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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... 
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DIY House Addition: Building a House From the Ground Up

Building a house takes many things– tools, patience, several cases of beer, and most importantly,... 
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Drywall 101: Drywalling Basics

“Let’s hang and finish some drywall!” Yeah. Here’s my guess at the three most... 
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Out With The Old: A Look Back at the Beautiful Disaster of 2011

Just so we’re clear from the start, the “beautiful” part of 2011 was definitely how... 
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DIY Video: Building a Custom Door & Jamb (with a lot of people staring at you)

Back when I built the shelving for the closets in the Memorial House, I had this idea about building... 
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Chicken Coop Turned Coffee Table

First of all, I am admittedly not a chicken expert (yet) but I’m pretty sure this isn’t... 
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Weekend DIY Picnic Table Project

See this picnic table? I love eating at this thing almost as much as I loved building it. Detached benches,... 
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Magic Plan App: Floor Plans Without Measuring Tapes (aka The Coolest Thing Your Phone Can Do)

I’m trying really hard right now to write this posts without using excessive exclamation points.... 
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DIY Spice Jar Labels

It might seem a little strange that even though I don’t have a working kitchen (or even really... 
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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... 
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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,... 
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Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 3

Creating this rustic wood wall art was a simple project when it came to building the panels and thinking... 
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By Tools, For Tools: Quick (and Fun) Wood Toolboxes

During the Great Migration of One-Thousand Tools that has occurred over the last several weeks, it became... 
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Tile 101: The Basics of DIY Tiling (Any Kind, Anywhere)

Once you learn the basic principles behind installing tile you can apply them to any number of projects–... 
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Organization 101: DIY File Crates From Pallets

A recurring theme here over the last couple of weeks has been watching me desperately trying to dig... 
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Joinery 101: Using a Kreg Jig

Interior work brings with it the joy of figuring out how to attach two pieces of wood in a slightly... 
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Male Mentality

Me: No MysteryMan: What do you mean, “no”? Me: What do I usually mean when I say “no”? MysteryMan: That I’m right and you don’t want to admit it.

September 13, 2007 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

The Birds & The Bees

Last year when I took my (then 9 year old) brother out to dinner for a little one-on-one time: Me: Shi… oops! I shouldn’t swear around you. LittleFish: That’s okay….

September 7, 2007 | 4 Comments | Read the Full Article

Cat Face

Bubba. Two of the greatest loves of my life are short and furry… go figure.

August 28, 2007 | 3 Comments | Read the Full Article

Truth.

I don’t often put real personal truths up here, but this is one of them. In a letter to MysteryMan: “I can’t lay my soul anymore bare than I have…

August 27, 2007 | 4 Comments | Read the Full Article

Silhouette.

My cats and I have a routine. I wake up every morning to Bubba alternatly sitting on my feet or standing on my chest purring his fish-breath into my face,…

August 23, 2007 | 4 Comments | Read the Full Article

LittleFish On Relationships:

“Girls are like candy bars, you can’t have just one flavor.” That would be his fathers influence on him, by the way.

August 22, 2007 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

Smokin’

I am blessed with a half brother, LittleFish, who is possibly the funniest 10 year-old ever to walk the face of the earth. This exchange took place a couple of…

August 17, 2007 | 4 Comments | Read the Full Article

The last best day.

My version of heaven: On my porch with a new Harry Potter book, fresh squeezed lemonade, and sugar cookies. The depressing part of which is that it will never happen…

Geminis Flirting.

ME (3:15 PM): My horoscope today said to give up on you because you don’t respond to all my flirting. Mystery Man (3:17 PM): ya i read that this morning…

Eat Happy: Fried Spaghetti

I love bloggers that share recipes, so I’ve decided to join the crowd. Welcome to the first recipe on the Eat Happy portion of Pen & Irony. Today’s lesson? Fried…

Badass Pergola COMPLETE!

Memorial weekend was one of those power weekends, even though it started out raining, and the patio stones we had meticulously cleared two weekends ago now looked like this: Mom and I thought…

Chicago Part I: Wherein MysteryMan makes me laugh so hard I almost pee my pants, but instead decide to write on napkins.

I’m running on about four good hours of sleep right now, which hasn’t been a sufficient amount of shuteye to keep me functioning like a normal human being since sometime…

March 7, 2007 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

Attention: I have something to say about being a girl.

Despite the shaving, the cramps, the occasional smashed fingers because you aren’t strong enough to lift a 150 lb piece of flagstone by yourself even though you think you can,…

February 16, 2007 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article
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