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
How To Build a Pottery Barn Inspired Vanity
I think the most important thing on the list of stuff you need to build a vanity is the pervasive belief that you can, in fact, build a vanity. This belief may be sorely tested at some point– I’d be lying if
Concrete Bathroom Counters: In Progress
After yesterday’s teaser, I figured I better let you have an in-progress look at the counters. I decided to give concrete a try because I didn’t want to add another type of tile in the room, granite was ridiculously expensive and didn’t
Two. Tiles. Short.
Bloody fingers. Broken tiles. Unfinished bathrooms. These are things you don’t see on HGTV. Sometimes you don’t even see them on websites of real people doing real projects, because by the time everything gets edited down and prettied up and posted for
Tile 101: How To Install SunTouch WarmWire Radiant Floor Heat
The cat and I both agree, there’s not a whole that can compare with walking barefoot into your bathroom and feeling a toasty warm floor under your toes. Or, in the cat’s case, under your body that is conveniently stretched out in
Weeknight Tile Project: Vanity Top
I think normal people use the hours between work and sleeping to do things like cook dinner, fold laundry, watch TV. I like to rush home, throw on my work jeans, and use the table saw. Which probably explains the mountain of
How Not To Kill Your Significant Other With a Shim
Even though we managed to keep up a pretty steady stream of work for the last 12 months, about two weeks ago back-orders, extended delivery times, and our own lack of foresight finally caught up with us. Which isn’t to say we
Like Daughter, Like Mother
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 promptly put to work installing flooring and shoveling manure. Which are just a few of the reasons
Tile 101: Installing Durock Tile Membrane
Getting the underlayment for a tile floor down may seem like a small achievement, but let’s just say that when you’re going on month twelve of living in a 400 square foot garage with an Engineer and a puma large cat, any
When Your Closet Is Nicer Than Your Living Space
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 roughly the same size as my current living area, and it looks infinitely more gorgeous. That’s right,
Future Mantle & Table Top
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 overshadowed by the stress of driving for two days across the country in a truck that had
DIY House Addition: Month 12 Wrap-Up
Back when we first broke ground on this house adventure and people would ask when we were going to be done, I’d casually wave a hand in the air, “Oh a year or so.” Well, we’ve officially passed the year mark and
A City Girl Plans a Garden
I haven’t had a ton of success with my previous gardening attempts, despite the fact that I come from a long line of women who know how to work the land, and even had some training early on… I feel like I
The Donkey Pasture In-Progress
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 think my excuse is that, while the house is still a bit of a disaster, you can
12 Months: An In-Progress House Tour
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 a before-and-in-progress tour. Exterior If you’ve been around here a while you’ve seen quite a bit of
Vacation: Day 4
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″ long, and if you’ve ever priced out an 84″ vanity, then you’ll understand why I decided to
How To Build a Pottery Barn Inspired Vanity
I think the most important thing on the list of stuff you need to build a vanity is the pervasive belief that you can, in fact, build a vanity. This belief may be sorely tested at some point– I’d be lying if
Concrete Bathroom Counters: In Progress
After yesterday’s teaser, I figured I better let you have an in-progress look at the counters. I decided to give concrete a try because I didn’t want to add another type of tile in the room, granite was ridiculously expensive and didn’t
Two. Tiles. Short.
Bloody fingers. Broken tiles. Unfinished bathrooms. These are things you don’t see on HGTV. Sometimes you don’t even see them on websites of real people doing real projects, because by the time everything gets edited down and prettied up and posted for
Tile 101: How To Install SunTouch WarmWire Radiant Floor Heat
The cat and I both agree, there’s not a whole that can compare with walking barefoot into your bathroom and feeling a toasty warm floor under your toes. Or, in the cat’s case, under your body that is conveniently stretched out in
Weeknight Tile Project: Vanity Top
I think normal people use the hours between work and sleeping to do things like cook dinner, fold laundry, watch TV. I like to rush home, throw on my work jeans, and use the table saw. Which probably explains the mountain of
How Not To Kill Your Significant Other With a Shim
Even though we managed to keep up a pretty steady stream of work for the last 12 months, about two weeks ago back-orders, extended delivery times, and our own lack of foresight finally caught up with us. Which isn’t to say we
Like Daughter, Like Mother
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 promptly put to work installing flooring and shoveling manure. Which are just a few of the reasons
Tile 101: Installing Durock Tile Membrane
Getting the underlayment for a tile floor down may seem like a small achievement, but let’s just say that when you’re going on month twelve of living in a 400 square foot garage with an Engineer and a puma large cat, any
When Your Closet Is Nicer Than Your Living Space
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 roughly the same size as my current living area, and it looks infinitely more gorgeous. That’s right,
Future Mantle & Table Top
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 overshadowed by the stress of driving for two days across the country in a truck that had
DIY House Addition: Month 12 Wrap-Up
Back when we first broke ground on this house adventure and people would ask when we were going to be done, I’d casually wave a hand in the air, “Oh a year or so.” Well, we’ve officially passed the year mark and
A City Girl Plans a Garden
I haven’t had a ton of success with my previous gardening attempts, despite the fact that I come from a long line of women who know how to work the land, and even had some training early on… I feel like I
The Donkey Pasture In-Progress
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 think my excuse is that, while the house is still a bit of a disaster, you can
12 Months: An In-Progress House Tour
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 a before-and-in-progress tour. Exterior If you’ve been around here a while you’ve seen quite a bit of
Vacation: Day 4
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″ long, and if you’ve ever priced out an 84″ vanity, then you’ll understand why I decided to
