Archive for the 'home improvement' Category

Roses

Friday, June 18th, 2010
Roses up close

Roses up close

Last year when I put in the garden, I clipped back some of the plants growing at the back wall of our yard. I wasn’t sure what they were. Some of them turned out to be roses. Last year we got a few, but this year we got a ton. I am pleasantly surprised, especially [...]

Goodbye tree, hello garden

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Tree halfway down

Tree halfway down

This past weekend we planted the garden for this year. Before we actually got to planting, we decided to finally take the tree down in the backyard which is ugly and very close to the retaining wall (and blocks sunlight from our garden). That turned out to be a 3-day project, but it was worth [...]

Bathroom remodel – demolition and plumbing

Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Old vanity with man-made counter top

Old vanity with man-made counter top

Old vanity with man-made counter top Old acrylic tub Working on removing the tub surround Tub surround totally out Old lights and medicine cabinet Tub surround partially out Messy work area Tub surround out Sink supply lines seem a bit corroded, but I think they should be ok Leftover linoleum tile underneath the cement board [...]

Chickens

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Our two chickens

Our two chickens

Clare has been wanting to get chickens for several years now. The itch came back this year, and she spent a bunch of time looking at coop designs and trying to find chicks on craigslist. Last week she found some one on craigslist selling their coop and chickens and all the supplies for a really [...]

King of the ladder

Monday, March 8th, 2010
King of the ladder

King of the ladder

I have been doing some more home improvement lately — mostly installing new doors (more on that soon). Watching Spencer makes progress quite slow, so I frequently will only get a nail or two in at a time, while Spencer is playing with his car or something. Because of this, I have been keeping the [...]