March 2011 – Kick Ass or Die

March Miscellany

March 31, 2011 4 Comments

This week has been devoted to working late at my day job and putting a couple of coats of poly on the closet floor. I

Move In Progress: Not Tomorrow

March 30, 2011 8 Comments

You may remember that twelve weeks ago, we set a move-in date for March. Tomorrow is the last day of March, and yet the tub

Joinery 101: Making Dowel Joints

March 29, 2011 23 Comments

As much as I love all things relating to sawdust, for a long time my experience in joining two pieces of wood together was limited

Full Bath: Standing Stone Accent Tile

March 28, 2011 12 Comments

There’s nothing quite like spending a Sunday cutting and aligning hundreds of little stones around a shower. I hear other people do things like “brunch”

Laundromat, You’ve Seen The Last of Me (please, god)

March 27, 2011 5 Comments

In general, here are things I get excited about: Tools Food Building things Beer Donkeys You’ll notice nowhere on that list does it say “cleaning”

Walnut Love

March 22, 2011 2 Comments

I just spent a good two minutes trying to decide if that title was inappropriate or not, but since I’ve also been spending an inordinate

Adventures In Cabinet Making

March 21, 2011 6 Comments

I never thought I’d reach a point where my cabinet-making skills would be the sole determining factor in whether or not I get to take

A. Lot. Of. Tile.

March 15, 2011 No Comments

That’s what my life consists of these days. A lot of tile and a little sleep. The trade-off is that the shower in the full

A DIY Photoset: Rustic Window Trim

March 14, 2011 4 Comments

If you consider that I only have one window out of fourteen trimmed, my prospects of ever not living in a garage begin to look

This Is Getting Ridiculous

March 11, 2011 7 Comments

[UPDATE: Everyone, you need to click on the comments link after you read this post and see the song that Holyoke Home wrote for me.

DIY House Addition: Month 11 Wrap Up

March 10, 2011 8 Comments

Whew. We’re rapidly approaching a year of construction on the Memorial House, and isn’t it crazy how time flies when you’re covered in dirt uh,

A Historic Moment

March 9, 2011 1 Comment

Today is: Two years, seven months, and eight days since I fell in love with an old gas station… Two years, seven months, and twenty

When Disaster Strikes: A Rebuilding Guide

March 8, 2011 3 Comments

Last weekend I got a call from my cousin. “There’s been a fire.” As someone who once walked into her house to find a waterfall

One By One

March 7, 2011 8 Comments

How long have I been saying that I’ve got showers to tile? A month? Two? Actually, the answer is fifty-three days that I’ve been ready

Compartmentalizing, Or Not

March 3, 2011 2 Comments

I was browsing through my photography folders tonight, looking for something I hadn’t posted yet, and this image called out to me. I’d like to