Few days are so bad that coming home to find this sitting on your porch doesn’t make you forget all your troubles: And the only thing more fun than tearing into that box, is tearing… [Continue Reading]
Archives for May 2010
Kitchen reveal delayed
So, I know I promised to reveal our partial kitchen makeover soon, but a bit of wrench has been thrown in that plan. Remember how the sneak peek looked a couple weeks ago? Allow me… [Continue Reading]
Studying up on herbs
I’ve spent most of my free time this week studying. I’ve been spending a lot of time with this book: In my experience the guides published by DK are the best around, particularly their travel… [Continue Reading]
Guest post: You can build it, really!
I’m so excited to be swapping guest posts with Rayan at The Frugal Designer today. Rayan is a mega overachiever who can help you build the most amazing furniture, finish that furniture (wait until you… [Continue Reading]
Oh, the horror
I have met the enemy, and it is Alliaria petiolata. “Alliaria petiolata.” That was all my friend’s Facebook status said the other day. I instantly knew her pain. Alliaria petiolata, better known as garlic mustard… [Continue Reading]
A sneak peek
I am OH so close to revealing my mini kitchen redo, although after six months of talking about this I’m not sure it can be called “mini” anymore. I’m very excited about it so until… [Continue Reading]
The lone flowering tree
We only have one flowering tree in the yard. It’s a Serviceberry, which is a lovely, tough-as-nails small tree or large shrub. It’s commonly seen around here in its multi-trunked form in parking lots, hellstrips… [Continue Reading]