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the weekend of work didn't pan out as we planned, which seems to be business as usual for us. i did get started on cleaning/organizing one of the spare bedrooms but decided it would pointless to finish until we are closer to the yard sale. otherwise [Read More]

It was a cold and unloving Saturday. And after Friday night's festivities, I could do nothing but sit on the couch all day wishing I could fall asleep and wake up motivated. But alas, I couldn't.Easter Sunday... that's another story. We got up early [Read More]

It finally happened on Monday. Our ancient rusty iron mailbox died. Seriously - it just keeled over and died. I'm shocked the poor thing made it as long as it did.To tide us over, Mike duct taped it to some pieces of wood and stood it back up again. [Read More]

I have a closet organizer in my bedroom closet that I'm just in love with. It's a Closetmaid Completions Cherry 16" set with matching drawers and shelves. The cherry color just happens to match our hardwood and trim color perfectly!Granted, the dam t [Read More]

As some of you know, charming old homes often have tiny little closets. Such is the case with our home. I have all of Joe's clothes in the closet in our room and I was keeping mine in the room that is now our son's. So I was thinking of putting my cl [Read More]

This past weekend was dedicated to getting our closets in the new master bathroom organized. Chad and I chose different features and layouts in our closets, but organized them with pieces from the Lowe's line of ClosetMaid products. I think we both [Read More]

Ever since we moved in I've had difficulty getting dressed. No, not with the buttons or zippers, it's colours that have been the problem. I can't tell you the number of times I've left the house thinking I was dressed head to toe in basic Soho black [Read More]

Matt had Borge spray a finish on the master closet fixtures and do they ever stink. I have been to Borge's workshop and of course, it smelled like chemicals, but this is pretty bad. So bad that my eyes water when I go into the closet. I have our AirS [Read More]

Last night I had a few minutes so I hung up some picture frames in my room. It looks more like a finished room with my stuff up on the walls, so I'm really happy about that.The wall by the door has a certificate that I received when I was initiated [Read More]

Stefan and I layed out the design for our master bedroom closet and purchased 3/4″ cedar plywood a couple of weeks ago. We finally started building a couple of days ago and it’s starting to come together! The plywood that will be built. [Read More]

As you all know, Summer and I are designing a walk-in closet that will be made out of cedar. Having a closet will really give us the chance to free up a lot of space around the house, organize our clothes and have a place to put our shoes and belts. [Read More]

Puerto Rico got hit by a freak storm (tropical storm Olga) last night and our power was out for the majority of today. So, since we couldn’t work (no power = no internet), we decided to design our closet. It took us a little over an hour, but [Read More]

I finished the dresser cabinet and other details in my daughter's walk-in closet. As shown in the photo, we decided to go with a light maple top, which contrasts nicely with all the dark ebony wood.At the bottom of the picture, you can see my DD's sh [Read More]

Here are the (be)latest pictures of the master bedroom.First a few before pictures...A pre-mommy Molly in the closet.The closet required the most work: no doors, cracked plaster, a wall made out of plywood, no trim, a crappy closet organizer...Now it [Read More]

I finished installing the drawers and shelves into my daughter's walk-in closet. Here are a couple of pictures. Of course my daughter needed to hang at least one thing in there for the shot.These drawers are 24" deep, giving quite a bit more space t [Read More]

So, our cottage is one closet richer tonight. After getting caught at the computer when I was supposed to be creating organization and order, I managed to pull myself together enough to help The Viking sketch out our coat closet. Which basically amou [Read More]

I found a fairly good on-line magazine: Extreme How-To. After I got over my personal prejudice against the overuse of the word "extreme', I found the publication to be OK (and free is a good price)I just received the current version yesterday, and it [Read More]

A day's worth of cedar closet lining in the hall. Slow and steady, baby, slow and steady. [Read More]

We are working on a number of projects, so we should be having slightly more frequent updates for awhile!! Most recently, Matt was able to build and install the built ins for our closet. This new system far surpasses the old system, which involved a [Read More]

In our last episode we had attached the cabinets to the wall and built the bases for the closets. Concrete floors are rarely level. From bad construction to aging, over time the earth moves and affects concrete floors. In most cases you are building [Read More]