I thought we had ordered the fireplace with a blower, but I had not. So, I called Etowah Fireplace and had them ship it directly to us. Cliff was pretty confident he could add it himself. If not, we can always call for help. No …
When we were comparing barns, we noticed chicken coops. More and more of our neighbors are raising chickens. We hear roosters from every direction in the morning and we see chickens in fenced yards every time we walk the dog. One of the houses has …
I have been hanging paintings on my walls. Every time I move them, I make more holes. We moved the mantel to another wall and all the paintings in the living room will have to be rearranged. There is a way to do it without …
This post is step-by-step how we put in a Jotul Free Standing Direct Vent Fireplace with horizontal through-the-wall termination. That means the pipe goes out the back of the stove through the wall. On the other side of the wall it has a snorkel termination. …
Years before I found my Mora clock, I bought this clock at a thrift store. It’s not an antique. The label on the bottom says it is from Pier 1 Imports. But, I love the shape. A visitor informed me that it is French Comtoise …
We had some really bad storms and lost our power for over a week. We had a generator and ran an extension cord into the house to the fridge, freezer, coffee maker, microwave, wifi and an electric blanket. So, we didn’t really suffer. But when …
Sektion has been Ikea’s cabinet series since I got my first Ikea catalog in Canada in the 1970s. There are a lot of sizes of base and wall cabinets. You can design them to fit your space, then choose the doors you want. All of …
I have pretty much decided on what fits best to give practical and uncluttered storage in my laundry room. But there are a couple of problems and I want to be sure before we start anything. The corner base is giving me the most trouble …
I comparing the price of the cabinets I picked out on the Home Depot website with what I can get at Lowes and didn’t find anything to make me change my mind. I like the 42” high cabinets for the wall. But I have decided …
I tried to make some cabinets I already have fit into my laundry room and it just didn’t work. I did the math and by the time I bought enough additional cabinets to make it practical, I was over $5000. I used those cabinets in …
