It’s been a little over a month since I fell in love with shared the first version of the future Hillside Cottage floor plans. Here’s how the process has gone…
It’s been a little over a month since I fell in love with shared the first version of the future Hillside Cottage floor plans. Here’s how the process has gone…
That silence you hear is the sound of me blinking forty-seven times at the prospect of DIY that doesn’t involve power tools and sawdust. My brain has a hard time…
Just so we’re clear from the start, the “beautiful” part of 2011 was definitely how the Memorial House turned out, and, well, I think “disaster” is the only accurate way…
It’s safe to say that after all the pretty packages under the tree have been unwrapped, there are always a few more toys for me to play with in the…
Here’s an idea: Spend two days eating sugar-laden Christmas treats, then take all that extra energy, put it in a car, and drive around in circles (on dirt roads) for…
Immediately after I bought (and briefly dated) this old chicken coop, I started scouring the internet for some big industrial vintage casters. Let me tell you this, vintage casters are…
I’m still working on the plans for Hillside Cottage, but one thing I know for sure is that I won’t have a closet quite the size of this gorgeous thing…
I’m just going to admit right now that there has been more than one time in my life that I straightened out a bobby pin and tried to use it…
I’ve made no secret of the fact that half of the reason I chose this particular old farm house to rent was because I like looking at all the falling…
During the Great Migration of One-Thousand Tools that has occurred over the last several weeks, it became clear to me that this… Was lacking a certain amount of organization. I…
As a person who collects hobbies the way old ladies collect cats, sometimes I get a little frustrated with the laws of physics regarding time-travel and being in two places…
Have I mentioned that it’s been a while since I lived in a house I didn’t own? Seven years, to be exact. And out of those seven years, I don’t…
I always feel a bit so-so about the pictures I submit to the Family Handyman with my tool articles… shockingly I don’t actually like looking at my unbrushed hair that…
