Spending some quality time sitting on the basement steps waxing philosophic about life and/or paintchips has become a part of my daily routine over the last week or so. Overall…

I’m thinking about making this a Wednesday staple at DIYdiva. (Clearly it’s not Wednesday today, but I took a couple of days off work last week and so my internal…

Yesterday Nina from Old House Web tipped me off about their Old House Blogger Contest, and I have to admit I read “$250 Lowe’s gift certificate” and a new water…

Granted, I have burns on two of them, and twin bruises on my shins, but MysteryMan will tell you I can sustain those kinds of injuries making myself a bowl…

(Really good advice, and free legal documents. What else could you as for?) So. People tell me there’s a right way to do things. Ladies, you’re supposed to live with…

There’s been very little time for doing anything too far outside of the realm of packing and construction, but we’re trying to sneak out whenever we get a chance. Last…

Since we decided to hold off on breaking ground on the actual house, we’ve put all of our energy into turning the station into a livable space. In the last…

Warming my freakishly long second toes by the fire. Add this to the list of shit that DOES. NOT. SUCK.

Stone bonfire pit large enough to hold pallets. Because the best ideas are worth shamelessly stealing.

Does not suck that the memorial house is 5 minutes from work. Makes for very relaxing (and sweetcorn filled) lunchbreaks, before heading back to corporate life.

The Story: In the last couple of weeks a few things happened in succession which made the two of us take a long hard look at what we wanted, and…

More mathmatical formulas are calculated in the lumber aisle of Lowe’s than anywhere else outside the world of academia and/or the pentagon.