Browse tag house-and-home
Home Office World-readable
2022-01-17 17:40:47
Setting up a new home office
Tags: house-and-home covid-19
Rats World-readable
2021-09-29 19:56:31
In which the intrepid narrator confronts a rodent infestation in his crawl space
Tags: house-and-home
Moving plants World-readable
2021-07-09 23:06:17
In which the intrepid narrator moves his houseplants between houses
Tags: house-and-home moving
Computer-aided layout World-readable
2021-07-03 22:31:43
Modeling the house and its furniture
Tags: house-and-home
Carpet World-readable
2021-06-30 21:32:11
In which the intrepid narrator replaces the carpet in his new house
Tags: house-and-home
Locks World-readable
2021-06-28 21:06:02
In which the intrepid narrator replaces the locks and handles on his front door
Tags: house-and-home
Refinishing World-readable
2021-06-27 21:40:22
In which the intrepid narrator refinishes his wood floors
Tags: house-and-home
Fumigation World-readable
2021-06-10 21:12:02
In which the intrepid narrator gets his house tented for fumigation
Tags: house-and-home real-estate
The Great Pandemic Bathroom Remodel World-readable
2020-08-05 19:58:00
In which the intrepid narrator shows off before-and-after pictures of his pandemic bathroom remodel, and contemplates the legacy of the project
Tags: house-and-home
The end of the project World-readable
2020-07-11
In which the intrepid narrator finally wraps up his epic pandemic bathroom-remodel project
Tags: house-and-home
Vinyl plank World-readable
2020-07-05
In which the intrepid narrator finishes his bathroom floor with vinyl plank; and also, a brief discourse on refinishing tile
Tags: house-and-home
Salvage tile World-readable
2020-06-28
In which the intrepid narrator salvages tile from the shower construction debris and installs it on the wall
Tags: house-and-home
Subway Tile World-readable
2020-06-24
In which the intrepid narrator installs subway tile in his shower
Tags: house-and-home
Accidental project World-readable
2020-05-30
In which the intrepid narrator accidently starts a massive bathroom renovation project in the midst of a global pandemic, while interviewing for a new job at Apple and preparing to sell his house and move to California
Tags: house-and-home
Pandemic home repairs World-readable
2020-05-25
In which the intrepid narrator finds things to fix around the house, as a warmup to renovating his master bathroom
Tags: house-and-home covid-19
Tile World-readable
2020-05-29
In which the intrepid narrator considers what to do with water damage in his master bathroom
Tags: house-and-home
Plumbing World-readable
2020-04-26 21:24:40
In which the most exciting thing to happen during the endless pandemic week is a minor plumbing emergency
Tags: house-and-home covid-19
The Sink World-readable
2019-10-05 11:30:41
In which the intrepid narrator replaces a bathroom faucet, which proves to be considerably more involved than first anticipated
Tags: house-and-home
Footprints in the Ceiling World-readable
2019-07-05 12:12:12
In which the intrepid narrator discovers that the roof on the Wallingford Eighties House leaks, and spends a family minivan to fix it
Tags: house-and-home
Retrofitting the Wallingford Eighties House World-readable
2019-01-21 12:05:06
In which the intrepid narrator makes his mark on the Wallingford Eighties House
Tags: house-and-home seattle
Basement electrical World-readable
2015-07-19 15:15:25
In which the intrepid narrator prepares the basement guest room as an au pair apartment, which involves removing and replacing the ceiling to fix the electrical system
Tags: house-and-home
Mini-flood World-readable
2015-06-06 12:21:06
In which the intrepid narrator's basement floods -- again
Tags: house-and-home flood
Upgrading the kitchen World-readable
2015-01-20 19:43:16
In which the intrepid narrator buys an impressive induction stove and a not-as-impressive dishwasher
Tags: house-and-home
Fun with natural gas World-readable
2013-12-08 13:35:06
In which the intrepid narrator survives a major natural gas outage in sub-zero temperatures
Tags: house-and-home
What I planted in my garden this summer World-readable
2013-11-23 18:12:34
I wanted to title this "I know what you planted in your garden last summer" but managed to resist
Tags: house-and-home garden
Crimes against baseboard molding World-readable
2013-09-28 14:57:17
In which the intrepid narrator atones for a previous homeowner's crimes against baseboard molding
Tags: house-and-home
Things I took to CHaRM today World-readable
2013-09-28 14:20:58
In which the intrepid narrator takes obsolete and broken electronics to Ecocycle's CHaRM
Tags: house-and-home flood
After the flood World-readable
2013-09-26 21:04:36
In which the intrepid narrator cleans up after Boulder's 1% flood event
Tags: house-and-home flood
Deluge World-readable
2013-09-14 12:21:40
In which the intrepid narrator weathers a 100-year-flood in Boulder
Tags: house-and-home flood
The Rug World-readable
2013-06-30 17:14:46
In which the intrepid narrator buys an area rug off Craigslist
Tags: house-and-home
The Floors World-readable
2013-01-20 12:32:52
In which the intrepid narrator installs a beautiful (and expensive) hard wood floor
Tags: house-and-home
The Unpacking World-readable
2012-05-28 14:43:55
In which the intrepid narrator unpacks, paints, prunes, and otherwise occupies his time after moving
Tags: house-and-home
Series: Moving to Boulder
Things I found while cleaning out my basement World-readable
2012-01-20 20:53:20
Tags: house-and-home
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