We have waited too long to deal with some exterior house maintenance issues. The gutters with screens on top didn't really do the job fo...

A friend of mine asked if we could start getting together for a weekly sewing day and I happily agreed. It's always good to find the mot...

I hope all our friends and followers are having a nice holiday season. We're having a pretty quiet month so far. For the first time in o...

All I have left to do is to put another coat of varnish on the little shelf, and that project in the master bathroom is officially done. I...

Jeff and I have been spending a lot of time writing lately, but I finally got some more work done on the master bath last week. I finished c...

This week has found me in my sewing room. I am trying to finish projects already in the works before I take over the room with my massive re...

Jeff finished insulating the bathroom yesterday and now we're all ready for the wallboard to go in. Though, when I went in ther...

Jeff and I managed to get the guest room all cleaned out for our guest. (No pictures at the moment, because the room is already occupied.) M...

Jeff and I must have been channeling our inner teenager for the last couple of weeks because we managed to get totally distracted by an onli...

After I discovered that mini-blinds were period (1900) , I've kept them in mind as a solution for finishing the windows in our bedroom...

I continued shellacking today. I finished up the master bedroom windows. And then I finished shallacking the master bedroom closet. Ya...

I decided I needed a day off paint stripping. So, instead, I spent a leisurely day hand sewing while listening to my current audio book. B...

I continued to plug away at the third living room curtain while I was in front of the TV this week. Yesterday afternoon I finished it. Woo h...

Progress on interior projects continues at a steady pace. Sharon finished off her quilt backing and worked on a couple other non-house sewin...

When we remodeled our house last year, we had intended to use quite a lot more salvaged building materials. But, it turns out, the city perm...