When we bought our home over a decade ago, we noticed that there were a couple of discolored areas on the kitchen and laundry room ceilings, where the laundry room joins the rest of the house. We figured that they were due to an old […]

My Blue Heaven In The ‘Burbs! Now with even more BLUE! I got the foundation painted! Remember the before? And here, again, is the after.

Anyone else remember the Schoolhouse Rock about electricity? “Electricity, E-lec-tricity …” Anyway, that’s what we now have in the closet! I was very nervous about this part of the project. It seems like every time we try to do something in the house, we find […]

I am pleased to announce that this winter we will have no icy drafts coming in under closet door. No more extra work for the water heater, having to compensate for the cooler temperature in the uninsulated closet. Because as of yesterday, the closet is […]

In my last post, I showed you the latest progress in The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project. I had installed the electrical boxes and drilled holes to run the Romex. As it turns out, I had forgotten that 12/2 NM is not quite as flexible […]

Last weekend, I was all geared up to get some work done on The Great Coat Closet Remodel Project. However, because of the disarray in our house, it took me an hour to locate my special Arlington Slider boxes. Then, I turned the house upside […]