Tag Archives: project

Tearing it down to build it up
One week in, and there’s one less bathroom in our single-bathroom home. Our tiny cat-contractor started her work bright and early Monday morning, and in no time, the terrible drop ceiling came crashing down. But I would strongly advise against hiring a cat contractor, because they tend to lose motivation pretty quickly and take long […]

The kitchen series: the demolition and the counter saga
Goodbye, old cabinets and cheap linoleum countertops! We will miss you never! We are nearing the end of the first week of the renovation, and the kitchen is looking pretty bare. The dining room, however… …is absurdly full. I feel like the luckiest person in the world, having a second place to live while this […]
A vertical garden for a hopeless gardener
I kill plants. Over-watering, under-watering, straight up forgotten. I have excelled in every method possible of converting a lush green thing into a brown, dried up, twiggy shell of its former self. I love plants, though, and this is a thing I want to change about myself, so I’m going to give it another go […]