Now that you've read about our basement flood and the makeunder that predated it, it's time for a full tour of this clean and organized workhorse. I'm most proud of two things here: it is super functional for our needs, and it is outfitted with storage solutions that were purchased used and/or cheap (or, even [...]
Last weekend, we had a sewer backup that spurred us to clean the heck out of our basement. I plan to share a tour of what the space looks like currently, but first I want to backtrack to 2015. When we bought our bungalow, half of the basement was finished and half was unfinished. I [...]
This week's post is not what I had planned because of an unexpected Hauslermo catastrophe. Those of you who follow me on Instagram already know this story, but I wanted to document here for posterity. First, some background: when we bought our house, we learned our connection to the city's sewer system was blocked by [...]
When we bought our house, the basement laundry room area was thoroughly gross and rather dangerous. It is significantly less gross and dangerous now! Here's all the unglamorous work that went into that. First step: making sure the water heater doesn't kill us. During our home inspection, our inspector pointed out that the melted plastic on [...]
If you own a house in Chicago and don’t have a pool or an indoor water park: GET A METER. I am very grateful my coworker happened to mention MeterSave to me (thanks, Curt!), so now I am mentioning it here. If you don’t own a house in Chicago, tell your friends and loved ones [...]
Project Palermo 