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Organization 101: Building Basic Wood Shelves

August 23, 2011 17 Comments

As it turns out having ten closets in your house isn’t even remotely helpful in keeping your life in order if nine of them don’t

DIYcation Day 1: So This Is What Sane Feels Like

August 22, 2011 4 Comments

I’m officially counting today as the start of my DIYcation, also known as “getting my shit together again after a really long period of time

Planning For a DIYcation

August 17, 2011 6 Comments

Many of my fellow powertool junkies will agree, days off from the Actual Real Job aren’t meant for “vacation” so much as they are an

Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 3

August 15, 2011 61 Comments

Creating this rustic wood wall art was a simple project when it came to building the panels and thinking up designs, but when it came

Build a Pottery Barn Inspired Pinboard

August 10, 2011 13 Comments

I’m working my way through several projects for my home office with the hope that, after a year of living in a garage, they might

Pins, Pinned, Has Pun

August 9, 2011 2 Comments

So, yes, I did have a little project ADD relapse a couple of weeks ago and have been playing catch-up with half a dozen of

Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 2

August 3, 2011 33 Comments

See this? This is me making a concerted effort to actually finish one of the projects I started in the last couple of weeks. Stranger

Quick Chalkboard Storage Containers

July 31, 2011 6 Comments

I have to say that when the whole chalkboard craze started, I staunchly refused to dive headfirst into a can of chalky black paint. I

Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 1

July 26, 2011 16 Comments

Since I was playing with saws and nailers all weekend building mirror frames, I thought it was a good time to get a jump start

Building a DIY Mirror Frame

July 25, 2011 11 Comments

I’d been having a little difficulty picking out mirrors for the master bath. And by “a little difficulty” I mean that I developed a twitch

Designing the Perfect Desk

July 21, 2011 8 Comments

I’m finding that drawing up plans to build the perfect desk is slightly more difficult than, say, a bathroom vanity. The latter, as far as

Joinery 101: Using a Kreg Jig

July 18, 2011 20 Comments

Interior work brings with it the joy of figuring out how to attach two pieces of wood in a slightly more elegant manner than banging

Drywall 101: Drywalling Basics

July 14, 2011 29 Comments

“Let’s hang and finish some drywall!” Yeah. Here’s my guess at the three most common reactions to that statement: Your face squinched up. The blood

A Series of Unfortunate Events

June 28, 2011 9 Comments

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

Finally, A Finished Floor

June 27, 2011 3 Comments

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

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THE STORYTELLER

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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