If it seems like I’ve been slacking when it comes to pounding the pixels (to steal a quip), it’s because I have been.

The first of many spring projects at my house is to turn the basement into living quarters. And like any remodeling project, it’s slow going: Demolishing the existing finish work (wall paneling and carpeting), moving wiring, moving plumbing, cutting concrete, moving doors, building walls, etc. Me and my crowbar were close companions all of last week…until Friday, when I was finally ready to start being constructive rather than destructive.

Slowly but surely, it’s coming along. I have one more wall to build and everything will be framed in. After that, it’s a matter of finishing the plumbing and wiring and then I’ll be ready to start doing finish work. I’m not a carpenter, but I can manage when it comes to a hammer and saw. It’s the wiring and plumbing that I struggle with. If I tried it myself, I’d either burn the house down or flood the basement. So I’m leaving that to those who know what they’re doing…good help is hard to find, though. *cough, cough*

This morning, we launched a new website for Lay Family Furniture in Oneida.

Store owner Jerry Lay wanted a simple website that would primarily allow his customers to shop the brands he carries rather than building a full-fledged e-retail site. So, that’s what we designed. The site replaces an existing site and has a CMS backbone that will enable the store’s staff to easily make changes to the content.

Lay Family Furniture

A couple of weeks ago we launched a new website for Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative in southeastern Ohio. BuckeyeREC.Com.

I haven’t posted any projects in a while, but here’s a logo we’re working on today for our friend Steve Turpin of Turpin Custom Game Calls in Memphis. It’s very much a work in progress, but the final logo should resemble this one in some form or fashion. It doesn’t look too “outdoorsy” in the traditional sense, but it’s being used to promote his company on social sites, such as MySpace, so it needs more of a “new age” look to it, so to speak.