My work

Real jobs, in my own photos.

Before and after photos of jobs I finished for my clients, grouped by type of work.

Interior Renovations & Finishing
Home Repairs & Maintenance
Exterior Home Repairs
Decks, Fences & Interlock
Installation, Assembly & Custom Woodworking
Lawn Care & Property Maintenance

Interior Renovations & Finishing

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Flooded basement before the work: old flooring torn up and bare walls — Before

The same basement after: new carpet, smooth painted walls and fresh baseboards — After

Basement restoration after flooding

Drywall repair, taping and plastering, sanding, painting, baseboards and door trim.

Basement room before: bare concrete floor with rolls of underlay ready — Before

The same room after: new wood-look floating floor — After

Floating floor in a basement

Carpet removed, vapor barrier underlay installed, floating floor laid and finished with quarter rounds.

Pink bedroom wall with a painted tree mural, before — Before

The same bedroom after: plain blue walls and white trim — After

Complete bedroom transformation

Primer applied to cover a wall mural, the walls repainted from pink to blue, and the trim and door repainted in white.

Corner of a room with a solid wall, before — Before

A new doorway

A solid wall opened up to create a new doorway for a relocated door.

The same wall after: the door gone, patched, painted and with matching baseboard — After

Old door removed

Old door removed, the wall patched and painted, and the baseboard matched.

Home Repairs & Maintenance

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The same shower base after, with clean new silicone

Shower base before, with dark, worn silicone along the edges

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Shower base silicone

Old silicone removed, surfaces cleaned and prepared, and new silicone applied around the shower base.

Shower after, with clean white tile, a recessed niche and a marble hex floor — After

Shower corner

Stained grout in the corners of a tiled shower, and the shower afterwards: crisp white lines and a clean hex floor.

Slate floor

Open, crumbling gaps between slate tiles, then the same floor with tight, even grout lines.

Bathroom door opening inward, before — Before

The same doorway after: the door opens outward, with new hardware and trim — After

Bathroom door rehung

An inward opening door changed to an outward opening door, with updated hardware and a clean trim finish.

Exterior Home Repairs

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Worn, mossy shingle roof on a backyard shed, before — Before

The same roof after: new black metal panels and trim — After

Shed roof: shingles to metal

Old shingles removed, roofing underlayment installed, then metal panels and trim installed.

Front porch base before, with crumbling stone below the slabs — Before

The same porch after, with new dark vertical cladding along the base — After

Porch base restoration

Repair and reinforcement of the underlying structure, new vertical cladding and joint repairs for a clean, durable finish.

Bare soil and loose stones beside a house, before — Before

The same area after: a stone-lined channel carrying the water away — After

Drainage with a stone finish

An unfinished drainage area turned into controlled water flow with a clean stone finish.

Decks, Fences & Interlock

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The same deck after sanding and staining, warm wood tones

Grey, weathered backyard deck before the work

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Deck renovation

Full deck sanding, then stain applied.

Side entrance after: a custom wood gate with an arched top, lattice panel above and a keypad lock

Side entrance before: open wooden stairs with no gate between the brick wall and the fence

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Custom-built wood gate

Built to fit, with a decorative lattice and a combination lock. The client planned to paint it grey to match the existing gate.

The same patio after re-levelling, washing and fresh polymeric sand

Interlock patio beside a brick house, before, with a sunken uneven section

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Interlock patio relevelling

Corrected a sunken section of interlock, re-levelled the pavers, pressure washed the surface and finished with fresh polymeric sand.

Rotten wooden stair stringers removed from a deck staircase — Before

The staircase reassembled on new stringers, with black railings — After

Exterior staircase rebuilt

Rotten stair stringers removed after carefully dismantling the entire structure. New stringers installed, then the full staircase reassembled and adjusted.

Front entrance before: old, uneven pavers with weeds — Before

The entrance after: new large-format grey slabs on the steps and landing — After

A brand-new entrance

Complete removal of the old pavers and installation of new large-format slabs, for a fresh, modern look.

Uneven interlock walkway along a cedar-shingled house, before — Before

The rebuilt walkway after, level and clean — After

Interlock walkway rebuild

A tired, uneven walkway made clean and solid again: lifted and reset, base corrected, precisely levelled and finished with polymeric sand.

Backyard patio before, overgrown with weeds between the pavers — Before

The same patio after, clean pavers with the patio furniture back — After

Backyard interlock patio

Weeds, climbing plants and heavily soiled interlock, turned into clean interlock and a refreshed backyard.

The same patio after pressure washing and new polymeric sand — After

Interlock cleaning

Pressure washing and polymeric sand joints.

Installation, Assembly & Custom Woodworking

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Empty pantry with a row of coat hooks, before — Before

The pantry after, with white corner shelves on brackets — After

Pantry shelves

An empty pantry fitted with shelves.

Front steps with no handrail, before — Before

The same steps with a new white aluminum handrail — After

Aluminum handrails, Carleton Place

Clean installation of two aluminum handrails. Safe, sturdy and built to last.

Assembly and installation

A queen Murphy bed, a gazebo, wardrobes, cabinets and storage shelving, assembled and installed.

White queen Murphy bed with barn-style doors, installed in a bedroom — Queen Murphy bed

Gazebo with a metal roof assembled and installed on a grey backyard deck — Gazebo, summer-ready

White wardrobe system with shelves, rails and drawers — Wardrobe system

Row of white wardrobes with a mirrored door, installed in a bedroom — Wardrobes, wall to wall

Two black cabinets with rattan doors and brass handles, assembled side by side — Rattan-front cabinets

Wooden storage shelving built along a basement wall — Basement storage shelving

Black two-door cabinet with brass handles in a room with new flooring — Cabinet, set in place

Spiral wooden tree wrapped in string lights beside a window — Handmade wooden Christmas tree

Lawn Care & Property Maintenance

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The same lawn after: leaves removed and grass mowed

Front lawn covered in fallen leaves, before

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Fall yard cleanup

Leaf removal and lawn mowing.

Garden bed under a hedge, covered in dead growth, before — Before

Spring cleanup

A garden bed cleared of dead growth and debris.

A split, leaning tree in a backyard, before — Before

The same backyard after, the tree gone and the lawn clear — After

Tree removal

A dangerous tree safely removed and the yard left spotless.

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