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DIY Video: Building a Custom Door & Jamb (with a lot of people staring at you)

Back when I built the shelving for the closets in the Memorial House, I had this idea about building... 
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Organization 101: DIY File Crates From Pallets

A recurring theme here over the last couple of weeks has been watching me desperately trying to dig... 
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Drywall 101: Drywalling Basics

“Let’s hang and finish some drywall!” Yeah. Here’s my guess at the three most... 
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Out With The Old: A Look Back at the Beautiful Disaster of 2011

Just so we’re clear from the start, the “beautiful” part of 2011 was definitely how... 
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Joinery 101: Using a Kreg Jig

Interior work brings with it the joy of figuring out how to attach two pieces of wood in a slightly... 
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Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 3

Creating this rustic wood wall art was a simple project when it came to building the panels and thinking... 
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Weekend DIY Picnic Table Project

See this picnic table? I love eating at this thing almost as much as I loved building it. Detached benches,... 
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DIY House Addition: Building a House From the Ground Up

Building a house takes many things– tools, patience, several cases of beer, and most importantly,... 
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How To Build a Pottery Barn Inspired Vanity

I think the most important thing on the list of stuff you need to build a vanity is the pervasive belief... 
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By Tools, For Tools: Quick (and Fun) Wood Toolboxes

During the Great Migration of One-Thousand Tools that has occurred over the last several weeks, it became... 
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DIY House From Scratch: Final Plans & Finding Builders

If all goes well– and, as someone who almost just lost the tip of a finger to a kitchen utensil (the irony of that is not lost on me, by…

January 25, 2012 | 11 Comments | Read the Full Article

Home Maintenance 101: Uncloging a Sink (Without Vomiting, Kind Of)

I actually feel like I should start out this post by apologizing for the pictures it contains. Actually, if you’ve eaten recently, or are thinking about eating in the next,…

January 23, 2012 | 15 Comments | Read the Full Article

The Project List: Checking In & Picking Up (saws, not clothes)

Honestly, if I were a better person, I would be picking up the random piles of laundry strewn about the house instead of trying to take pictures of myself lifting…

January 17, 2012 | 10 Comments | Read the Full Article

Chicken Coop Turned Coffee Table

First of all, I am admittedly not a chicken expert (yet) but I’m pretty sure this isn’t actually a “coop”. It’s probably more of a chicken-packing-crate or something, but that…

January 16, 2012 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

The Little Farm Table That Could

I really feel like this one should be called “the little girl who heaved a table onto her back, ran across two lanes of traffic and a parking lot, and…

January 12, 2012 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

Junk Hunt

As it turns out, I haven’t had as much time to hang out in my basement and play with my tools as I usually do, mostly because I spend all…

January 9, 2012 | 15 Comments | Read the Full Article

Pipe Dreams: Bed & Bedroom Progress

Whereas the bedroom at Memorial was warm, spacious and inviting (or I like to think it was), the bedroom in the rental is a little bit… less. I gave it…

January 6, 2012 | 19 Comments | Read the Full Article

Hillside Cottage: Floor plans Part 2

It’s been a little over a month since I fell in love with shared the first version of the future Hillside Cottage floor plans. Here’s how the process has gone…

January 5, 2012 | 16 Comments | Read the Full Article

A Different Kind of DIY

That silence you hear is the sound of me blinking forty-seven times at the prospect of DIY that doesn’t involve power tools and sawdust. My brain has a hard time…

January 4, 2012 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Out With The Old: A Look Back at the Beautiful Disaster of 2011

Just so we’re clear from the start, the “beautiful” part of 2011 was definitely how the Memorial House turned out, and, well, I think “disaster” is the only accurate way…

January 1, 2012 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article

The Yearly Expansion of My Tool Collection

It’s safe to say that after all the pretty packages under the tree have been unwrapped, there are always a few more toys for me to play with in the…

December 28, 2011 | 18 Comments | Read the Full Article

The Great Property Search Continues

Here’s an idea: Spend two days eating sugar-laden Christmas treats, then take all that extra energy, put it in a car, and drive around in circles (on dirt roads) for…

December 27, 2011 | 8 Comments | Read the Full Article

Experiments In Aging: Industrial Casters

Immediately after I bought (and briefly dated) this old chicken coop, I started scouring the internet for some big industrial vintage casters. Let me tell you this, vintage casters are…

December 22, 2011 | 10 Comments | Read the Full Article
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