Installing a Handheld Showerhead :: Video
The idea of adding a handheld showerhead may seem like a luxury to some. Something reserved for a master bath, not necessarily a secondary, hall or kids bath. But it can also...
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Architects Condo Remodel – a Space Optimized Redo with LG Squared :: Inside the Pro’s Home
On the day I visited, classical music simmered as Jodi was working to plow through some of her duties as bookkeeper. The signs of a wall removal are still present. A peeled...
Fall Home Maintenance :: Home Advisor’s Home Report Card
I’m pleased to be working with HomeAdvisor.com as part of their Blog Ambassador program. For it, and as Fall approaches, I was challenged to fill out their Fall-oriented Home Report Card. A...
Mrs Moxie & Her New Ceramic Climbing Cat :: Baltimore and the Camark Cat
Apparently these little guys sold very well in the 50s and 60s, and for some reason, they have survived very well … here in Baltimore. In white, typically, and glazed, they are...
Restoring Wood & Fixing Paint :: 3 Products to Help with These Projects
Fall inevitably becomes a mad dance of DIY Projects. Maybe it is something about impending cold and/or the approaching holiday season, but it just is, and it seems so year after year....
Four (Now That the Kids Are) Back to School Fall Project Ideas :: Organize, Paint & Prep for Winter
Shhhh. Hear that? It’s quiet right? That’s the sound of the kids back at school. Playtime is over and it’s nose to grindstone for everyone. Happily, the heat is slowly releasing its...
Building Moxie is Growing Grass with Pennington Smart Seed :: Experiment & Results
My results it seems are pretty consistent with those that I got in our trial, our growing experiment while in Oregon with Pennington Seed. But as I ramp up to essentially seed...
Installing a Bathroom Faucet :: American Standard Outreach with Speed Connect
Moving forward with their basement remodel, I told them that this particular faucet was what is known as a centerset faucet. That is – the faucet is made for a top that...
Pennington One Step Complete :: An Experiment & Results
But just as Barry was dotting the t's for his trip to Genie Company HQ, I received an update on a growing experiment I participated in while visiting Pennington Grass Seed in...
Installing a Door Slab & a Glass Knob, Mortised Style LockSet
We finally decided on a single raised-panel door. This post covers installing a door, including installing a salvaged antique mortised-style lockset. Includes Videos :: Routing for Hinges in a Door Slab, plus...
Insulate a Basement Ceiling in an Old House :: How to Estimate & Install for Where You Live
As I stood in my basement, looking up at the floor joists of the dining room above, I thought to myself, “I guess I do know a few things about insulation.” Learn...
Removing Formstone from a RowHome Part 2 of 2 (Behind the Building Edition)
Formstone, I have come to know as a sort of stamped stucco, was applied primarily to the face of homes between the 1940s and the 1960s. There was nothing to indicate that...