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The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project:  Color

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project: Color

Yesterday morning, we had severe storms move through our area. I was awakened by tornado sirens going off at 7:00 am. Shortly thereafter, the power was knocked out. We were without power for over 14 hours, but luckily sustained no other damage. Since we had […]

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project:  Sand In My Shoes Edition

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project: Sand In My Shoes Edition

This morning, the fine fellows from Lee Company came to install a 240V 50A outlet on the front of our house for our new electric car charger, and a 110V 20A outlet on the back of the house because … well, there’s not an outlet […]

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project: Crazy Frosting Edition

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project: Crazy Frosting Edition

The first coat of spackle is on. I used almost an entire gallon of joint compound, just for the this first coat! Since the first coat generally needs to be thicker, I applied the spackle using the “cake frosting” technique, which is a technique that […]

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project:  The Final Countdown

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project: The Final Countdown

I am on vacation for a whole glorious week! Steve and Dharma will be at school, which means I will have the house all to myself, at least during the day. This is the perfect time to finish off the coat closet once and for […]

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project:  The Drywall Is Done, Mr. Frodo

The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project: The Drywall Is Done, Mr. Frodo

Remember The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project? Yes, that’s right, the one that I started nearly two years ago. Well, today I finished hanging the drywall. Big woop, you might say. Well, it IS a big woop. Hanging drywall in our house is a freaking […]

Uncluttered:  Kitchen Edition

Uncluttered: Kitchen Edition

A couple of weeks ago, my family completed the kitchen module of Joshua Becker’s online Uncluttered course. When we did our initial survey of the level of clutter in our home at the beginning of the course, we were startled to find that the kitchen […]