Whereas the bedroom at Memorial was warm, spacious and inviting (or I like to think it was), the bedroom in the rental is a little bit… less. I gave it…

I’m finding there are all kinds of things to consider as I move back into the “renting” mindset after almost a decade of owning and building my living spaces. On…

I have to say that when the whole chalkboard craze started, I staunchly refused to dive headfirst into a can of chalky black paint. I don’t know if this is…

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…

This room deserves at least one exclamation point for being the first (and currently only) room in the house that can be considered “complete”. Which, in this case, means it…

We are thisclose to having one finished bathroom in the house, which will bring us a giant leap closer to actually living in it some day. Aside from finishing the…

Among other things, the search for floor tile has now started to impact whether or not I can sleep for four hours without waking up in a cold sweat over…

So yesterday I almost swallowed a bug. Almost swallowing a bug is worse than actually swallowing a bug because instead of being gone in an instant there is at least…

It’s where I spend all my time lately, and not in that “I had way to much fun last night” kind of way either. Unless you mean “I had way…

I just spent a good two minutes trying to decide if that title was inappropriate or not, but since I’ve also been spending an inordinate amount of time making doe-eyes…

Arguably I deserve the blank white walls, particularly if they come with a matching straight jacket. This room has come a long way from being a grassy patch in the…

I like to call this a “studying for contractors exam procrastination technique”. So far it’s working well for me. In fact, I’ve picked out many of the final materials for…

So we’re planning on taking the big kitchen cabinet leap soon. Soon-ish. Maybe this year sometime. Or, you know, I might just set up some sawhorses and plywood in there…