A step forward in the backyard, but will the snow stop it cold?
I came home today to find the landscaping contractors wrapping up the first day’s work on the new paver walk, finishing up …
The built-in blitz continues…dining room edition
Like I said before, one day I’m going to run out of spaces to fill and radiators to cover, and that’s going …
The flurry of built-ins continue: fireplace edition
One day, I’m going to run out of nooks and radiators and corners to fill or cover with new pieces of built-in …
Testing my skills with some new custom-built furniture, part two
After just about a week of work, the full radiator cover/bookshelf combo is finished and installed. I think I started buying materials …
Testing my skills with some new custom-built furniture
“Furniture” is probably too strong of a word for what I spent the last week building: a custom radiator box combined with …
Wrapping up the back fence with a new homemade address plate
With the construction of the fence in the rearview, I had the idea to put our address number on the rear of …
The cute reason we haven’t shown off a finished backyard fence
See, I know you’ve been jonesing to see a finished backyard fence, or read about some new project we’ve tackled, but we’ve …
Discovered whole going through old house documents
While going through the desk this weekend I was siftng through a bunch of house related papers and I found the original …
Planting the Jay Tree
The blog has been quiet as work has slowed down, but there’s one small finished project I haven’t chronicled yet, mostly because …
Two steps down in the back
In the two months since I finished the backyard retaining wall, getting down to the alley and the trash/recycling cans has required …