How to: Cedar Window Frames with Floating Shelf Planters.
Bllrrtt, a mouthful, right" Â Cedar frames around our garage windows with a cedar floating shelf planter....honestly I was trying to figure out how to...
01-08-2020 19:14
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How To: Paint a Half Round Shape on a Wall.
Or a circle. Â Or an arch. Â Or a quarter round. Â Bubbles. Â Or an S shape! Â Or arc-shaped stripes! Â Right"! Â Trust me, this is a fun DIY you can...
18-07-2020 19:13
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A Front Door Project.
Why do I always do this to myself" Â I....I am so good at inadvertently creating extra projects where none were before. Â It\'s a skill. Â I guess.So ...
01-07-2020 19:19
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The Master Shower: Six in a Series, Rebuilding.
Ok!! Â Clap clap, we?re moving right along with the DIY shower renovation! Â I really need to make a concerted effort to get this in print already, h...
17-06-2020 19:17
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Variety Pack Day!
It?s been a bit since our last Variety Pack....oh wait crap, no it hasn\'t. Â Ooooooops. Â Doh.In all honesty, I was going to have a master shower pos...
06-06-2020 19:12
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Cheap and Easy DIY How to: Oversized Wall Sized String Art.
Well, so ok. Â Mike is not a fan. Â He?s even refraining from comment he said. Â So there?s that.I think it?s pretty cool though. Â Or, maybe I?m off ...
20-05-2020 19:14
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One Fine Saturday (A Variety Pack)
One fine Saturday, this most recent in fact, it was a glorious spring day. Â Oh it was so nice.Now. Â I?ve been a bit less than motivated around the h...
07-05-2020 19:18
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Let's DIY: Wood Wine Carrier Caddy Thingie.
There?s a slew undone here in the ol? dwelling residence, touch-ups, finishing bits, sanding, snippets, caulking, whatever naggy smidgies that need to...
23-04-2020 19:17
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The Master Shower: Five in a Series. Rebuilding!
Ok.  Let\'s shake off that bad plumber crap, that was dark, so chins up, let\'s rebuild!I\'m slightly outta order here but ultimately, the rebuild i...
08-04-2020 19:15
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How to DIY: Lawn Aerator Shoes.
This blog, sigh, I?ve always intended and wanted it to be a respite. Â I?ve had conversations with Mike several times, ya know, should I?.do I mention...
25-03-2020 19:13
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How to DIY: Beeswax Wraps & Weighted Dog Blanket.
Ok! Â Ramping back up from that stupid flu! It took much longer than I expected and anticipated to get my energy and focus back which has been frustra...
11-03-2020 19:19
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Taking a Walk on the Web Side.
I\'ve got the flu. Â Ugh. Â This happens so infrequently to me, thankfully, but it sure knocked me down. Â I spent about thirty six hours straight in ...
20-02-2020 19:16
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The Master Shower: Four in a Series. The Plumber Experienc
Ooooh the plumber. What a jerk.Last we left off, he had installed the new copper and base plumbing parts for our master bathroom shower renovation but...
05-02-2020 19:14
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Wrapping Up the High Fidelity Zone.
All righty!Got my annual January cold, it\'s fantastic (not). Â Too much time sitting and I\'m squirrely.So you remember I painted up that wall mural,...
21-01-2020 19:16
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Let's Organize!
Guys! Â Happy New Year! Â Happy New Decade!Finally, I hit a new year ground running too! Â Unlike years of past....I dunno what snapped but whatever i...
16-01-2020 19:17
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Relaxing with a Web Trip.
Such the busy time of year, right" Â Whewie.I thought as we wind down the year and decade (yeesch, how did that happen"!) and gear up for the next one...
19-12-2019 19:19
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How to DIY: Frame a Wall Mounted Mirror that has Clips.
Ok. Â Since I had to rip out the darn leaky shower, sigh, and had to rebuild it, sigh, heh, my goal of course was to make that shower visually pleasin...
05-12-2019 19:24
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The Master Shower: Three in a Series. The Plumber Experien
So ok. Â Next step in the master shower saga" Â Stop...plumber time. Â Different than Glacier Bay Marx* set up on crazy sale. Â Affordable, has shut-o...
21-11-2019 19:18
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Packin' Some Variety.
Wow, I am slim on the ol\' Variety Pack posts. Â Let\'s resolve that asap, yeah" Â Yeah! Â Lessss\' go!Ok! Â First off, Mike has been making use of hi...
07-11-2019 19:23
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Let's DIY: A New Pegboard Wine Rack.
I must say, I caught a sh*tload of flak for the previous wine racks I made for the pantry. Â I get it. Â The bottles didn\'t lay flat.Before. Â Hm, so...
24-10-2019 19:21
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Where I Build Some Record Album Shelving.
?Not everything has to be a blog post, babe,? Mike says to me as I turn this into a blog post. Â Sorry, babe. Â I love you!?I felt like this project w...
09-10-2019 19:20
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The Master Shower: Two of a Series.
So I should really continue on with the master bathroom here, er, rather, the master shower I mean. Heh, the rest of the bathroom"??insert several eye...
26-09-2019 19:16
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A Bedroom?s New Life.
So ok yeah, I ached.It had been a mighty long time since I\'d gotten my a** out of a chair n? done some sh*t. Â I had been swamped, swamped with work ...
