March 2010 – Kick Ass or Die

Working Portraits: Tile and Cabinets and Saws, Oh my!

March 28, 2010 1 Comment

Bit by bit it’s started to sink in that with Garrison sold, very soon we will no longer have a warm, clean, finished space to

This Story has a Happy Ending

March 21, 2010 16 Comments

Two weeks ago my life could be summed up like this: I had people from Florida coming to look at my house in 3 weeks

Basement Bathroom Before & After

March 18, 2010 5 Comments

Another project on the list of “things I should have finished in the last five years but didn’t” is the half-bath in the basement of

How-To: Easy Fabric Curtains For Under-Stairway Storage

March 16, 2010 6 Comments

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

Last Big Project: Basement Hallway Transformation

March 15, 2010 4 Comments

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

Things I Learned About Myself While Cleaning My Workshop

March 9, 2010 5 Comments

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

Weekly Wrap Up: Truer Words

March 6, 2010 4 Comments

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

Tile 101: How to Lay Floor Tile

March 4, 2010 63 Comments

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

How To: Make a sink base out of a regular cabinet.

March 2, 2010 13 Comments

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,

Change of Plans (aka Thank You Tom Petty)

March 1, 2010 6 Comments

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

I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.

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Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.

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