Seriously, when all other projects feel too daunting/expensive to tackle (I'm looking at you, Bedroom), just paint a door or two. Enormous and immediate gratification. Take this exterior back door, for example. Someone had even scratched their name into the paint. I corrected it for them. After: So satisfying! I sanded it a bit and [...]
Now this, this is a mailing list I want to be on. Look at that armchair: it's only $9.99. [Update: that was a joke, you guys. Thanks, though, for your diligent readership!] As excited as I am about this catalog, I'm even more excited about what's awaiting me in Jefferson City, Missouri. This vintage sputnik [...]
Good Lord, how do I get on these mailing lists?
Sometimes the interwebs just do you wrong, ya know? Take, for example, the Burpee order I placed weeks ago. Shipping live plants didn't seem risky to me considering that baby chicks are shipped via USPS all the time. But these vegetables were doomed (the same fate many baby chicks face as well, I suppose). They [...]
An Open Letter to Matt & Jen Warship: Do you think your realtor could get us a first-time homeowner two-fer-one deal? If so, we'll take this California ranch: 4607 Southwest 16th Street. The real estate pictures are hilariously crummy (three of the shed and none of a bedroom or bathroom?) but I was sold on this [...]
Project Palermo 