I'm done with painting the stair treads!Milestones. Gotta love 'em.Let's travel back to when I first moved in to the house. The stairs looked like this:And then I painted them white and realized a dirty dog and white steps don't mix:Just a few short weeks ago, Charlie's butt … [Read more...]
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A Day Off
February 18, 2013 3 Comments
Nowadays, having "the day off" from work hardly means that I get to actually spend time doing leisure activities. Instead, I'm usually hard at work on the house. And then I take a nap or take the dog to the park and allow myself to do a little leisure reading before getting right back to … [Read more...]
Dueling DIY: Hubba Hubba
February 12, 2013 13 Comments
Finding motivation can be hard. No question. Especially when you've been working on a project for far longer than what's reasonable. And when you have a dog thwarting your every move at keeping the stairs clean and ready for the next coat of paint.Kit has been working on her donkey barn … [Read more...]
YHL Book Signing, aka More Awkwardness in Front of People (I Think) I Know
February 11, 2013 20 Comments
(Some of you guys like hearing about behind-the-scenes blogging stuff; some of you don't. This is basically a post about how awkward I am around other bloggers who I'm a big fan of. So feel free to skip it if you aren't one of those folks. A conventional DIY update will appear tomorrow. … [Read more...]
Dueling DIY: Push It
February 5, 2013 10 Comments
(I was thisclose to calling this post "Blackout" and making cheesy Superbowl jokes. I'm still on the fence at whether or not I regret that decision. But I think I'll live.)It's time for another weekly update on the Dueling DIY staircase challenge...Just a few short weeks ago, the stairs … [Read more...]
Light Fixture Progress
February 4, 2013 9 Comments
Ramping up for another exam week (yes, they really are as frequent as they seem - I'm already counting down the days until this mini-mester is over and I can have a normal life again).I'm spending any free DIY time to work on the staircase (new update on that tomorrow for Dueling DIY Tuesday), and a … [Read more...]
Dueling DIY: Decisions, Decisions
January 29, 2013 38 Comments
It's time for another update on the staircase showdown...Kit's been quiet this week. I figured it was either that elves had kidnapped her, or she was really working hard to recover from the smackdown I'd laid last week. As for my progress this week? Meh:Not much looks like it has … [Read more...]
