I am taking a short detour from posts about the One Room Challenge because it is finally time for a positive update about the exterior of BHH. At the beginning of the summer, I was a starry-eyed dreamer, expecting to call a contractor or two, and poof! All of my wishes would be fulfilled. I…
That's a wrap, folks! The 2017, 30 Projects in 30 Days challenge is over. Here at BHH, it was mostly a success even though we did not get everything marked off the to-do list, and we had to work all the way into the 32nd day of September. How does that poem go?
Thirty-two days hath September...
Before I…
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…
When blogging, it is not my intention to take so long to write about each project. I realize that as a reader it can get very boring to read a long, drawn out project post. Nothing happens by "the magic of television" in real life though. Real life is fraught with the daily landmines of schedules…
(The beginning of the story)
The first day of this project left us with a pillar that looked like swiss cheese:
I hit the local hardware store for some wood hardener. Minwax products get mixed reviews, but I decided to use their product anyway because it was readily available, and the price was right for a first…