Rather than sit and watch the adhesive dry on the walls of our One Room Challenge bedroom project, I decided to make myself useful by completing a straightforward furniture repair instead. In a house with six people, something is always either breaking, broken or will be broken soon. I do not think that we are…
It is time for a new project here at BHH. We have had a few weeks off from tools and paint, and we are feeling motivated to tear something up and put it back together again. Keep in mind that when I say "we" I actually mean "me." Nineteen years of marriage has not turned…
It is a wonder that I get anything done around here. Yesterday, I had a series of different projects going, and only one of them got finished because I kept losing my supplies. It is possible that I was just having a bad multi-tasking day, but I am starting to believe that a portal to an…
We have been thinking a lot about decorating lately. It is mostly just daydreams at this point since we have already planned the budget into next year, and the budget is almost entirely practical. Ho hum.
BHH has some decorating challenges. The first one is that there is so much surface area to repair or polish that even the…
Before we even closed on BHH, we were busy making to-do lists. I like to make lists, but I refuse to be a slave to them. When I practiced the Getting Things Done (GTD) method of productivity, I became a master list maker. GTD is a system which includes making each project into a shining…
Living in BHH is an exercise in patience and self-control. With so much to do, it is easy to get sidetracked. It can be a struggle to stay focused when so many things need a band-aid fix or a complete repair. That is why our best intention to complete two full bedrooms by the end…