Maybe my favorite change in the basement. The stairs open like this are so nice. I’m going to save up for a rod iron railing piece and have it powder coated white. The little wall behind the stairs blocks the water heater and furnace, so it will be quite over in Ribbon Jar land. The …
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it…
Do you have a nasty (usually brown) old thermostat? Like this: Do you want your old place to look like it has a whole new heating system? Do you want to save the earth one little unit of energy at a time? Do you want to save money too? Then you need a new programable …
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An ode to paint
I want to tell you something that you should never forget: Trim should only be white, nice clean, white. It should never ever be cream. Cream looks dirty. It should be white. Now, you may disagree with me, but you will never change my mind, especially after today. Because I had to undo years of …
17 cubic feet of cold cold love
It has like a million slots to move the big shelves and the little ones on the door. A sweet drawer, ya it also has some kind of perfect temperature system but I haven’t read those directions just yet. But this people was the real clincher. Check out this freezer. Now, having not used it …
choices choices
Okay so being able to paint my house any color I want is so cool, expect that there are a million choices and sometimes it seems that none of them are right. Unlike painting with drylok which is a horrible tedious experience, painting pretty colors is, well, fun. So I have to make some decisions.The …
12 gallons later
Yesterday was the muriatic acid day. Kay, you were right, it wasn’t so scary. The scary part was the shit that came off the walls, OH MY LORD, yuck. Like black dirt, ew! I like things clean. I may be messy sometimes, but underneath the mess? Clean. So today we went at it with the …
Floor candy and other Updates
What you’ve been waiting for: And on the back side: Pre-staining one side of the fence (Bj and Bill did this) because it will be impossible to get to once up (we’re not taking down Morris’s fence). And were is this going to go? Karen helping out. We took all the remaining hardware off the …
Getting it Done
Need more paint mom? Not surprising since nobody goes through it as fast as you! Check the previous post, I crossed some things off, and added a few more.
Check your mail!
The first few swap packages have been sent out! And remember if your package is sent out on time you’ll be entered into a drawing for an awesome price by me! I haven’t been able to do much work on my cute little place because my floor guy has been MIA. Man, I don’t know …
swirly clouds of fumes
Thanks for all your comments on my finds. I’ve updated my "New to Me – Thrifting Adventures" category to include all my thrifty finds since I started the blog. Enjoy! Speaking of the categories, I think I need a new name for my house category, "does this mean I’m a grown up?" isn’t really doing …