animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

hvac

Add another skill to our list. Our house a/c has been broken since the fall. We scheduled an appointment to have it fixed last month, but the guy never showed up. Annoyed, I did a little research and found that the problem was probably a capacitor that needed to be …

paint

For someone who doesn’t like to paint, I sure find myself painting often enough. Today, I painted our upstairs bathroom (which is part of the overhaul of the upper floor of our house). I did a two-tone thing–a tan color and an off-white. It turned out nice–it looks so much …

the switch

Jake recently inquired about moving his bedroom upstairs to the room that we call the office. The office is slightly larger than his bedroom and has a better layout, thus prompting the request. Our upstairs has been in need of new flooring since we moved in. To kick off the …

check

After Brian completed our new kitchen ceiling, I determined that the kitchen could use a coat of paint. I don’t normally like to schedule home improvement projects for myself over the summer, but this one couldn’t wait because Brian still needs to put up the trim around the ceiling (which …