There’s a First Time…

This past weekend I’m in the middle of my normal Sunday routine, which is to say I’m making the 5th of 8 trips to Lowe’s,

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A Donkey Shed in a Cloud

I’m still plugging away at taping drywall corners in the bathroom. Yes, it’s traumatizing, and no, I don’t want to talk about it. Particularly that

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Filling In The Hole

At some point this website is going to move beyond posts about holes, but that day is not today. We have exactly nine days until

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Future Addition, Or Moat

I’ve officially jumped right into the deep end of this project, and on one hand, finally, I’ve been talking about this for years. On the

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THAT is a big hole

Still not sure how to get inside the house and get my work clothes on so I can grout the counter-top tonight. Foresight FAIL.

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Friday Demolition Edition

It’s time to start the scariest part of the construction process, but also the most fun… DEMOLITION! If the weather holds– and it’s not supposed to,

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Good News, Bad News

If you follow me on Twitter, yesterday you got to preview both the good news, and the part where for the second time in my

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All Over The Place

This week could either be very exciting or very disastrous for our plans, depending on which way the wind blows. Figuratively. Literally depending on whether

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