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A Wild Tile Chase: Geese Got Nothing On This

January 18, 2011 22 Comments

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

Finishing Drywall Joints: Tips From A Pro

January 13, 2011 60 Comments

Let’s just be clear here, I am not the pro. I am the tip-ee, as it were. When the guy who hung the drywall and

Roamin’ Numerals and My Famous Table

January 12, 2011 15 Comments

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)

Baby It’s Cold Outside

January 9, 2011 16 Comments

Here’s my normal method for dealing with months that have an average temperature below 15 degrees Fahrenheit: Hibernation. A stack of books, a clawfoot tub,

Kitchen Cabinet Plan

January 6, 2011 34 Comments

So we’re planning on taking the big kitchen cabinet leap soon. Soon-ish. Maybe this year sometime. Or, you know, I might just set up some

Less of a Mess: Part 2

December 31, 2010 1 Comment

Well, I’m about to sign off for the year, but I think it’s in character that we’ve been working up to the last minute of

Less of a Mess

December 31, 2010 1 Comment

You know we live in a garage, right? Or, more accurately, a finished room off of a garage that used to be an old gas

Picking an Interior Stain Color

December 29, 2010 16 Comments

I have something like fifteen windows in my house with unfinished wood trim, just waiting for someone to pick a stain color and get moving

Like Movie Stars, But Dirtier

December 27, 2010 7 Comments

So back in September I kept teasing you guys, saying I was working on a fun project in conjunction with Old House Web and I’d

Donkeys Love Christmas

December 26, 2010 5 Comments

The donkeys are getting used to that cold white stuff on the ground, and they are also getting used to us dressing them up for

Laundry Room Style Decisions

December 23, 2010 31 Comments

Let’s be honest here, unless things go horribly wrong with my life plan, the room in which laundry is done will be the room in

Seventy

December 21, 2010 9 Comments

That is the number of degrees it is in my house, without the assistance of the kerosene heater. Seriously, if I close my eyes, it’s

Tools I Shouldn’t Want To Own

December 19, 2010 4 Comments

(But still kinda do.) Because let’s be honest, I don’t ever want to be responsible for taping and mudding the drywall joints in an entire

The Unanswerable Question: Answered.

December 16, 2010 4 Comments

Do you have one of these? A slightly obscure question which should have an answer, but for some unknown reason all of the planets have

How Geothermal Works: Cartoon Edition

December 7, 2010 5 Comments

For a long time I went around saying (very confidently) “oh, yeah, we’re putting in a geothermal system,” which lasted right up until some person

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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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