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August, 2010

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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 went something like, “Excuse me…

August 31, 2010 | 12 Comments | Read the Full Article

DIY Walk-In Shower: Step 1 – Rough Framing

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 our new master bathroom. MysteryMan…

August 29, 2010 | 10 Comments | Read the Full Article

Country Mornings

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 up with things to build…

August 27, 2010 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Don’t Measure When You Can Mark (And other things I learned on the Habitat build.)

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, which has nothing to do…

August 25, 2010 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

Stain on the Brain: Is this a fix?

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 learning the tricks of the…

August 24, 2010 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

Things I Messed Up On Our House: Cedar Beam Edition

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 cedar posts and beam-wrap, and…

August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments | Read the Full Article

Full Bath Style: Beachy Neutral Wood & Glass

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 talk about drills, and hammering…

August 19, 2010 | 8 Comments | Read the Full Article

Man-Cave Bathroom: Wall Art

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 seen in the man-cave bathroom…

August 17, 2010 | 14 Comments | Read the Full Article

My Bathroom Is Going To Be Smarter Than My Computer. Probably.

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 we’re rebuilding. Which basically means…

August 15, 2010 | 8 Comments | Read the Full Article

So Many Things Your Hands Can Do! (According to Delta Faucets and The Count)

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 to all but finish the…

August 11, 2010 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

Man-Cave Bathroom Style: Revealed!

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 of the four buildings on…

August 10, 2010 | 31 Comments | Read the Full Article

Two Inches Too Short

For about three months I’ve been saying with regularity that I’ll reveal the big man-cave bathroom renovation next week. Mind you, this thing has been in the works since back…

August 9, 2010 | 9 Comments | Read the Full Article

Because there is *definitely* not enough going on around here.

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, and, you know, refraining from…

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