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
Plan of Attack
This week it’s going to be the last push to get over The Great Battle of Paperwork that has consumed the last month of my life. I was hoping dive headlong into The Great Battle of Tearing Shit Out of My New
Liberty House: The Surprising Kitchen
There was a point in time where I thought I’d be jumping up and down in joy (having cleared the remaining red tape from this house without being jailed for assaulting someone with a cordless drill) and would take you all on
Power Tool & Project Fix: Cordless Finish Nailer Edition
Some of you Family Handyman subscribers may have gotten your March magazines last week (or two weeks ago? time really flies when you’re unexpectedly buying houses online) and wondered why I wasn’t flashing one of my favorite tools around in there. Truthfully,
Entry & Re-entry
Most of last week was spent battling my way back through forty-eight hours of 102-degree fever, three days of waiting to hear back from the property appraiser and bank, one extremely bloodshot and possibly possessed-by-the-devil eyeball, two inches of snow, and the
Liberty House Master Bath: Satisfying My Need To Hit Things With a Hammer
I’m still in the process of disentangling myself from all of the red-tape surrounding buying a house at auction, so in an effort to feel more in control of things, I’ve been fantasizing about things I can hit with a hammer. Apparently
The Road Home
Taken this morning on the way to The Liberty House, which is just over that hill. I found out today that the road home is going to be a little longer and with a few more twists and turns than I hoped.
The Liberty House: The Good, The Bad & The Things That Have Me Up at 2 AM
You know what they say about pets and houses… don’t name them unless you plan to keep them. Well, it looks like–godwilling– I’m keeping this one mostly intact, so for those of you who were aghast at the idea that I might
10 Things I’m Grateful For Today
You might get the impression from this website that I like to be in control. (If you didn’t get that impression… refer back to the two year period of time where I lived in a garage built a house addition because I
What My Future Farm House Might Look Like
So, I might have gotten a little ahead of myself about posting interior pics today. I hope you’ll forgive me, but it was wishful thinking that things would move faster than they have with this house, which has meant a lot of
An Unexpected Adventure: The Extended Version
I know, I know, I kind of dropped a little bomb in the middle of the “Hey I’m going to buy some vacant land and build a garage on it” party yesterday. I have to start by thanking all of you for
And Then I Bought a House
No. Not property to build my Hillside Cottage on, but an actual house. A 150 year old brick farmhouse, to be exact. With one bigass barn, a falling-down garage, and another perfect little barn for some donkeys. Did you just fall out
Hillside Cottage: A Full Set of Plans
If these plans look a little rumpled it’s definitely not because I’ve been sleeping snuggled up to them for the last week. I swear. I actually hauled my old dining room table to the middle of the living room so that I
A Single Girl’s Guide To Country Living & House Features
Here’s how I kicked off the week. I already had a jump-start on feeling awesome with the successful Moonshine Lamp project that I knocked out over the weekend and I decided to continue on that theme and make this a “power week.”
How To Make a Glass Jug Lamp
When I decided to rent an old farm house with a bunch of falling down buildings on the property there was a general debate going on in my family about whether or not I’d a.) lost my mind, or b.) become a
DIY House From Scratch: Final Plans & Finding Builders
If all goes well– and, as someone who almost just lost the tip of a finger to a kitchen utensil (the irony of that is not lost on me, by the way) I can attest that occasionally all does not go well–
Plan of Attack
This week it’s going to be the last push to get over The Great Battle of Paperwork that has consumed the last month of my life. I was hoping dive headlong into The Great Battle of Tearing Shit Out of My New
Liberty House: The Surprising Kitchen
There was a point in time where I thought I’d be jumping up and down in joy (having cleared the remaining red tape from this house without being jailed for assaulting someone with a cordless drill) and would take you all on
Power Tool & Project Fix: Cordless Finish Nailer Edition
Some of you Family Handyman subscribers may have gotten your March magazines last week (or two weeks ago? time really flies when you’re unexpectedly buying houses online) and wondered why I wasn’t flashing one of my favorite tools around in there. Truthfully,
Entry & Re-entry
Most of last week was spent battling my way back through forty-eight hours of 102-degree fever, three days of waiting to hear back from the property appraiser and bank, one extremely bloodshot and possibly possessed-by-the-devil eyeball, two inches of snow, and the
Liberty House Master Bath: Satisfying My Need To Hit Things With a Hammer
I’m still in the process of disentangling myself from all of the red-tape surrounding buying a house at auction, so in an effort to feel more in control of things, I’ve been fantasizing about things I can hit with a hammer. Apparently
The Road Home
Taken this morning on the way to The Liberty House, which is just over that hill. I found out today that the road home is going to be a little longer and with a few more twists and turns than I hoped.
The Liberty House: The Good, The Bad & The Things That Have Me Up at 2 AM
You know what they say about pets and houses… don’t name them unless you plan to keep them. Well, it looks like–godwilling– I’m keeping this one mostly intact, so for those of you who were aghast at the idea that I might
10 Things I’m Grateful For Today
You might get the impression from this website that I like to be in control. (If you didn’t get that impression… refer back to the two year period of time where I lived in a garage built a house addition because I
What My Future Farm House Might Look Like
So, I might have gotten a little ahead of myself about posting interior pics today. I hope you’ll forgive me, but it was wishful thinking that things would move faster than they have with this house, which has meant a lot of
An Unexpected Adventure: The Extended Version
I know, I know, I kind of dropped a little bomb in the middle of the “Hey I’m going to buy some vacant land and build a garage on it” party yesterday. I have to start by thanking all of you for
And Then I Bought a House
No. Not property to build my Hillside Cottage on, but an actual house. A 150 year old brick farmhouse, to be exact. With one bigass barn, a falling-down garage, and another perfect little barn for some donkeys. Did you just fall out
Hillside Cottage: A Full Set of Plans
If these plans look a little rumpled it’s definitely not because I’ve been sleeping snuggled up to them for the last week. I swear. I actually hauled my old dining room table to the middle of the living room so that I
A Single Girl’s Guide To Country Living & House Features
Here’s how I kicked off the week. I already had a jump-start on feeling awesome with the successful Moonshine Lamp project that I knocked out over the weekend and I decided to continue on that theme and make this a “power week.”
How To Make a Glass Jug Lamp
When I decided to rent an old farm house with a bunch of falling down buildings on the property there was a general debate going on in my family about whether or not I’d a.) lost my mind, or b.) become a
DIY House From Scratch: Final Plans & Finding Builders
If all goes well– and, as someone who almost just lost the tip of a finger to a kitchen utensil (the irony of that is not lost on me, by the way) I can attest that occasionally all does not go well–
