My Houzz: A Backyard Getaway Emerges From a Grain Shed A high school friend of mine is considering lending his sizable carpentry talents to making “She Sheds”. I hadn’t even heard of them, although I could make an educated guess as to what they might be. Still, since having a guess is never as good […]
home improvement
The Softer Side of Ceramic Tile Flooring
or the Woman’s Point of View The Handyman did all the work, but I did the shopping:) Isn’t that how it ought to be? I don’t like shopping as a rule, but when I shop I am fiercely serious about it. I weigh the options, look at cost comparisons , do research on the choices […]
Kitchen Preliminaries
We lived with our old and inefficient kitchen for quite awhile before we remodeled it. Too long, we both think. There were fits and starts of taking care of some of the more offensive features: like the bathroom sink located at the far end of the kitchen…what was up with that? The window was nailed […]
Job Log
I had the family help and did the first raking. The yard looked fairly clear, and had that restful look that something has when a job is finished. But as with most things that is short lived. The rains came today to strip most of the last of the leafy stragglers. This is typical November […]
