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Here is a close-up of the fifties wallpaper. Of course I saved lots of it; it was just too...kitschy to throw away. There's even numbers on the measuring cup!Here is the wall in all its painted glory. Colors never show up well on the computer, but [Read More]

span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"So with out first big project under our belt, we moved onward and upward to other little annoyances around the house. One being the kitchen. Because our kitchen is very small there is not much opportunity to chan [Read More]

The laundry room is small, but it took a lot of work to repair. Although the shingles were new, the roof above it leaked, and the original installer could not find and fix the leak.I tore out the sagging ceiling and discovered that if I stood on the [Read More]

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The best thing about renovating an old house is finding a surprise amidst the sawdust. We didn't expect to find any hidden treasures in this house, because it's always been so unadorned. So I was thrilled when GC pointed out bead-board soffits, wood [Read More]

This weekend I was mostly on my own since Michael went camping with a friend on Saturday night. It's hard to resist taking some time for ourselves, but we are also anxious to get in the house... we struggle with that. But I had a nice time working [Read More]

Isn't it beautiful? We were already talking about painting the outside of the tub black, and now we've pretty much decided to do a full on black and white bathroom. I'm excited about the black, I think it looks really elegant and is not a very comm [Read More]

I figured it would be a cold day in hell before I had all of the walls up in the laundry room. Well, I can say with confidence that all of the walls ARE up in the laundry room now. There still isn't a ceiling, but it would just be greedy to want EV [Read More]

"The forecast for today is mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of widely scattered rain showers. Any rain will amount to less than 1/10 of an inch." ... [Read More]

"The forecast for today is mostly cloudy with only a slight chance of widely scattered rain showers. Any rain will amount to less than 1/10 of an inch." ... [Read More]

Things are a bit rushed today, but I want to get these pictures online before they're out-dated. So, you'll have no witty commentary from me today, I'm afraid... just lots of pictures. [Read More]

As I tear out the basement walls I'm trying to decide what would be the best way to recover them when I finish with masonary repairs. Originally I was thinking I would drywall the entire wall (Before only the top-half was) but I'm worried about if th [Read More]

This weekend my mom, Jack & Fidge, and Laura spent Sunday afternoon helping us paint our nefarious mistress' main hall, foyer, and Gideon's bedroom. I spent most of the day trying to finish off the prep work with my lovely wife's assistance.Here [Read More]

As a good neophyte of the cult of shellac, I've been using amber shellac on some small projects. Here is my most recent use of this miracle liquid, the reviving of a hobo mirror.Actually, I don't know that a hobo ever owned this mirror. It came to [Read More]

Adding trimwork and molding is one of the best ways to add elegance to a plain room; I can’t tell you what a difference it makes. It’s one of the main reasons historic houses have so much charm… they have layer upon layer of built-u [Read More]

I primed the rest of the bathroom this weekend (with no help from Darwin, thanks a lot honey), so that means no more scraping! Heeheeeheeeeeeee, I'm giddy because I'm so very sick of scraping that bathroom and getting covered head to toe in lead pain [Read More]

I am a captive of my own mind. Lately, I can not escape from this self-made, bastardized parody of a Dead Kennedy song, Pull My Strings.Is my caulk big enough,Is my brain small enoughFor you to make me a star?Give me a tootI'll sell you my soulPull m [Read More]

Thanks to MLK and the three-day weekend, we have made some major headway on the master bathroom. It finally feels like the end is in sight; I can’t tell you what that’s doing for my psyche! Finishing the drywall has been keeping Teague bu [Read More]

Ok, decision time. HELP! We’re going to go wainscoting in the bathroom. It’s going to be white. Originally, it was going to be 8′ sheets of beadboard because it’s cheap and easy, and looks pretty good. Then I saw this magazine [Read More]

Quick update on the beadboard walls as I dont have much time to post. I'll post a lot more on this later.I finished up the trim on the beadboard, then sanded and stained everything. I'm still not sure if I should stain it a second time or not. I'll b [Read More]