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 [...]
Posted in Flooring, House Projects on Sep 17th, 2007
The alternate title for this post was “Master Disaster, Part XXIII” because as we all know, on Garrison Road, things always get worse before they get better.Let me just start out with this picture, because we’re all (Patti!) dying for pictures:
This is the soon-to-be office before:
Actually, when you look at it in a photograph it doesn’t look [...]
Posted in Badass Pergola, House Projects on May 31st, 2007
Memorial weekend was one of those power weekends, even though it started out raining, and the patio stones we had meticulously cleared two weekends ago now looked like this:
Mom and I thought we’d get creative with the shade fabric/curtains to try and keep the rain out.
This worked about how you would expect, which is to say not at all. [...]
Posted in Badass Pergola, House Projects on Sep 17th, 2006
I’ve only been awake for about 45 minutes today, and so far I’m not sure which part of my day has been the worst:1. The seven phone calls between 7:30 and 10am.
2. Waking up to the exhaust of Ricardo’s cobra shaking the crap out of the house.
3. The obligatory 3 margarita hangover.
4. Or this…
I’m like 80% [...]
Posted in Badass Pergola, House Projects on Sep 16th, 2006
Today I was surrounded by kick ass women… but before I get to that, let me tell you about the trailer.The big plan for today was to hitch a trailer up to my Xterra and go pick up a half a dozen more big pieces of flagstone. I didn’t have much of a plan beyond [...]
"I wear a toolbelt and go barefoot the way other girls wear Prada and heels."
Recycling Cabinet
DIY Wine Rack
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