12-09-2019 19:24
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Joybird Review.
Back in 2012, a bell tolled: Â Mike and I were to purchase our first couch together. Â Until then, we had new-to-us ones and prior to us meeting, I ha...
29-08-2019 19:19
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It's a Wheelbarrow Hoist.
Rrrraaaarrrgggg, another long overdue I-meant-to-share-this-forever-ago project. Â Doh.And I swear, you guys must be like, what the hell with this nut...
14-08-2019 19:21
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The Master Shower: One of a Series.
Ok, Â I should get this series of posts going. Â The master shower. Â Ahhh, the master shower. Â My fingers are weary merely typing the words: Â maste...
07-08-2019 19:19
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Three's a Charm: Back Door Awning.
All right.I think we\'re good now. Â Finally. Â Whew.If you remember, I had purchased one of those "modern" awnings over on the Amazons a bit ago. Â T...
01-08-2019 19:23
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Hall Bathroom 95% Done + Ikea Hack.
?Babe, have you seen the bathroom"??Babe, I just saw it the other day.....??I know but have you seen it recently"?I can hear the thoughts tumbling aro...
21-07-2019 19:20
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Pack of the Variety Kind.
?Your list is long, babe.? Â The refrain I hear often from Mike, though he never ever means it as heartless as it may read. Â Sure, yeah, it?s a nudge...
02-07-2019 19:17
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Hand Painted Wall Mural.
Mike has a phrase he exercises on occasion that has always, it, it just, I, Â Â ....it raises my hackles and makes me wince, grind my teeth; I am not...
14-06-2019 19:25
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Modular Patio Coffee Table.
Omg. Â This thing is so damn cute, I can barely stand myself....
04-06-2019 19:27
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Time to Update!
As I sit here typing, my brain, the house is rattling, rattling with the sound of a jackhammer. Â The concrete guys are back. Â thu thu thu thu thu th...
25-05-2019 19:20
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Puppy Gate. Deck Style. Anew.
Yeah. Â Well. Â Ya know. Â How my life goes around here:I build something, make something, try to make something nice, what-have-you, Mike undoes it. ...
11-05-2019 19:18
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New Foyer Light, aka How to Reinforce Packrat Tendencies
Such a dope, this post was accidentally pushed live though it was hardly finished. Â I swear, me and technology sometimes.... Â Sorry if you saw this ...
23-04-2019 19:40
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Oooooooooops!!
Doh, I was working on a blog post and somehow it got posted and oops I feel like a dope! Â It wasn\'t done! Â Well, I guess several folks got a previe...
15-04-2019 19:18
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15 Minute Wall Art for $15.
Poor Mike, he\'s so confused. Â Confused about all the whatever mysterious things I\'m up to lately."Can I just say something" Â Don\'t get mad at me,...
11-04-2019 19:20
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How To: Stencil Paint a Ceramic Tile Floor. (The Cheaper Wa
So last time I promised you a lesson on how to stencil paint a ceramic tile floor.  Do not skip part A, be sure to read the inaugural What I Learned...
26-03-2019 19:18
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What I Learned: Painting Ceramic Tile Using a Stencil.
Soooo last time, you remember, I went on this inane goose chase trying to figure out how to redo the hall bathroom floor after having wrapped up the t...
05-03-2019 19:15
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Hall Bathroom. Revisted. Floor Time.
Where does the time go" Â I swear....It\'s the end of November (when I started this)" Â (Now it\'s the end of January"!") Â (Now it\'s February"! Â Wh...
09-02-2019 19:14
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Lessons of the Thermostat: The New ecobee3 lite Continued.
One of the major pluses to having this blog has been the documentation of All Things House. Â Whether it\'s a product I purchased that I forgot the na...
01-02-2019 19:18
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Let's Get Cozy with a Web Vacation.
We\'ll return to the Nest --> ecobee saga right after this short break.A backlog of cool, interesting, and fun links has been bubbling over with abund...
18-01-2019 19:19
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Lessons of the Thermostat: The Nest Break Up.
That\'s it. Â I\'ve had it with the Nest.I really wanted to like you, I really really did. Â You made me so happy. Â At first, sigh.This darn thing ha...
11-01-2019 19:15
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How To: DIY Wood Panel Printables Framing.
This was a fun project, I had a great time with this.Probably because it was a Christmas gift for my sweetest-can-be hot stuff babe. Â (Was that too m...
05-01-2019 19:17
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Hall Bathroom. Revisited. Tile Triumph!
So that bathroom tiling thing! Â It\'s done. Â Thank goodness. Â It is done. Â Rrrraaaaarrrr, I did it! Â Yay!! Â #yougogirlWell ok, it\'s not perfec...
28-11-2018 19:24
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Hall Bathroom. Revisited. Dilemmas.
Well.  Ok.  So the tiling.  All right.The tiling of that hall bathroom tub surround in case you\'ve just joined me here.  The tiling was next. It...
14-11-2018 19:25
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Hall Bathroom. Revisited. Dem-O-Lition.
Woo hoo! Â Breaking things!So back when, on that hall bathroom wall, ya know I did that whole shebang with stained wood lath. Â And it rocks. Â I love...
01-11-2018 19:23
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Concrete!
Guys. never ever in a million years did I ever ever expect that I\'d be so giddy with joy, like a wiggly five year old at Christmas, ants in my pants...
18-10-2018 19:20
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