It is time for a new project here at BHH. We have had a few weeks off from tools and paint, and we are feeling motivated to tear something up and put it back together again. Keep in mind that when I say "we" I actually mean "me." Nineteen years of marriage has not turned…
It is a wonder that I get anything done around here. Yesterday, I had a series of different projects going, and only one of them got finished because I kept losing my supplies. It is possible that I was just having a bad multi-tasking day, but I am starting to believe that a portal to an…
We have been thinking a lot about decorating lately. It is mostly just daydreams at this point since we have already planned the budget into next year, and the budget is almost entirely practical. Ho hum.
BHHÂ has some decorating challenges. The first one is that there is so much surface area to repair or polish that even the…
Before we even closed on BHH, we were busy making to-do lists. I like to make lists, but I refuse to be a slave to them. When I practiced the Getting Things Done (GTD) method of productivity, I became a master list maker. GTD is a system which includes making each project into a shining…
We used a lot of products on the pillar project here at BHH. Some of the them we loved. Others, not so much. I thought I would jot down a quick review of each item in case you DIYers have product needs in the future, and you get stuck staring at the aisles and aisles…
I was so excited to post the pillar project wrap-up yesterday, but the Wordpress portal was offline for the entire day. Wasn't I just talking about unforeseen circumstances in my last post? I suppose that piece of writing contained inadvertent foreshadowing.
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The pillar was covered up for about two weeks. The kids and I enjoyed beautiful…