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
Working Portraits
While we will have a pretty thorough record of all of the construction at Memorial through this website and my incessant picture taking, I’ve been challenging myself to really pause in the the work to make sure I’m getting good “working portraits”
Memorial House Style: Rustic-Art-Somethingorother
As a general rule, I spend my time here talking about projects, and I expect that if you use any bit of my advice at all it’s to take what I’ve done and make it your own. Which is why I very
Master of My Domain
I’ve got one day of being up to my knuckles in joint compound left before the main living space in the Station is done. (That will bring the total number of days devoted to texturing up to 2.5, but it’s hard to
Things I Learned in Contractors Class: You Do Not Know It All
Huh. It says it right here on my notes. When we got to this section of the course I gave MysteryMan a look that said, “Obviously this guy doesn’t know I have access to Google at all times on my phone, so,
Stain on the Brain
Seeing as how every joint and corner in the Station has been taped an mudded, its time for MysteryMan to move onto staining and varnishing the wood for the ceiling while I continue on my texturing rampage. We chose wood for 3
Haulin’ Ass Tour 2010: The Countdown Begins
The nice thing about sitting in 3 hour classes together a couple of nights a week is that it gives MysteryMan and me plenty of time to write snide remarks to each other in the margins of our notes, and occasionally work
Things I Learned in Contractors Class: How Not to Die
Last month I almost fell off my chair in excitement when MysteryMan agreed to take the Residential Builders Pre-licensure courses with me, and believe me when I tell you I had us signed up and in that first class quicker than you
Drywall 101: Using Joint Compount for a Stucco Wall Finish
So here we are. Wallboard up and spackling knife in hand– ready to jump in and finish some walls. This is the part most people would rather take a whack on the head with a sledgehammer than have to complete (and the
Using Photoshop to Illustrate the Depths of our Madness
Last fall when it looked like we were going to try to build a house with our bare hands in twelve weeks— Hi there Insanity!– I spent most of the minutes in my life contemplating colors and materials for the exterior of
Contemplating Life in a Gas Station
Feel free to count “moving from my refinished 3 bedroom house into a half-finished one room gas station” among the things I thought I never be doing in my thirtieth year on this planet. I also never thought I’d be planning to
DIY House Addition: Cool house features to consider before you build.
As I find myself being slowly buried in a pile of blueprints, how-to books, torn-out magazine pages, and contractor’s licensing forms, I can’t decide if waiting until Spring to break-ground on our addition was a good idea, or just a way to
More Great DIY Reads
My “for your consideration” list of 2010 Bloggie Noms has been moved to its appropriate place in the More DIY Reads section of DIYdiva. Thank you to every single one of you who clicked through to the 2010 Bloggie site. Even even
DIY Weekend Project: Keep People Out (Changing door hardware)
It seems like we’ve been installing a door a week as we get the Station into livable condition and when our most recent door-installing adventure degenerated into a contest to see who could poke a shim the farthest into the other persons
Blank Slate: Man-Cave Bathroom Style
It’s about that time again. You know, the one where you find yourself buried under the oppressive weight of two million paint swatches? Yeah. I’m there. The good news is that we’ve completed enough drywall in the station so that I can
Tech DIY: How to host your own WordPress site with Go Daddy
Let me start out this post by saying I know a couple of things about computers. Like how to turn one on, for instance. Or Google. I’m good with Google. And on occasion I go crazy and Ctrl+Alt+Delete something… and now you
Working Portraits
While we will have a pretty thorough record of all of the construction at Memorial through this website and my incessant picture taking, I’ve been challenging myself to really pause in the the work to make sure I’m getting good “working portraits”
Memorial House Style: Rustic-Art-Somethingorother
As a general rule, I spend my time here talking about projects, and I expect that if you use any bit of my advice at all it’s to take what I’ve done and make it your own. Which is why I very
Master of My Domain
I’ve got one day of being up to my knuckles in joint compound left before the main living space in the Station is done. (That will bring the total number of days devoted to texturing up to 2.5, but it’s hard to
Things I Learned in Contractors Class: You Do Not Know It All
Huh. It says it right here on my notes. When we got to this section of the course I gave MysteryMan a look that said, “Obviously this guy doesn’t know I have access to Google at all times on my phone, so,
Stain on the Brain
Seeing as how every joint and corner in the Station has been taped an mudded, its time for MysteryMan to move onto staining and varnishing the wood for the ceiling while I continue on my texturing rampage. We chose wood for 3
Haulin’ Ass Tour 2010: The Countdown Begins
The nice thing about sitting in 3 hour classes together a couple of nights a week is that it gives MysteryMan and me plenty of time to write snide remarks to each other in the margins of our notes, and occasionally work
Things I Learned in Contractors Class: How Not to Die
Last month I almost fell off my chair in excitement when MysteryMan agreed to take the Residential Builders Pre-licensure courses with me, and believe me when I tell you I had us signed up and in that first class quicker than you
Drywall 101: Using Joint Compount for a Stucco Wall Finish
So here we are. Wallboard up and spackling knife in hand– ready to jump in and finish some walls. This is the part most people would rather take a whack on the head with a sledgehammer than have to complete (and the
Using Photoshop to Illustrate the Depths of our Madness
Last fall when it looked like we were going to try to build a house with our bare hands in twelve weeks— Hi there Insanity!– I spent most of the minutes in my life contemplating colors and materials for the exterior of
Contemplating Life in a Gas Station
Feel free to count “moving from my refinished 3 bedroom house into a half-finished one room gas station” among the things I thought I never be doing in my thirtieth year on this planet. I also never thought I’d be planning to
DIY House Addition: Cool house features to consider before you build.
As I find myself being slowly buried in a pile of blueprints, how-to books, torn-out magazine pages, and contractor’s licensing forms, I can’t decide if waiting until Spring to break-ground on our addition was a good idea, or just a way to
More Great DIY Reads
My “for your consideration” list of 2010 Bloggie Noms has been moved to its appropriate place in the More DIY Reads section of DIYdiva. Thank you to every single one of you who clicked through to the 2010 Bloggie site. Even even
DIY Weekend Project: Keep People Out (Changing door hardware)
It seems like we’ve been installing a door a week as we get the Station into livable condition and when our most recent door-installing adventure degenerated into a contest to see who could poke a shim the farthest into the other persons
Blank Slate: Man-Cave Bathroom Style
It’s about that time again. You know, the one where you find yourself buried under the oppressive weight of two million paint swatches? Yeah. I’m there. The good news is that we’ve completed enough drywall in the station so that I can
Tech DIY: How to host your own WordPress site with Go Daddy
Let me start out this post by saying I know a couple of things about computers. Like how to turn one on, for instance. Or Google. I’m good with Google. And on occasion I go crazy and Ctrl+Alt+Delete something… and now you
