We live in a cute little 1930’s bungalow, with a cute little kitchen. Depending on my mood, sometimes the kitchen just seems little. One of its best features, though, is the so-called breakfast nook. If we only owned one or two pots and got rid of all of the countertop appliances, then maybe we could […]

No, the Great Bathroom Remodel of 2004 still isn’t totally and completely finished. But as of this weekend, it’s finally beginning to really resemble the way it looks in my head. (I’ve cropped these photos a bit so you can’t see the bit of unpainted wall board up by the ceiling… so just imagine a […]

This weekend was a fun adventure into two new skills: knitting cables and hanging ceramic tile. One of these has left me with an aching back — but I think it was worth it.
First, the cables. After many weeks of swatching, thinking, and slllooowwly working on one of the sleeves, I finally took the plunge […]

Good Idea: When you go to the hardware store to buy lots of big stuff like drywall and a bathtub, check in at the Customer Service desk to make sure the the store’s rental truck is available before you fill up your cart.
Bad Idea: Forget that the store closes early on Sunday nights and fill […]

More bathroom demolition photos. Today we really got down to business, tearing out the rest of the walls and removing the old cast-iron bathtub (says it was made in 1935) — with some help, of course! How freaky is it that the tub was just resting on the floor beams with no subflooring below it […]

It’s been about a year and a half since we bought our little bungalow, and we’ve finially gotten up the nerve to redo the bathroom. Despite being the world’s tiniest bathroom, the project feels really, really big.
Luckily, my parents are helping out a lot — or else I think we’d just keep living with […]

The paint fest in the spare room is complete (well, you know, mostly). Still a few finishing touches and touch-ups left to go — but the room has shed it’s former pepto-bismol hue in favor of a new set of purple stripes!
Before:

Too bad these photos don’t give you a better view of the groovy […]

Many thanks to all of you who gave some ribbing tips. I still don’t quite have the hang of it, but then again I haven’t really given it a concentrated effort.
My attention this weekend was focused on painting the spare bedroom with the help of my very indulgent husband. In general, I really love painting […]

It always feels good to complete a project that’s been on the back burner for ages. Over the long weekend, I finally covered a piece of foam to make a decent cushion for a cute garage sale chair that we found — gosh — could it be two years ago already? I went out and […]

One tiny fleece jacket done, one more to finish.

I could have finished the second jacket tonight, but I changed gears and made a couple of belts instead. I am having a lot of fun with fleece. I picked up a few more small pieces from the remnant bin today. Sometime after Christmas, I want to […]