It seems odd to pass over the house's 100th Birthday party open house and not even mention how it went. I think it went pretty well. We ...

I forgot I needed to buy new hardware for this one, so it's not quite done, but we're oh so close. The floor refinishers are supp...

I've been busy this week. I finished staining the upstairs hallway today. The doors and drawers for the linen cabinet are also stained a...

There are lots of pictures to post today. We "rented" Nathan from Craftsman Design & Renovation for a day and a half of carpen...

Now that we've got folks hired to come in behind our project, we're compelled to keep moving. Yesterday morning I gathered the las...

When he wasn't busy with agility training, Jeff managed a fair amount of progress on the garage this week. He found it easier to fit the...

I'm excited to finally be able to show pictures of this week's project. My brother Jeffrey has experience with woodworking and was a...

One of the funny things about paint stripping is it always takes so much longer than you think it should. More than a week ago I thought I...

It was cool and breezy today, so the weather was perfect for paint stripping. I believe I spent more than six hours and then this afternoon ...

I spent today doing random paint stripping tasks; I'm trying to continue making forward progress on this project. Jeff uninstalled a cou...

We've made some progress on paint stripping this weekend, but I've realized I've lost my enthusiasm for this project; I just wan...

Sharon found herself upstairs this morning and was clearly channeling her inner perfectionist as she found herself going back over the woodw...