Well, That’s Different
After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have
Weekend DIY Project: Rustic Wood Patio Table
One of the many things I didn’t anticipate about buying a huge old farmhouse was how many outdoor spaces I would feel compelled to fill with furniture. There’s the back deck, the patio off the kitchen, and my new favorite spot– the
Progress, Followed By Coma (Or Vice Versa)
Because it’s late Sunday night and I just woke up sprawled in the middle of the master bedroom floor with both paint and drool dried on my face, and I’m still not exactly sure what is going on or whether or not
Sneak Peek: Gray Front Porch
All I’m saying is that I’m pretty sure in the last three months I’ve developed an allergic reaction to hunter green. So it was well worth the hours on a Wednesday evening to scrape down the entire porch… And then spend more
Checking In On The List: The-Bank-Can-Kiss-My-Ass Edition
UPDATED: Even more checked off the list! You know those little voodoo dolls I may or may not have in the likeness of the appraiser and underwriter who are responsible for all the cash I had to escrow for repairs to the
101 Spindles: Not As Fun As Dalmations
I think the technical term for these may be balusters, but whatever name you use, my front porch contains a lot of them. A lot. I’d hoped to get the entire porch repainted this weekend (including the floor) but I seriously underestimated
DIY Weekend Project: How To Build a Kickass Clothesline
Since it was ninety-seven degrees in my house last weekend, it seemed like building a clothesline so that I wouldn’t have to run the dryer in the house would be a logical project to undertake. Of course, that meant digging a couple
DIY Video: Installing a Mortise Door Lock
You may have started to get the impression that all I do around the Liberty House these days is paint stuff and talk about the never-ending list of updates from the bank that has basically consumed my life for the last month.
Check It Off The List: Reglazing the Broken Basement Window
For some reason, this project was the DIY equivalent of how I feel about doing the dishes. One of those things I knew had to be done, but that I didn’t really want to think about because it seemed like it was
Sunday Night Sneak Peek
It’s safe to say I’ve been on a roll around the house for the past few weekends, and the question I get most often from people is “How do you have the energy to get all of this stuff done?” Let me
Liberty House: The New Back
When I’m standing in the back yard, my view to the West looks like this… So you can see why I don’t often spend a lot of time gazing at the back of the house. Also, let’s be honest, with the warped
Kicking Ass & Patching Holes
Most days my productivity around the house can be gauged by how filthy I am at the end of the day, and the fact that on Sunday I actually had to take a shower before I went running should give you an
Screwy Things
I’m pretty confident in saying that in the last eight years of blogging, this is the first time that I’ve posted two “organization” related posts back-to-back. I’d feel a little weird about that if this post didn’t also contain tools, building stuff,
Irony & A Little Less Disaster
Back when I took you all on a little video tour of the Liberty House, I might have made a smart ass comment about the size of the mudroom and how I might “need a little creativity to figure out how to
Painting the Day Away
Saturday was something like the third longest day of the year and I decided to utilize every minute of it, starting with catching the sunrise from the front porch. The porch, by the way, is in that awesome phase of house projects
Weekend DIY Project: Rustic Wood Patio Table
One of the many things I didn’t anticipate about buying a huge old farmhouse was how many outdoor spaces I would feel compelled to fill with furniture. There’s the back deck, the patio off the kitchen, and my new favorite spot– the
Progress, Followed By Coma (Or Vice Versa)
Because it’s late Sunday night and I just woke up sprawled in the middle of the master bedroom floor with both paint and drool dried on my face, and I’m still not exactly sure what is going on or whether or not
Sneak Peek: Gray Front Porch
All I’m saying is that I’m pretty sure in the last three months I’ve developed an allergic reaction to hunter green. So it was well worth the hours on a Wednesday evening to scrape down the entire porch… And then spend more
Checking In On The List: The-Bank-Can-Kiss-My-Ass Edition
UPDATED: Even more checked off the list! You know those little voodoo dolls I may or may not have in the likeness of the appraiser and underwriter who are responsible for all the cash I had to escrow for repairs to the
101 Spindles: Not As Fun As Dalmations
I think the technical term for these may be balusters, but whatever name you use, my front porch contains a lot of them. A lot. I’d hoped to get the entire porch repainted this weekend (including the floor) but I seriously underestimated
DIY Weekend Project: How To Build a Kickass Clothesline
Since it was ninety-seven degrees in my house last weekend, it seemed like building a clothesline so that I wouldn’t have to run the dryer in the house would be a logical project to undertake. Of course, that meant digging a couple
DIY Video: Installing a Mortise Door Lock
You may have started to get the impression that all I do around the Liberty House these days is paint stuff and talk about the never-ending list of updates from the bank that has basically consumed my life for the last month.
Check It Off The List: Reglazing the Broken Basement Window
For some reason, this project was the DIY equivalent of how I feel about doing the dishes. One of those things I knew had to be done, but that I didn’t really want to think about because it seemed like it was
Sunday Night Sneak Peek
It’s safe to say I’ve been on a roll around the house for the past few weekends, and the question I get most often from people is “How do you have the energy to get all of this stuff done?” Let me
Liberty House: The New Back
When I’m standing in the back yard, my view to the West looks like this… So you can see why I don’t often spend a lot of time gazing at the back of the house. Also, let’s be honest, with the warped
Kicking Ass & Patching Holes
Most days my productivity around the house can be gauged by how filthy I am at the end of the day, and the fact that on Sunday I actually had to take a shower before I went running should give you an
Screwy Things
I’m pretty confident in saying that in the last eight years of blogging, this is the first time that I’ve posted two “organization” related posts back-to-back. I’d feel a little weird about that if this post didn’t also contain tools, building stuff,
Irony & A Little Less Disaster
Back when I took you all on a little video tour of the Liberty House, I might have made a smart ass comment about the size of the mudroom and how I might “need a little creativity to figure out how to
Painting the Day Away
Saturday was something like the third longest day of the year and I decided to utilize every minute of it, starting with catching the sunrise from the front porch. The porch, by the way, is in that awesome phase of house projects
