Houseblogs: Weekly Wrap-up
We’re T-minus 1 day until the great donkey shed building adventure begins, and I’ve spent this week doing my Actual Real Job, finishing the tile
We’re T-minus 1 day until the great donkey shed building adventure begins, and I’ve spent this week doing my Actual Real Job, finishing the tile
Back when the temperature was above freezing and we weren’t buried under a foot of snow, MysteryMan had a bunch of friends over to Memorial
Approximately seven weeks ago, one of my closest friends (who lives a state away) brought this little bundle of CUTE into the world: When she
Maybe I’ve mentioned this, but one of the side benefits of four-hour long contractors classes twice a week is that it gives us 240 minutes
The easiest way to describe this is “like installing a wood floor, but upside-down.” Even if you’ve never done a wood floor before, the concept
With the dates for the Hauling Ass Tour of 2010, and ground-breaking for the house bearing down upon us, I’ve begun repeating the coming weeks
I almost never look at the suggested google searches as I type in my how-to and power tool related queries (and they are many) but
I am thisclose to being done with plastering the walls in the Station, and in keeping with the tradition of starting a new project before
While we will have a pretty thorough record of all of the construction at Memorial through this website and my incessant picture taking, I’ve been
As a general rule, I spend my time here talking about projects, and I expect that if you use any bit of my advice at
I’ve got one day of being up to my knuckles in joint compound left before the main living space in the Station is done. (That
I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.
Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.
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