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Tree time
Well, it did stop snowing and we did get a tree. Yay! We bought it from the big box hardware store, but we styed in the outdoor enclosure so we wouldn't be tempted to go inside and spend more money on...
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Make Your Own Holiday Cookie Cutters Using Home Improvement Materials
A Humorous DIY Guide1. Find some leftover aluminum ducting, preferably clean and unused. Disassemble (unroll) the duct.2. Using tin snips, cut a 1" strip off the bottom.3. Reassemble the piece of duct,...
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All circuits go
On Sunday I came down with some kind of achey-shakey-bakey flu thing, so since then I haven't done much besides sleep, but we did get some work on the house done on Saturday. My part consisted mostly...
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2005: The Year of the House
In a previous post I mentioned my tradition of sewing a new applique onto our stockings every year. This year the designs represented our new house (what else?), which has thrilled, frustrated,...
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Shrink wrapped
The battle of Homeowners vs. The Cold, Nasty Elements continues...Over the weekend, the office reached 68 degrees! I was dancing a victory boogie.General T. won that skirmish with the help of a 3M...
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Merry Christmas!
They went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. Matthew 2:9-10Wishing...
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Working like/Sick as a dog
In his one day off between Christmas visiting (we loved seeing everyone!) and going back to work, T. dove right back into the projects. He's been wanting a big workspace of his own for a while, so he...
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Hooray for new socks and long underwear!
Remember when you were a kid and hated getting footwear or undergarments for Christmas? Well, I felt kind of old this year, because I got both, and was quite pleased about it. My parents and...
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Doggy doors
This weekend we re-hung the two original kitchen doors, one leading to the basement stairs, and the other leading to the front hallway. The doors are heavy solid oak that we found in the attic. (The...
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Spring?
Between the cold weather (a. unmotivating and b. heating bills draining the ol' bank account) and a busy work schedule, we haven't done diddly squat on the house in a couple of months. This weekend we...
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Hanging together
Although I'm an illustrator and have stacks of paintings and prints in flat files in the attic, we had yet to actually hang anything on the walls. Until this past weekend. The larger monoprint on the...
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Rugged
Yay! The dining room rug arrived in the mail today. I ordered it from the "Outlet" section of CB2. (Crate & Barrel and CB2 always seem to have nice rugs on sale at reasonable prices.) I also...
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Porch progress
Thinking of warmer days to come, this week T. turned his attention to the enclosed back porch. We plan to scrape and paint, as well as reglaze and rescreen the windows. But first he had to add...
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This seems to be a pretty common announcement in the houseblogs neighborhood lately, but if you've been wondering where we were - yep, I'm pregnant! T. and I are looking forward to welcoming a baby boy...
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Warm Windows
In order to try to keep the baby warm this February despite the original [beautiful but drafty] windows in his nursery, we decided to try a product called WarmWindow. It’s basically a system for making...
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