I’ve been hunting for a good desk for The Niece – she’d mentioned before the Christmas holidays that she’d like one for her room. Since I’m not afraid of a little painting, I figured I could score a nice desk on Craigslist and fix it up. I found a desk that had great potential – […]
Projects
Tales from the Toolbelt: 2010 Edition
In my free time not spent doing anything else, I did complete some home improvement projects over the holiday break. First up was dealing with the messy, half-used storage cabinet in the master bathroom. The problem? The space is tall and narrow. I’ve looked in all sorts of places to find the right something that […]
Never Too Old To Learn
Before the Christmas Blizzard of ’09 got too bad, my dad and I took an educational field trip. To Home Depot. The purpose? To learn about electricity! Specifically, I was trying to learn about the different kinds of light switches and how to change them, what on earth GFIC plugs were and how to select […]
Make It Yourself: Gift Tags
Several folks have asked how I made the tags for our office gifts. It really was a simple process, but it occurred to me that it might be simple because I know how to use graphic design software. Now, “know how” is a tricky term. As in – easy for me, maybe not so easy […]
And More Work Gifts
So the women in The Boy’s office each got a mustard seed necklace, but what about the men? And for that matter, what about my office? This year’s theme was Gifts from the Heart. In other words, we made them! For most of our colleagues, I made mini-loaves of Poppy Seed bread using my mom’s […]
Very Simple, Very Easy?
I ran out of dishwashing soap this morning. Ok, not really a tragedy. I do have an abundant supply of dishwashing soap. I merely ran out of soap in my nifty in-sink soap dispenser. Enter the Big Mistake – I thought to myself: Self, you have plenty of time to refill that soap dispenser before […]
Tales from the Toolbelt
When my parents visited us this past weekend, I made sure to ask my dad to bring his power drill with him. (After all, you can’t visit us without taking part in home improvement in one form or another!) Our poor drill, a lovely housewarming gift, gave up the ghost due to a manufacturer’s defect. […]
Hang It Up
After the Hayley House Party, several folks asked me about the method I’d used to hang a certain photo in our water closet. Truth be told, it was another project that I’ve planned to share with you all because I wish that I’d had a web how-to before tackling this tricky situation. I just hadn’t […]
Fixing Other Problems
Ever since we moved into the Hayley House, we’ve started playing a game that I like to call I Wonder Why? As in: I wonder why the previous owners would have installed a giant claw on the ceiling? I wonder why the previous owners didn’t level the dishwasher when they installed new tile? I wonder […]