DIY House Addition: Month 14 Wrap Up
Month 14 was officially the BIG month in the DIY House Addition Saga. It was the “I’m moving out of the garage and into a
Month 14 was officially the BIG month in the DIY House Addition Saga. It was the “I’m moving out of the garage and into a
Have I mentioned before that sometimes when you DIY things don’t go as planned? No? Well you can consider the last week of my life
It should come as no surprise that after the original tiling fiasco and the cutting of a hole in the last tile, that the master
You may remember the last time I had anything to say about the tile floor in the master bathroom it was something along the lines
Here’s a hint, unlike the other kind of coping you do when you spend a year living in a garage, this one doesn’t involve alcohol
Three inches at a time is a real fun way to cover four hundred square feet of floor space. It makes me understand the appeal
At least, not in home-building. With any project of any size, as far as messes are concerned, things will always get worse before they get
Having the kitchen cabinets in makes a world of a difference in the way the house looks, even if its a completely non-functioning space as
I hinted yesterday that I’m in the process of “moving in” to the house. There is one decent sized project to finish up before the
This room deserves at least one exclamation point for being the first (and currently only) room in the house that can be considered “complete”. Which,
I snapped this picture out of our front door last weekend, just minutes before an electric pole was knocked down across our street—bringing down with
Making an impromptu decision to install the kitchen cabinets last weekend was one of the most fun and satisfying projects that has been tackled in
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