Category Archives: DIY

Tiles, and the definition of Pileist Style

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

We’re in the midst of trying to figure out what kind of kitchen cabinets to get: IKEA, RTA from another source (Ready To Assemble), custom made cabinets from a dude, or if we should embrace a new minimalist lifestyle I’m … Continue reading →

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New Walls I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

I’m done writing about the walls. At first it was like “Hooray! New walls!”, and now they are finished – and even primed! – but the drywall euphoria has worn off and reality has set in and the new clean … Continue reading →

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Lazy gardening in two easy steps + a warning

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

I’m what you would call a lazy gardener. I did not receive the gardening gene my mother has, which is the same gardening gene her mother has. Scientists have proven that the gardening gene skips every 2nd generation.  I did … Continue reading →

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[Insert Hootie and the Blowfish joke here]

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

So it goes like this: the electronic owl is not working out quite the way we hoped it would. Are you really surprised? I guess not. You know how sometimes you just read the reviews before buying something and you … Continue reading →

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Bellbottoms. HUH! And MORE insulation.

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

I’m telling you we cannot get ourselves enough insulation. We have insulation fever. You know those shows on TLC like Cupcake Horders or Extreme Childbearing or I Married Then Ate My House or whatever they play at 3 o’clock in the … Continue reading →

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You spray, you saw, you conquer

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

Totally forgot to tell you about the last part of spray foam insulating. You need to then grab a saw and hack away at the excess. Since the foam expands, you trim away what “puffs” out beyond the studs, so … Continue reading →

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A plumbing post (note to self: don’t tell the raccoon story)

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

I think it’s time to move on from the last post. So let’s in fact move on… to another tale of MURDER! G KILLED the bathroom plumbing job. The bathtub is now installed. Well, kinda-installed. Turns out the metal drain … Continue reading →

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She don’t use jelly or any of these…

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

I hit the ignore button on the blog. Totally unintentional. A bit of busy reno work, a touch of traveling, a smidge of laziness, and here we are. So I last talked to you about our pyromania-mania. Turned out it … Continue reading →

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‘MacGruber’ is a verb, and we MacGrubered the foam insulation project

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Really big fantastic news: We started insulating the kitchen and pantry this past weekend. Really not that fantastic news: We didn’t finish. But that’s only because it took us 32 millionty hours to prep for the project. I’ve written about our … Continue reading →

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Bathroom Blitz

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

When I was a kid, my friend C and I used to watch this show called Cartooning with Bruce Blitz. I think it was on PBS. Have you seen it? Bruce showed you how to draw cartoons, and he was … Continue reading →

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