Flooring 101: Installing Hardwood Basics
Installing a hardwood floor in the kitchen of my first house (almost six years ago–don’t mind the buzz cut) was one of those Aha! moments
Installing a hardwood floor in the kitchen of my first house (almost six years ago–don’t mind the buzz cut) was one of those Aha! moments
When you take the first step on to that gnarled, winding path of building your own home, there are things you know you’re going to
Alternatively titled: I must Have a Screw Loose. Or seven. Hundred. Drywall is the easiest part of building a room in theory… in practice, let’s
I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror at work today. It was the afternoon, so I’d been there nearly all day, and six
The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Had To Do First, let me relay a conversation that occurred between our loan officer and my wonderful, even-tempered significant
The Story: We say we’ve been seriously contemplating the addition for about a year, but it’s really been a month since we’ve begun to formulate
The alternate title to this post could be “How an Angel Architect Saved our Sanity”. So here’s my first bit of advice to anyone who
What does it mean, being a girl while simultaneously being a powertool wielding badass? I can tell you this. Being a girl will often mean
I like to play a little game with this blog… I look at all of the google searches that bring people to this site, and
Generally speaking, neither Hell nor high water can keep me away from my projects (And I’ve had both in my basement… can anyone say, sewer backup?
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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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