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What do a dog,  a snake, and a chinchilla have in common?  They’re featured among the delightfully woeful finalists in the DIY Drama Contest sponsored by True Value Hardware. I have certainly had my share of unwelcome drama during my own ho [Read More]

Don't mind this...I'm trying to configure a few things to connect my blog posts to Facebook. This is just a test:) [Read More]

Kitchen Windows Appliances, cabinets and countertops hit the priority list first when it comes to kitchen remodeling. But don’t dismiss the windows too quickly. They give your kitchen a view, fresh... This is a brief summary of the article. For th [Read More]

Before the Holiday House opened, we had a craft day and several of us got together and made these candy trees.  I wish I had taken my camera that day and gotten all the “in process” pics for you, but I totally forgot it. But, I know tha [Read More]

Blackie arrived in my life back in dec of 99 as a four week old pup who has been discarded as part of a pair. Our vet told us that the dogs would not make it through the night. Silly Vet. 1/2 sharpai 1/2 pit bull and all heart. She protected our hom [Read More]

Do I really need to say anything about these? Nah. [Read More]

CongratulationsBethfromRandom.org selected your comment as the Hudson Goods Giveaway Winner. Please drop Karl a line at millerkarl@yahoo.com to claim your Santa's! :-)Thanks to everyone who entered, and stay tuned for another AWESOME giveaway starti [Read More]

From this morning and early afternoon:11:23 AMThe furnace repair guy (different one from the other day) is downstairs working, even as I write.I got a call from the dispatcher at 8:50 to tell me he was on his way over. Yes, yes, I was still in bed. G [Read More]

Delta Stacked Dado Set Giveaway Winner There was some serious interest in the Delta Stacked Dado Set Giveaway that we ran this month and now is the time to announce the winner. There were 172... This is a brief summary of the article. For the full a [Read More]

I decided to work on picking paint colors today. I had an idea of what I wanted, but didn't know exactly what I wanted. Further complicating my choices (or limiting them), my house is in a pretty colorful neighborhood. These are the houses across the [Read More]

feel a lot like Christmas because it has been so hot and humid around here. And I also succumbed to the nagging of little ones and dug out the Christmas decorations. I let the boys decorate the tree. There are a lot of decorations on the s [Read More]

What. A. Week. Seriously.Work has been like a cyclone. (Not a complaint, just an observation. I prefer it this way.) It’s left me neither time nor energy to do anything on the homefront all week. And now, I’ve got a couple other things to add to [Read More]

So, I had my surgery last week. For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you know already that I was stuck at home up until yesterday, recovering and being very bored. I'm now back to driving, though still no heavy lifting and various other restr [Read More]

So I've blogged & blogged about out home improvements & renovations, I thought I'd introduce the "us" who live in the home a little bit more...So there's me. Sarah, age 24 (25 in February), mother of 2, I work as a Program Assistant for the M [Read More]

We thought putting hockey pucks under the claw feet of our heavy bathrub was a great way to protect the new tile floor, and celebrate our Canadian heritage. We were all ready to have our first bath with a cold one to celebrate the return to bathing a [Read More]

I ♥ Shan Dong. That’s really the long and the short of it. The last few months have been extraordinarily busy on all fronts, and last weekend, I just did not want to cook (or clean, or paint, or weed, or do any of the other things I was suppo [Read More]

It took about 5 hours to replace 3 valves. Take off the old valve, unscrew the pipe going into the radiator using the large allen key, screw in the new pipe fitting to the radiator, attach the new valve, reconnect the water pipe. Seems simple enoughâ [Read More]

Alena’s living room is ready for a major makeover. Here’s her letter: This is the perfect 25th birthday present to myself! We recently painted our open living room, dining room and entryway Benjamin Moore’s Hawthorne Yellow. I&#8217 [Read More]

So, here are my two dressers in the back bedroom. Please excuse the mess. Actually, since this may be my next big project, maybe you'd just better get used to seeing this mess!What do you think? Could I make it work with yesterday's idea?I also gave [Read More]

One common problem with doors is loose hinge screws…Screws that have over time torn up the wood that originally held them in place. If your door snags on the latch side it is common to find several loose screws on the hinge side. If you have [Read More]