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One By One

March 7, 2011 8 Comments

How long have I been saying that I’ve got showers to tile? A month? Two? Actually, the answer is fifty-three days that I’ve been ready

DIY Walk-In Shower: Step 3- Prep For Tile

January 28, 2011 38 Comments

As it turns out, the steps in building a shower go pretty quickly after all of that “framing and then waiting around for an inspector

Pretty Mud: Things You Need To Know About Decorative Concrete

January 25, 2011 24 Comments

It’s possible that I almost had a minor breakdown when we had to choose the colors and patterns for the concrete that surrounds almost half

Move In Date: T minus 12 Weeks and Counting

January 11, 2011 14 Comments

Right now if you were to ask me about the month of March, I picture a beautiful fairytale land. A distant time when the sun

DIY Walk-In Shower: Step 2- Lining

January 10, 2011 47 Comments

We’ve come to the second part of the DIY shower adventure, and it’s only taken me four months from when I framed in the walls

Ending 2010 Right: A Message to All DIYers

December 20, 2010 4 Comments

Twenty-ten will be known around our house for many things (notably the year we built most of the house) but on a personal level I

No Rest For The Weary

December 13, 2010 9 Comments

I’ve got big ideas, big decisions to make, big things to say– about the water leaking through the middle of my door, the lack of

True Value DIY Rescue Mission: Replacing A Trick Faucet

November 23, 2010 3 Comments

When I was in college, we had a faucet. And not just your plain old run-of-the-mill two-handles-and-a-spigot, oh no, we had a trick faucet. If

How To Install A New Disposal

November 17, 2010 4 Comments

My poor mother hasn’t been able to use her master bathroom for a couple of months because I convinced her to take out the old,

Summer’s End

November 11, 2010 2 Comments

Since I’ve been slowing pulling long sleeved clothes out of the brilliantly organized “garbage bag” clothes storage system we have going on in the garage,

Adventures In Masonry: When Things Don’t Go As Planned

November 8, 2010 5 Comments

Last weekend I was making mac-and-cheese on our one-burner hot plate in our one-room garage, and apparently became distracted enough to burn the noodles that

Almost Half Way (To Hell?)

October 25, 2010 6 Comments

I can’t really accurately describe the blissful days of hanging siding that the weekend consisted of if I don’t tell you a little bit about

Walking The Plank

October 20, 2010 7 Comments

I don’t even like heights, but these days, this is my happy place. I find myself more often than not glancing longingly at my tool

House of 1000 Ladders

October 12, 2010 4 Comments

And I’ve climbed up them all. A lot. I’m getting pretty good at hanging with one foot off, stretching out over the abyss to hammer

DIY House Addition: A Week In The Life (Wednesday)

October 7, 2010 10 Comments

We had a singularly uneventful Wednesday right up until I learned 1.) We have bugs in our water, and 2.) J.Lo and I have now

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THE STORYTELLER

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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