Matti þúsundþjalasmiður

Sometimes straight just doesn't fit 😁

Eikarparket í litla rísíbúð

There are rules for parquet installation: big planks for big rooms, small planks for small rooms, flooring direction towards the light source and in narrow rooms along the longer edge... all these rules make sense, in general. But sometimes it makes sense to break them.

Big-plank oak parquet in a small attic apartment: Aligned to the walls looked odd, no matter in what direction, but diagonal, aligned to the fish tank worked great! It made the space appear brighter, bigger and wider than before 😊

happy new year! 😊

may the next one be better than the last

making windows
smíða glugga

small job: a custom-made hay rack for bunnies

(hvernig kallar þú þetta á íslensku?)

hvað að gera um helgina?
menntun :)

what to do on a weekend?
learn about old icelandic houses, how to maintain and repair them :)

small task: repairing an old wooden stepladder.
making it safe and functional again without changing the original used look.

two crumbled pieces (obviously a bungled mending years ago) replaced with dyed and oiled larch wood.
several cracked wood pieces preserved, glued and partly supported with hidden screws.
all screws checked, tightened and glue added on critical joints.

Býð upp á viðgerðar og viðhalds þjónustu m.a. fyrir hesthús, gerði og hestakerrur.
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Offering repair- and maintenance service for stables, paddocks and trailers.

turning a garage into a workplace for a sound engineer

recycling an old painted oak parquet:
removing paint and glue, roughly sanding to intensify the natural wood structure, glueing the planks together (floating on the insulation layer), sanding again, then dyeing with wood stain and finishing with linseed oil.
a true pleasure to step on this floor now :)

new balcony / nýjar svalir