After languishing in the corner of the living room for about 2 years, my mom paid for the 9-lite, prairie-style front door we had found at t...

A few weeks ago, Indiana University at South Bend (IUSB) had a demolition auction of 30 houses that they were razing to make way for a parki...

The weather cleared up, so after work I came home and started staining the staircase.  I did the newel post, railing, "front" of t...

Without a doubt, this room has the best natural light out of any in the house.  My favorite time of day in here is late afternoon/early even...

When we moved here almost 4 years ago, one of the first things we I did was to tear apart this living room.  This included the drapes.  For ...

Ever since we bought the house, I've wanted to decorate for Christmas.  The first year we put up a tree and some icicle lights outside. ...

Normally when I'm having a bad day, I find something constructive to do, or I just mope and get it over with. I can't remember the l...

My two weeks didn't go quite the way I had planned.  I accomplished both more and less than I had hoped for. Here is the list of possi...

Amazingly (if you know us, you'll understand why), the bookcase made it home without incident.  Not that I had anything to do with it......

Well, not quite, but we're down to punchlist tasks like replacing the outlets and outlet covers and touch-up painting. We even have our ...

I wasn't supposed to work on the house yesterday, but I did. There I was, already dressed for the graduation, crawling around on my hand...

I'm exhausted. However, much was accomplished. We're progressing a little slower than anticipated, but still doing great. Today w...

I took this week off work to try to get the living room done before Christmas. So far so good! Yesterday was Shayne's b-day, so we only...

I had no idea how much of a hassle this would be. I figured I'd just buy some garnet shellac, slap it on, and life would be good. Not so...

I can't decide if I'm ashamed or relieved. I made a call earlier to a local refinishing shop to get an approximate quote for stripp...

I continued my painting spree this morning, and I put a second coat of paint on the living room walls and a first coat of "craft white...

I finally decided that the Roycroft copper red just wasn't what I wanted, so I took my 2 gallons of hubbard squash gold back to Sherwin-...

Instead of the predicted 2-3 week wait, the rug arrived today. The pad isn't here yet (??), but that's the least of my concerns righ...