One of the house projects I worked on this year was painting the room I call my office. It's a really small bedroom that looked dark ...

I see I've let the blog go for over six months, and of course I let my 365 collage project slide; however, that isn't to say I'v...

Since the beginning of the year I have been using my dining room table for both sewing and collage-paint-ink experiments, as well as for e...

A longer shot of my counter top in the sewing room. The hole for the sink has been cut out and the new sink is the white thing on the flo...

One of the oddest depictions of Santa Claus I've seen. It's appropriate, I reckon, since I'm probably having an odd Christma...

.....and all of autumn on in to early winter. Last year I had the sad duty of moving my 87-year-old mother into a facility for dementia...

"You could paint a meatball if you painted it with Zinsser first."  quote found on painting forums, attributed to "an ol...

I've been working on some house updates since the great outdoors has been a bit chilly. First on the agenda was the utility room. T...

I had these old plastic flower pots that I wanted to spruce up with spray paint. They're in good shape except for some staining &...

Yee-haw this is my new toy, a 12-Volt Bosch impact driver. Its sole purpose is to insert & remove screws. I call it my Miracle Tool. ...

"Expect the unexpected," slap them in the face & say,  "I bet you didn't expect that!"   Home fixups r...

I've got problem wallpaper in my 1970s house. The paper itself is in excellent condition, but I hate the pattern. Now I...

Earlier this year I bought a 1970s era ranch-style house. It's much darker than a real "mid century" ranch house. This...