House

Someone want to give me a hand duplicating this project? I’ve always wanted a hidden room behind a bookshelf….

Finally getting back into doing some renovations in house, and the collapse of our clothes-hanger-bar-thingy (what the heck are those things called?) a bit ago forced a re-do of that. I came home yesterday and the in-laws were there with the entire closet contents exploded all through the house. After some wrangling and finagling, most

Who says you can’t get a new kitchen for under $10,000? 🙂 You don’t need nearly that much if you have a resourceful family. As I said before, we got a pile of kitchen bits. Well, starting the friday off, we started using them. See below for pics and details…

Sunday was a long, hot, and busy day. We got word Saturday night that we would be getting the kitchen from a demoltion that FireflyBro has access to, so all of Sunday was taken up by filling up two trucks, a trailer and a minivan with cabinets, doors, hinges, a stove (which ended up falling

Well, the housewarming last Saturday went pretty well. and we had great food and good company from friends and family. More people than I expected actually showed up, which was awsome. To those who brought good wishes, birthday and housewarming gifts, and in fact, all involved, thanks hugely, I had a blast and can’t wait

Well, after two months we have finally done our first loads of laundry in the new house. After some fighting with plumbing fittings and a battle to figure out how to convince the washing machine to let us open the door, it all works! Well, technically the dryer timer is busted so it won’t stop

I know I haven’t posted any “after” pics for a while, so I’ll do that soon. However, exciting things happened today. We got a washer and dryer in! Firefly’s folks did some awsome work and loaded up the washer dryer that we’d been storing at their place and brought it, along with a storage crate

For future reference: How to replace a toilet refill valve. Man I love the internet. The ceiling guy is finally here! All is happiness and light!

MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT THE BASTARDS WHO BROKE INTO MY HOUSE ARE VIOLATED IN PRISON THE SAME WAY YOU VIOLATED MY PERSONAL PROPERTY < p> Yup, it’s been a while but I was broken into last night. When I got to the house this morning I got the lovely news that last night a

As promised, here’s a picture of the hole in the floor of the living room I have to move into in less than ten days: