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I Paid For Something Covered In Chicken Poop & Other Things That Make Me Laugh

I’m still working on the plans for Hillside Cottage, but one thing I know for sure is that I won’t have a closet quite the size of this gorgeous thing…

December 16, 2011 | 4 Comments | Read the Full Article

It Is, In Fact, My Favorite Drill

Okay, yes, I do have a slightly unhealthy attachment to my drill. I admit it. Just like I admit you probably shouldn’t get me within three feet of any tool…

October 18, 2011 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

Conversation I Had With State Farm

Me: I have a house insured with you, and I need to increase the insured value… we’ve done a little work on it. Insurance Agent: Okay, it says your house…

September 23, 2011 | 10 Comments | Read the Full Article

DIY Wrap Up: Things I Didn’t Do Because I Was Sleeping Edition

UPDATE: Now with actual links to the Bob Vila articles (seriously, I have no idea what I’m doing anymore) and the Found Magazine site was down yesterday but should be…

August 12, 2011 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

Alternate Realities That Include Bob Vila

Do you ever think if you’d taken a right instead of a left at some point in your life you’d be in an entirely different place right now? I like…

If the World Ends This Weekend, At Least I Took a Bath

Wait. Let me clarify. At least I got to take a bath in my actual house. Ladies and gentlemen, this event has been almost a year in the making. It’s…

This Is Getting Ridiculous

[UPDATE: Everyone, you need to click on the comments link after you read this post and see the song that Holyoke Home wrote for me. Sheer. Awesome.] If you’re wondering…

March 11, 2011 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

That Magic Spot

Here’s something that surprised me about going from an old two-story home with small, closed-off rooms, to something decidedly not. An open floor plan in a long one-story home occasionally…

February 16, 2011 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

Brilliant/Stupid Stupid/Brilliant

Here’s something I’m good at: using a drill. Here’s something I’m not good at: cleaning. Not even cleaning my tools, which I know is sacrilege… but the truth is I’ve…

February 9, 2011 | 12 Comments | Read the Full Article

Floatation Device Required

Usually when I look at floor plans or fixtures online, I picture them larger in my head then they actually end up being in real life. Even when I opened…

February 3, 2011 | 15 Comments | Read the Full Article

Mouse Tracks

If you ever wondered what it looks like when a small critter bounds through snow twice as deep as he is tall… there you go. You may be asking how…

February 2, 2011 | 7 Comments | Read the Full Article

A Wild Tile Chase: Geese Got Nothing On This

If you’ve been around here for the last week or so, you know that I have two showers ready for tile, and exactly zero tiles picked out to finish them…

January 18, 2011 | 22 Comments | Read the Full Article

Roamin’ Numerals and My Famous Table

Check it out. That’s my picnic table in a magazine. Somehow one of the editors of Singapore Home & Decor (yes, you read that right) found me and featured DIYdiva…

January 12, 2011 | 15 Comments | Read the Full Article
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