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One Hardworking Man

When you live through all that there is much that you just take in stride (or suffer through- you pick), but when I read through Handyman’s account I started to remember just how hard he worked… and keeps working. We can say we were nuts, that we would not...

Helping the Handyman Help You

I told Handyman I would post this from the comment he made on the nailgun post:I am definitely sold on nail guns, after years of not having one. They make the task at hand go much quicker (once you have done the initial set-up). Also, I have found that you do less...

Cute Handyman Things

I found an excellent set of wise observations while looking at that great “Handyman” picture. It might have been a slightly younger version of the Handyman who is honing his writing skills here, which is why I posted it (really).He said I looked better...

Deck Maintenance

We have been too busy to post here. Sorry. The weather hasn’t cooperated with a smooth sequence of deck maintenance, but that is what my husbands latest home project is. He cleaned the decks and now will be re-staining them ( weather allowing). I charged up the...
Types of D-I-Y People

Types of D-I-Y People

Especially as I have been reading different houseblogs, it has occurred to me that there are types of people who are interested in remodeling. They can kind of be divided up according to magazine titles. That is magazines that are aimed towards certain types of...

Random thoughts

One of the problems I find in being a DIY, is getting motivated to get started on a new project. Sometimes there are so many different projects I could get started on, that I don’t get started on any for awhile. And with each project there are multiple solutions...