steal and fl**ge. Overlayed the whole unit an inch and a half over the corner and added an apron. Barnwood project. Iowa 2022

Azec deck project. The bottom few inches of this panel siding was rotting, and I couldn't find a match. I cut out the rot, added some flashing, and some left over deck boards as a baseboard. Iowa 2022

Faux Beam install. I set standard 2 by 4s level and spaced for attachment. Then clamped and screwed 2 by 6, 2 by 4 and 2 by 2 to create fake I beam with a trough for electric/ ceiling fan and lights. Iowa barnwood project 2022

Added this Douglas Fir as a crown molding for the top of this bathroom wall. Barnwood project Iowa 2022

Processing this Doug Fir and Yellow Pine for an entertainment center, faux beams and a handrail. Iowa 2022

Finished phase 2 of my Azec decking project today. Maybe the biggest job I've ever taken on, on my own. Iowa 2022

Phase 2/front yard of my deck project is underway. Removing the old decking, beefing up the framing and installing top of the line Azec decking. To keep everything tight I use spacer blocks (orange deals), attach a cleat behind me(2 by 4) and use two spreaders to keep the pressure consistent and adjust on the fly.

Going to turn this pile of Douglas Fir into an entertainment center, some faux beams and a handrail. Trust the process. Iowa 2022

First phase of this deck project is done. I replaced the old deck boards with top of the line Azec decking, notched and replaced the cedar posts and rails. The spindles are 3/8 inch metal rod with about 3 coats of gloss black fusion paint and primer. Laying out/ spacing the spindles took some time. I got my layout on the bottom rail, installed the top rail, transferred the mark with a Lazer to the bottom of the top rail, uninstalled the top tail and drilled all the holes with a 3/8 forstner bit and reassembled. Iowa 2022

Front porch, back deck, and stair rail repair. Replacing all the old deck boards with top of the line pvc decking. Also reworking the posts and rails.All cosmetic and no structural, but I always like to build a platform for demo and install while working solo. Iowa River 2022

Basement remodel in the Auburn East Neighborhood. Coralville, IA. The three panel Maple door pictured was pretty pricey , but needed to match the other older Maple door down the hall/ not pictured. I worked with the client to find a less expensive option, 3 panel Poplar doors and trim for everything behind the hall.

3 panel poplar with jute stain doors, case and base project in the Auburn East Neighborhood. Coralville, Iowa 2022

Built these matching solid pine bookshelves and some corner shelving for this reconfiguration project out in Morse,IA 2022

Getting this reconfiguring project wrapped up in Morse, IA. I was wondering how the solid pine door would look against the white trim ...I'm into it. Going to build a pair of matching solid pine bookshelves next week and call it a day

French doors, cased opening, and poplar trim with milled backband to match existing trim. Install. Ready for paint. Iowa 2022

Kitchen island wainscoting project. I wanted to match the detail from the existing cabinet on the far left, which meant I had to bring the baseboard down to 4 inches. On the far right I transitioned the baseboard back to 7 1/2 inches matching the rest of the room. Iowa 2021

Whitewashed Cedar Deck. Iowa 2021

Composite deck repair. Derecho damage. Iowa 2020

Composite deck repair. Derecho Damage. Iowa 2020

New windows and brick molding for this mid century home. Iowa 2020

Bevels more than 55 degrees cut by hand. Pine Farmhouse Trim. Iowa 2020

Laminate flooring and trim for this sunroom. Iowa 2020

Recreated this early 1900's Farmhouse wide Pine casing and baseboard. Original doors and floors. One of the most involved projects I've taken on by myself, and it's done. Iowa 2020

1 by 8 Radiata Pine baseboard. Sanded down slow to 120 grit, and first thin coat of American Chestnut Polyshades. Iowa Farmhouse Trim 2020

Plynth blocks, fresh second coat on the sills, and casing legs front to back. I did all extensions and rips pre stain so I'm not dragging finished product through the table saw etc. When I go to install soon it will be all crosscuts and returns

Trimming out the top floor of this turn of the century farmhouse. I'm batting cleanup for a previous contractor in order to get the house on the market in October. None of the windows or doors were prepared correctly, so I'm adding extensions to all the casing legs (see chop saw)

Recreating some old wide pine trim for a farmhouse outside of Iowa City. New Radiata Pine is notoriously difficult to stain so everything has to be sanded down to open the grain, pre conditioned, stained, and polyed.

Pretty pumped about this new drive up storage space. Trimming out a farmhouse soon and using it as a staging area in between milling staining, etc.

Faux window. 1st Ave Mini Mall. Iowa City 2020

Faux window. Remove rotted wood, reframe, re sheath, and add paintable pvc panels. 1st Ave Mini Mall. Iowa City 2020

Window display for White Rabbit Gallery. Downtown Iowa City 2020

Douglas Fir front window display for White Rabbit Gallery. Downtown Iowa City, IA 2020. Built on site

Douglas Fir. Ripped, planed and sanded down to 1"1/2 by 7 for White Rabbit window display. Iowa 2020

Basement bedroom addition. Framing. Drywall. Install door and trim. Iowa 2020

Basement bedroom addition. Iowa 2020

New head casing and crown molding with a 3/8" pvc cap. Iowa 2020