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Permission To Paint a House (But Not How You Think)

Here’s a conversation I’ve been having with myself for the last two weeks: Project ADD Me: Oh! I have a great idea for a painting I’d like to do for…

DIY Spice Jar Labels

It might seem a little strange that even though I don’t have a working kitchen (or even really the hope of having a working kitchen anytime soon) I just had…

September 20, 2011 | 31 Comments | Read the Full Article

Art In Progress: Hanging Tiny Planets

A couple of weeks ago when I started drawing little planets on torn out book pages, I had no idea what I was going to actually do with them. I…

September 14, 2011 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article

Art In Progress: Tiny Sharpie Planets

Hey, look at this… I made something that doesn’t involve my drill or a bigass saw. Shocking, right? I don’t know what’s come over me. Actually I do know what…

September 1, 2011 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article

Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 3

Creating this rustic wood wall art was a simple project when it came to building the panels and thinking up designs, but when it came to pulling the trigger and…

August 15, 2011 | 31 Comments | Read the Full Article

Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 2

See this? This is me making a concerted effort to actually finish one of the projects I started in the last couple of weeks. Stranger things have happened. I’m actually…

Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 1

Since I was playing with saws and nailers all weekend building mirror frames, I thought it was a good time to get a jump start on yet another project I’ve…

Picking up a different kind of paintbrush…

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 was planning for this little…

February 21, 2010 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

Photo Essay: A day in the life.

I woke up around 8 AM Saturday with a full plate of “things that needed to get done” and the idea that I should take a picture every hour to…

September 28, 2008 | 4 Comments | Read the Full Article

Vertigo (And things I hope never to do again.)

Today I ate half of a bagel that landed cream cheese side down in construction-site dirt. I still had 3 more hours of walking up and down a 30-foot hill…

Totally Worth It

I spent the better part of my waking hours today breathing the soup fresh-air of Summer and slogging around through this… … in a cracked work boot that allowed mud and…

Like Legos, But Bigger

It has been a long time since I have stepped in the shower at the end of the day and watched the water flowing to the drain turn black. And…

On the list of 1000 projects I would like to start in the next year.

I have a problem. I am project ADD and I know it, okay? There are just so many wonderful things to be built and painted and refinished. First on my…

March 26, 2008 | 5 Comments | Read the Full Article
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