No, My Kitchen Doesn’t Have a Floor (And Other True Stories)
I’ve had bare subfloor in my kitchen since one day back in 2015 when I was definitely not starting my kitchen renovation, but also happened
I’ve had bare subfloor in my kitchen since one day back in 2015 when I was definitely not starting my kitchen renovation, but also happened
Yeah. That’s all I have to say about the 22 hours of counter-installation I did this past weekend. Holy. Shit. Looking back on it, it’s
The good news about spending 20 hours in my garage last weekend with a couple bottles of wine, approximately 700 lbs of butcher block, and almost
I’ve been posting about a lot of smaller, fun projects lately, but rest assured most of my focus (and anxiety) is still centered around the
I officially started the kitchen renovation about a year ago, and between February and May I tore most of the kitchen apart, rearranging cabinets… Taking
It’s been 3 weeks since I’ve said anything meaningful about the kitchen, mostly because I haven’t felt like there’s been anything meaningful going on in
At this point there’s almost no way to share all of the things that are going on around the house and in my head in
At some point on Sunday night things related to the kitchen remodel started to snowball, and by Monday morning it reached what can best be
Okay, so Friday I made a bold statement about all the things I was going to get done on the kitchen over the weekend, and
Last Sunday my mom came up to the farm to “help me with the kitchen remodel” which basically means she brought up a bottle of
I’m not. Because I’ve got a barn to paint, and a garden to weed, and a pergola to build. I’ve got chickens and donkeys and
If you’ve kept at least one eye on this website over the last year, you’ll know that the project I talk most about but have
First of all, totally unrelated to the topic of this post but as a follow-up to my last one, guess who successfully mowed all two
There was a point in time where I thought I’d be jumping up and down in joy (having cleared the remaining red tape from this
Let me just say that not much could top the finish and luxury of the half-inch plywood that has been standing in place of counters
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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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