My beadboard wall is finally done! I had to be careful taking the tape off because the paint was barely touch-dry, but it’s done! The brackets for the lights were a nightmare, and I don’t really like how high it sits (though that may be necessary for the filter to fit), but the canopy tops […]

I’m splitting today’s stuff because some of it belongs in my Bistro blog, and some of it doesn’t. This does. First thing this morning (morning of a beautiful day that ended up sunny and 73 degrees, may I add), I finally got sick of seeing my chickadees’ private dining room all cockeyed from starlings trying […]

I’m splitting today’s stuff because some belongs in my Bistro blog, and some does not. This does not. I got the wall taped off bright and early this morning; still in pyjamas until it was time to actually paint. I had one coat on by 1000h, and had planned to do another later today, but […]

Well, not really, but it is “more of the same” because I took the afternoon off today to work on stuff I’d already started. My rocks are…getting there. They’ll never be pefect, but they also didn’t cost even half as much as resin would have, and they’ll be good enough to put around pond plants […]

I took the afternoon off because I was dying to test my glass cutter and work on rocks. The only piece of glass I had to test was the door off the old entertainment stand. It didn’t take long to figure out it was tempered. I got the textured paint a day early, so I […]

What do buttercrunch lettuce (presumably seeds), flowers, mealworms, and a wire brush for an angle grinder have in common? Me.

I started getting nest material ready to put out for my birds. I washed the cat hair that I’d saved (dunno how well that’s going to work out), and washed about half of the wool I got last year, but too late for nesting season. I’d got a couple of wire-bristle slicker brushes on ebay; […]

Not completely finished, but I put up the shower curtain and put the rugs on the floor!

P thought of these all on his own! Italian crystal wine glasses, an electric wine bottle opener, and a wine chiller. I love them!

Finally! Perfect? No. Good enough for me? Yep! I took this when I wasn’t quite done, but I was running out of daylight. The new stuff looks darker because it’s still wet, but the stuff I put on last week looks pretty good. I caulked the seam and corner of the dry stuff with paintable […]