House in Progress Diary

Insulating the Attic

Normally, we wait until the end of a project to summarize "do it yourself" stuff, but recently we've been getting good advice from readers and there's no sense in waiting until after the fact to get more ideas. The Challenge...

Posted by aaron on November 13, 2004 8:15 AM

It's electric

I should actually have a "Don't Do It Yourself" category for this one. So, after my "sleepless" post a few nights back, I was bored and decided to "fix" our floor lamp. It's a lamp I've had since I moved...

Posted by jeanne on December 4, 2003 9:51 PM

Say whaaaa...??? (To paraphrase Jon Stewart)

So, we are at that place where we feel like we are losing momentum rather than gaining it. After the initial cleaning and before we've had time to begin anything major and drawn out. Before the hot and muggy weather...

Posted by jeanne on July 26, 2003 12:17 AM

The Biggest Pile of Trash Ever!

Okay, so I cleaned out part of the basement today. One of the TWO toolbenches. W was a real "do-it-yourself" guy. I found a bunch of old tools, parts of things and a LOT of dirt and rust and broken...

Posted by jeanne on July 2, 2003 10:59 PM