As it turns out, I haven’t had as much time to hang out in my basement and play with my tools as I usually do, mostly because I spend all…

This week has been unsurprisingly crazy, even though the appraisal on the house has been pushed back to next week. Here’s a quick look at what’s been going on. The…

When I close my eyes and go to my happy place, it looks something like this: I love everything about my house, my projects always go just the way I…

Today is: Two years, seven months, and eight days since I fell in love with an old gas station… Two years, seven months, and twenty days since we bought three…

I was browsing through my photography folders tonight, looking for something I hadn’t posted yet, and this image called out to me. I’d like to be able to sort my…

Nope. This is part of the closet shelving we’re building in the master bedroom. The shelving that has basically caused MysteryMan’s head to rocket off his shoulders and spin around…

I’m not entirely sure that my brain doesn’t have a quarter-inch of ice over it right now keeping my circuits in a deep freeze, or if I just need more…

Luckily we got power back today which means the toilet will flush and, more importantly, the power tools work again. I put them to good use on the bathroom wall….

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…

That’s how many square feet of wall I’ve textured and primed since Sunday evening. So basically, my arm hurts. But I have to say, it’s worth it… these walls are…

I still have to make some final decisions on the cabinets today. All of your comments and thoughtful feedback are really helping. As is this: the best chocolate I’ve ever…

I had to take a small break from the week of True Value projects last night and go to bed at a decent hour. Like midnight. But don’t worry, I’ll…

I don’t want to insinuate that there are people out there with loads of time on their hands for whom the holidays (and the added time that must be devoted…