Ace Hardware coming to Petworth; friends who give me rides to Home Depot rejoice!
Big news: Ace Hardware is opening a store in Petworth, on the 1200 block of Upshur Street facing the Roosevelt High School …
Help! My ceiling insulation dilemma
Ok, before I drone on and on about it — and I will — let me just get my problem out there and sum …
Installing a brand new wall on the old sleeping porch “wall”
Way back when we had our first workday with friends back in November of last year, we started demolishing what was left …
Weekend trip to the Lincoln Cottage
After almost a year of living just a few blocks from it, we finally made a trip to President Lincoln’s Cottage on …
Stairway and skylight – before and after
The difference in light is amazing. There are a few issues, though, so it’s not all roses at this point. The hole …
Skylight video: Moment of truth
Here’s the moment where the 90 year old roof sheathing was cut and then pried away for the skylight. It got..cough cough …
New roof is nearly finished, skylight going in today
As I write this, the sound of sawzalls and hammers and circular saws are filling the house — as is reams of …
The Softer Side
This blog has become endless stories of dirty, gritty projects that Steve is spending all his free time on (brownie points for …
The second bedroom project gets underway
Though we have untold projects currently in progress, for some reason we decided to start another one. I moved everything out of …
Roofers wanted
Ok, so we’re about to pull the trigger on a new roof. We knew we’d need a new one when we bought …