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: Easy Fabric Curtains For Under-Stairway Storage
While working on my basement hallway transformation I was presented with a problem… Apparently I’ve gone from 20/20 vision to someone who considers this to be in focus. It’s either my eyesight or exhaustion. Or possibly I was drinking a beer when
Last Big Project: Basement Hallway Transformation
Maybe I should clarify that first part. “Last big project for the next two weeks at Garrison” is probably more appropriate. For the uninitiated, Garrison is the house I bought 5 years ago, and which is currently for sale. Not to be
Things I Learned About Myself While Cleaning My Workshop
We have potential buyers coming in to look at the house, all the way from my old stomping grounds in Florida. Next week. Maybe I haven’t been clear about the utter chaos I’m living in right at the moment, what with donkey
Weekly Wrap Up: Truer Words
Note: All of the images on my last couple of posts have been returned to an appropriate size so that you’re not scrolling through a post and bam! there’s 4000 pixels of mortar in your face. Your welcome. I’d promise to proofread
Tile 101: How to Lay Floor Tile
The benefit of snatching a handful of hours over the last week to cut, lay, and grout tile on my basement floor, is that I can now share with you the deep, dark mysteries of laying floor tile. With pictures. And also
How To: Make a sink base out of a regular cabinet.
I admit to being slightly stumped in the “unfinished cabinet aisle” at Lowe’s as I started counting out the sizes for sink bases. Thirty-six inch, thirty inch… um… twenty-four? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Because we have exactly room for seventy-three linear inches of
Change of Plans (aka Thank You Tom Petty)
Right up until the moment I groggily opened my left eyeball to check my email on Friday morning I believed I was going to spend the better part of this weekend building a barn. Because we have donkeys coming to live with
Houseblogs: Weekly Wrap-up
We’re T-minus 1 day until the great donkey shed building adventure begins, and I’ve spent this week doing my Actual Real Job, finishing the tile in my basement, and tracking down some Carhartt bibs for women (nowhere carries these in stock by
Where I Got It
Back when the temperature was above freezing and we weren’t buried under a foot of snow, MysteryMan had a bunch of friends over to Memorial for a bonfire. When I copped to building those handy picnic table benches the guys were sitting
Picking up a different kind of paintbrush…
Approximately seven weeks ago, one of my closest friends (who lives a state away) brought this little bundle of CUTE into the world: When she was planning for this little bear’s arrival, I volunteered to come help her paint the nursery, build
Without Words
Maybe I’ve mentioned this, but one of the side benefits of four-hour long contractors classes twice a week is that it gives us 240 minutes of uninterrupted time to think about house things. Very often one of our class discussions will spark
Wood Ceiling 101: How To Install Tongue & Groove Paneling
The easiest way to describe this is “like installing a wood floor, but upside-down.” Even if you’ve never done a wood floor before, the concept is pretty simple– take board, attach to ceiling. Rinse and repeat 400 times. If you’re looking for
Insanity Continues
With the dates for the Hauling Ass Tour of 2010, and ground-breaking for the house bearing down upon us, I’ve begun repeating the coming weeks (and whats expected of us) in a desperate kind of litany… Next week we visit my adorable
Here to Help
I almost never look at the suggested google searches as I type in my how-to and power tool related queries (and they are many) but apparently everyone on the internet but me has figured out that when you type common phrases into
Wood, Meet Ceiling
I am thisclose to being done with plastering the walls in the Station, and in keeping with the tradition of starting a new project before I finish the previous one, hey, look what we did this weekend! Once we’re finished I’ll give
How-To: Easy Fabric Curtains For Under-Stairway Storage
While working on my basement hallway transformation I was presented with a problem… Apparently I’ve gone from 20/20 vision to someone who considers this to be in focus. It’s either my eyesight or exhaustion. Or possibly I was drinking a beer when
Last Big Project: Basement Hallway Transformation
Maybe I should clarify that first part. “Last big project for the next two weeks at Garrison” is probably more appropriate. For the uninitiated, Garrison is the house I bought 5 years ago, and which is currently for sale. Not to be
Things I Learned About Myself While Cleaning My Workshop
We have potential buyers coming in to look at the house, all the way from my old stomping grounds in Florida. Next week. Maybe I haven’t been clear about the utter chaos I’m living in right at the moment, what with donkey
Weekly Wrap Up: Truer Words
Note: All of the images on my last couple of posts have been returned to an appropriate size so that you’re not scrolling through a post and bam! there’s 4000 pixels of mortar in your face. Your welcome. I’d promise to proofread
Tile 101: How to Lay Floor Tile
The benefit of snatching a handful of hours over the last week to cut, lay, and grout tile on my basement floor, is that I can now share with you the deep, dark mysteries of laying floor tile. With pictures. And also
How To: Make a sink base out of a regular cabinet.
I admit to being slightly stumped in the “unfinished cabinet aisle” at Lowe’s as I started counting out the sizes for sink bases. Thirty-six inch, thirty inch… um… twenty-four? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Because we have exactly room for seventy-three linear inches of
Change of Plans (aka Thank You Tom Petty)
Right up until the moment I groggily opened my left eyeball to check my email on Friday morning I believed I was going to spend the better part of this weekend building a barn. Because we have donkeys coming to live with
Houseblogs: Weekly Wrap-up
We’re T-minus 1 day until the great donkey shed building adventure begins, and I’ve spent this week doing my Actual Real Job, finishing the tile in my basement, and tracking down some Carhartt bibs for women (nowhere carries these in stock by
Where I Got It
Back when the temperature was above freezing and we weren’t buried under a foot of snow, MysteryMan had a bunch of friends over to Memorial for a bonfire. When I copped to building those handy picnic table benches the guys were sitting
Picking up a different kind of paintbrush…
Approximately seven weeks ago, one of my closest friends (who lives a state away) brought this little bundle of CUTE into the world: When she was planning for this little bear’s arrival, I volunteered to come help her paint the nursery, build
Without Words
Maybe I’ve mentioned this, but one of the side benefits of four-hour long contractors classes twice a week is that it gives us 240 minutes of uninterrupted time to think about house things. Very often one of our class discussions will spark
Wood Ceiling 101: How To Install Tongue & Groove Paneling
The easiest way to describe this is “like installing a wood floor, but upside-down.” Even if you’ve never done a wood floor before, the concept is pretty simple– take board, attach to ceiling. Rinse and repeat 400 times. If you’re looking for
Insanity Continues
With the dates for the Hauling Ass Tour of 2010, and ground-breaking for the house bearing down upon us, I’ve begun repeating the coming weeks (and whats expected of us) in a desperate kind of litany… Next week we visit my adorable
Here to Help
I almost never look at the suggested google searches as I type in my how-to and power tool related queries (and they are many) but apparently everyone on the internet but me has figured out that when you type common phrases into
Wood, Meet Ceiling
I am thisclose to being done with plastering the walls in the Station, and in keeping with the tradition of starting a new project before I finish the previous one, hey, look what we did this weekend! Once we’re finished I’ll give
