House in Progress Diary

Houseblogging at This Old House

Liz and Chris, the owners of an East Boston House, are REALLY baring it all. 

The This Old House crew is filming their every move.  AND they're blogging their house renovation as well.  Old House My House relates their experiences as owners working with contractors who just HAPPEN to be affiliated with a high profile TV show and magazine.  This week, they joined the community over at HouseBlogs.net.  And, if I thought having a baby during a renovation was complicated?  I had little to complain about when I read Chris' latest post.  Hop over there and wish her well.

Another new houseblogger joining the HouseBlogs.net community is someone else affiliated with This Old House...senior editor, Alex Bandon.  According to her bio:

She likes to cook, bake, sew, read, write (poetry, fiction and non-fiction), build, garden, paint (walls and pictures), and throw kick-ass parties in her backyard oasis. She owns more (and better) power tools than your dad, and somehow manages to fit them into a converted linen closet. She is a renaissance woman. She is also freakishly strong.

This last line makes her sound like the perfect resident of Lake Wobegon, but she resides in New York City.  She writes about her adventures in home improvement on her blog, The Shelter Life.

And, if you thought that home improvement would be a breeze for someone who has connections to Norm Abram and Tom Silva?  You would be wrong according to her recent post. 

My deepest sympathies to Alex and kudos to her for blogging about the bad as well as the good.

Posted by jeanne on July 12, 2006 at 1:56 PM