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Plumbing 101: Replacing Delta Jetted Shower Trim

Hey, what’s it called again when you buy a bigass house with three full bathrooms and none of them contain a working shower? Oh, right. Irony. That was the story…

April 17, 2012 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Changing an Electric Dryer Cord (Brought To You From The Eight Inch Space Behind The Washer)

Here’s an interesting look into my psyche: While I’ve made it very clear on this website that I’d rather have a two foot long chunk of wood shoved under the…

Plumbing 101: Installing a Delta Touch20 Faucet

This post is a long time coming. Almost two years, in fact, since I was invited to visit the Delta Faucet Headquarters with a bunch of awesome bloggers, and decided…

How To Make a Glass Jug Lamp

When I decided to rent an old farm house with a bunch of falling down buildings on the property there was a general debate going on in my family about…

January 29, 2012 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Home Maintenance 101: Uncloging a Sink (Without Vomiting, Kind Of)

I actually feel like I should start out this post by apologizing for the pictures it contains. Actually, if you’ve eaten recently, or are thinking about eating in the next,…

January 23, 2012 | 18 Comments | Read the Full Article

Chicken Coop Turned Coffee Table

First of all, I am admittedly not a chicken expert (yet) but I’m pretty sure this isn’t actually a “coop”. It’s probably more of a chicken-packing-crate or something, but that…

January 16, 2012 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

Experiments In Aging: Industrial Casters

Immediately after I bought (and briefly dated) this old chicken coop, I started scouring the internet for some big industrial vintage casters. Let me tell you this, vintage casters are…

December 22, 2011 | 12 Comments | Read the Full Article

By Tools, For Tools: Quick (and Fun) Wood Toolboxes

During the Great Migration of One-Thousand Tools that has occurred over the last several weeks, it became clear to me that this… Was lacking a certain amount of organization. I…

December 12, 2011 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article

DIY Video: Building a Custom Door & Jamb (with a lot of people staring at you)

Back when I built the shelving for the closets in the Memorial House, I had this idea about building some custom doors for them that mimic the style of the…

November 25, 2011 | 17 Comments | Read the Full Article

Organization 101: DIY File Crates From Pallets

A recurring theme here over the last couple of weeks has been watching me desperately trying to dig myself out from under a mountain of unorganized papers, which pretty much…

August 28, 2011 | 32 Comments | Read the Full Article

Organization 101: Building Basic Wood Shelves

As it turns out having ten closets in your house isn’t even remotely helpful in keeping your life in order if nine of them don’t have shelving. Apparently the floor…

August 23, 2011 | 7 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

Build a Pottery Barn Inspired Pinboard

I’m working my way through several projects for my home office with the hope that, after a year of living in a garage, they might help me get a handle…

August 10, 2011 | 10 Comments | Read the Full Article
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