That One House I Built – Page 2

Future Office..Er, Hallway…I Mean Office

July 8, 2011 3 Comments

I don’t know if was the best idea to put the office– possibly the most cluttered area of the house, second to the workshop, of

Death By Paint Swatch

July 1, 2011 5 Comments

I’m starting to believe that someone could suffocate in the number of paint swatches I’ve managed to accumulate over the last couple of weeks. That

A Series of Unfortunate Events

June 28, 2011 9 Comments

Have I mentioned before that sometimes when you DIY things don’t go as planned? No? Well you can consider the last week of my life

This Tile Floor Is My DIY Kryptonite

June 20, 2011 15 Comments

You may remember the last time I had anything to say about the tile floor in the master bathroom it was something along the lines

Finishing Floors: Cinderella Never Worked This Hard

June 14, 2011 26 Comments

Three inches at a time is a real fun way to cover four hundred square feet of floor space. It makes me understand the appeal

It’s Not Just What’s Inside That Counts

June 13, 2011 3 Comments

At least, not in home-building. With any project of any size, as far as messes are concerned, things will always get worse before they get

The Unexpected Kitchen: Progress

June 10, 2011 14 Comments

Having the kitchen cabinets in makes a world of a difference in the way the house looks, even if its a completely non-functioning space as

A Livable Space

June 9, 2011 95 Comments

I hinted yesterday that I’m in the process of “moving in” to the house. There is one decent sized project to finish up before the

Rustic Beachy Full Bath: Reveal!

June 7, 2011 40 Comments

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,

Like Daughter, Like Mother

May 9, 2011 2 Comments

Unlike most mothers who got breakfast in bed or a day at the spa, my mother came over to the house on Sunday and was

When Your Closet Is Nicer Than Your Living Space

May 2, 2011 109 Comments

It’s time for me to grab my pillow and sleeping bag and go camp out in the master closet in the not-finished house. Why? It’s

Future Mantle & Table Top

April 29, 2011 7 Comments

When we were in Texas this time last year, we made one of the greatest finds for the new house to date, which was promptly

The Donkey Pasture In-Progress

April 22, 2011 6 Comments

Cheryl made a good point yesterday that I gave you a look at the house progress, but haven’t shown much of the donkey pasture. I

12 Months: An In-Progress House Tour

April 20, 2011 16 Comments

I’m shocked and appalled at the lack of interior “before” pictures that I have, but this is shot-for-shot as close as I can get to

Vacation: Day 4

April 18, 2011 3 Comments

Among other things I spent a little time working on the master bath vanity today. With two sinks this beast is supposed to be 84″

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THE STORYTELLER

Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.

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