Bearfort Lodge gets one up on Martha Stewart with his very cool painted steps.

Speaking of steps, Bill at Enon Hall gets a leg up to his second floor by building his own steps. He is my new renovation hero!

This post at 1620 Timber Frame has me wondering just how many staircases are they hiding in there?

Bunglehome relays a tall of Halloween TERROR!

yonked muses philosophically about the ethics of shelter.

Steve at Chicago Two-Flat designs a lovely wrought iron railing with a Craftsman design for the exterior of the house.

The Emery Restoration starts to head down a slippery slope and learns to "take it like a man." :)

And finally, the Home Improvement Ninja came back long enough to entertain us with a story from his "lost blog episodes."