In our circle of friends, RISK has always been our excuse to get together and hang out, usually for absurdly long game sessions. One complaint we always had was that the countries on the RISK board were often too small to accommodate large armies (of plastic game pieces). At the time, we had a hand-me-down …
For all of you wondering how our upstairs renovation is coming along, the answer is: slooooowly. After all, we can only work on the weekends most of the time, but progress is being made. We’ve shared the overall plan with you in this post, and the last progress picture you’ve seen was in this post. …
Alternate post title: How to Get a Deal on Anything So I’m absurdly excited to announce that I bought enough solid bamboo flooring for our ENTIRE HOUSE. That’s right, not just the upstairs. THE WHOLE HOUSE! I am a firm believer that having coherent flooring in a tiny house helps to make it feel more …
This is a joint post. We figured it might be fun to share some of the things we disagree about and get some outside opinions on the matter. Today we’re going to discuss flooring options (for our upstairs renovation, but also just in general). Kayla’s opinion is in blue, and Seth’s is in green. Seth …
This one is an easy project, but a total game changer, at least at our house. It all started on a summer night when we ordered pizza. We had recently installed a bottle opener in the doorway between our kitchen and dining room, right next to the fridge. Super convenient, right? Our pizza delivery guy …
When we took on our upstairs renovation, it was with the understanding that it would take a while because we intended to DIY almost everything ourselves. However, sometimes it can pay to call in a professional, so I thought I’d take a minute to detail what we take into consideration when we decide to contract …
There are two doorknobs in the house that are not quite making the cut these days. The bathroom doorknob usually behaves, but every once in a while, it falls off and locks in a guest (or one of us). The door to the front bedroom is totally broken. You have to use pliers to open …
By now, you’ve seen a picture or two of our little house, but just as a reminder, this is what it looked like when we first moved in: The white aluminum siding is was filthy and very chalky looking. The dusty blue color above the porch and on the shutters was in good shape, …
I have grumbled some about my postage stamp-sized kitchen on this blog thus far, but I like it a lot more than I did when we moved in. When we were renting the house from Seth’s parents, the walls were bright red, the cabinets were the worst light-wood laminate I can imagine, and the cabinet …
Land use and development is something that occupies my mind on an almost daily basis. How am I using space? How are we as a society using this or that space? How can we do it better? As a species we have a tremendous impact on the natural world around us, and to disregard how …
