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Sanding and oiling the wood countertops in the kitchen 10 Aug 2011 | 11:27 pm
Seven years ago, when we renovated the entire bottom floor of the house, we put in a new kitchen. Being located in Sweden we made the nearly automatic choice of IKEA for all of our cabinets, shelves, ...
Stone fire pit construction 10 Aug 2011 | 02:36 am
If you have ever read any of my previous blog posts you'll be familiar with the large backyard deck I built a couple of years ago. I completed it pretty swiftly, but it took me a couple of years t...
New fence with a gate 10 Aug 2011 | 01:51 am
We have a 10 month old poodle that has decided she likes to explore more than we would like her to explore and we have now had to build a fence with a gate to keep her in the backyard. Actually, we ha...
What to do with an old sandbox 9 Aug 2011 | 10:13 pm
Now that our children have grown-up some (8 and 11) and we're certainly not expecting any grandchildren in the near future, the sandbox I built so lovingly built 8 years ago had become a clunky ey...
Wow! Finally a little wind turbine to put on the roof 10 Jun 2009 | 10:39 pm
Earthtronics, an energy efficiency and technology company, is offering a rooftop wind turbine for sale to homeowners. The turbine, produced by Honeywell, is said to operate across a wider range of win...
Looks to be a good year for cherries 14 Jun 2008 | 12:37 am
Between the heat wave we experienced a couple of weeks ago and the rain of this past week, our fruit plants and trees have really popped. read more
Blender Mania 12 Jun 2008 | 09:18 pm
Many families can be identified by their favorite foods and dishes. Ours is no different, except that ours is a drink. We're a smoothie family. Each one of us loves our smoothies in the morning, a...
Extreme Makeover: Hallway Edition 12 Jun 2008 | 02:27 am
Following the renovation the living room we had some extra boards and paint plus with all of the tools still upstairs we decided to go ahead with giving the hallway a facelift. Initially we though a n...
Neighbor's New Wooden Hot Tub 10 Jun 2008 | 10:07 pm
So my neighbor made the plunge and bought himself a hot tub. Not one of those fancy ones with jets, but a rustic fire-heated hot tub that looks like a large wooden barrel. We gave it a test run the ot...
Renovating the Living Room 10 Jun 2008 | 01:05 am
The wife and I had the idea that good project to tackle this past winter was to oil the hardwood floor in the upstairs living room. Of course, to do such a thing require one (me) to remove all the fur...
