animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

trim

Twenty-one years later…the trim project in my house is finally done. We removed the trim in the living room, dining room, and hall when installing laminate flooring the year Jake was born. In retrospect, that was a horrible idea–we should have just painted it. Anyway, the hall was the last …

nagging problems

As far back as I can remember, my bathtub drained water (albeit slowly) with the stopper engaged. After getting the tub refinished, I felt like it was finally time to fix the problem. I went to Ace Hardware and bought the only tub drain linkage assembly they had in stock. …

door

I painted the front door a color other than white! It’s the next best thing–gray. I also installed a new handle/doorknob and a smart deadbolt. Most of this work was done on Friday, when I was off for my birthday. I painted the trim today, as well as trim around …

done

The library is finally done! Well, for now. I still want to do LED lighting and I have some decorating to do in the room as well, but the construction end of things is done.

bookcase tops

I ended up going with peel and stick tiles for the bookcase tops. I just want this project to be done and this seemed like the easiest route. I hope I don’t regret my choice. I got this one. It had the marble look I was after and I liked …