Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 9th, 2008
But that isn’t to say the progress isn’t remarkable.
Before the basement was a workshop:
The “I took this picture after a glass of wine” shot of the workshop area:
And….
Voila! Stick-tile heaven!
I’ll get a shot of the workbench etc. etc. after I’m actually finished. There’s only about 30 of 300 sq ft to go, but they happen [...]
Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 7th, 2008
Obviously I’ve been spending hours at a time recently holed up in the utility portion of my basement getting high off the adhesive on the back of self-stick vinyl tiles. (Just kidding, it has no smell… not that I’ve tried or anything. Um. Moving on.) It’s not exactly a mentally-engaging project, so I’ve been considering what [...]
Posted in Basement, House Projects on Jan 3rd, 2008
For a while there I thought I may actually have lost my project-addiction, killed off by textbooks and lack of weekends. So it came as an immense relief when I dragged myself down to the basement after work today, and 20 minutes later (despite the fact that I have a job interview early tomorrow morning) found myself [...]
Posted in DIY Lessons, House Projects, Master Bedroom, Wood on Jan 1st, 2008
DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional carpenter, woodworker, or crown molding hanger. I’m just a girl with a dremmel, some rotozip bits, and a miter saw.
I’m not even going to pretend like crown molding is my friend. I live in an eighty year old crooked house. Anything that needs to be straight, level, cut at a [...]
Posted in DIY Philosophy, House Projects, Master Bedroom on Dec 31st, 2007
It seems I have finally gotten back into the swing of things. I’d been sitting around just kind of waiting for the jet lag to subside, and then to recover from the whirlwind of the holidays, and for my brain to jump gears again from textbooks and paper-writing to projects and power tools. Luckily, I [...]
"I wear a toolbelt and go barefoot the way other girls wear Prada and heels."
Recycling Cabinet
DIY Wine Rack
