House Colors: Houston, We Have a Decision
It may have taken over a year, and several material swatches spread out on the floor of the paint store that resulted in conversations that
It may have taken over a year, and several material swatches spread out on the floor of the paint store that resulted in conversations that
You know I never shy away from a tiling challenge, so I jumped in hammer first when it came to building the walk-in shower for
Never enough time On a crisp country morning To just enjoy life I’m too busy writing meaningless haiku’s. And sympathizing with spiders. We all wake
Needless to say, I do a lot of “working on houses” but this is the first time it’s been sponsored by my Actual Real Job,
Well, two good things happened today which means I’m in a much better frame of mind than I was yesterday. 1.) I had a blast
So. So. I’ve been putting off writing this post since last Thursday, because I haven’t been able to think about the money we spent on
Maybe you thought that sometime I would have something to talk about other than “rooms that contain a toilet”. Like drills, right? I used to
Just what goes on the wall in a man-cave bathroom? Ah, the number of sleepless nights I’ve spent pondering that question. As you might have
I’ve mentioned before that I’m well in the throes of picking the fixtures, flooring, and other materials for both of the bathrooms in the house
I mentioned sometime last week that there was definitely not enough excitement going on around here, and that’s because I didn’t know I was going
New drywall, tile, windows, fixtures, floor, bead-board, and one urinal later, and I can officially say the man-cave bathroom the most complete room in any
What with living in a garage, building a house, chasing the donkeys around, having to light a fire every time we want to cook food,
Foundations are fun, I agree, and not just because 1.) you get to dig a bigass hole in the ground, and 2.) my family owns
I cannot even begin to tell you how may door installations at our house have ended with one of us trying to dislodge the others
The most exciting thing I ever saw in the city was a pair of flying squirrels partying in the trees of my front yard late
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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