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 do this again if we had […]
remodeling
Total Tearout Defined
When the Handyman says “total tearout” he isn’t kidding. On both the Bathroom, which was formerly a pantry for bread dough proofing (yes, figure that one out) the end of the room was open to the stars… and in this kitchen renovation the entire back wall was open to the outside for sometime. Just so […]
Kitchen Saga: Appliances
Our project that we are most happy with has always been the Kitchen remodeling. One way we managed the financial budgeting of that rather expensive undertaking was to retain the old appliances for as long as possible. Well. The time has arrived when we must purchase a new refrigerator, the stove came due two years […]
The Slavedriver: AKA The Wife
Reposted from an old Ilona’s Garden Journal post. I don’t know how it is at other people’s houses, but at my house I am the idea person/slavedriver. That is right….. they run when they see me coming. All except that poor guy, AKA my husband, who has nowhere to run. So what is it this […]
Continuation of old project: building a trellis arbor and fence
Really, the Handyman has had a continual stream of projects since we moved here twenty or so years ago. Of course there was the the pouting that took place for, oh I don’t know, five years? I know you will read this, but you know it is so. That was a particularly bad conjunction of […]
Do I really want to start another major project?
Actually, yes, I would like just one more for sure: the front porch. This old farmhouse has gone through numerous “updates” and exterior architectural changes over its lifetime, but the present porch was just a slapped up silly job after they removed the porch that wrapped around the corner. They reused some of the former […]
