Author: stega
Wild Life Part 2: Turkeys
Continuing from the previous posts–in addition to the smaller critters and birds here at the ranch, we also have an assortment of larger birds that…
Wild Life Part 1: Small Stuff
We do not live in a typical suburban environment. We have space. What human neighbors we do have live far enough away that we have…
What to do with old hardware?
When we started buying stuff for the walls of the house, we considered getting one of those big LCD displays that would show random works…
Tiling Success
A few years back, I started researching if it would be possible to get matching tiles made for the great room. I found the original…
The Pantry Fridge
When we moved in, the place came with three refrigerators–one each in the kitchen, pantry and garage. The listing photos from when the previous owners…
New Garage Door Openers
Now that the saga of the garden shed has drawn to a close, it’s time for a series of single-posters. That’s what I like to…
Shed Video
Here’s a walkthrough video of the new shed in all its glory!
Shed Blinds and the Door
Still not quite done documenting the lovely new garden shed–bear with me for just two more posts. The door was looking a bit scruffy, so…
Final Shed Bits: All Moved In
At the start of January, the new garden shed was finally open for business. Over the last year, so much planning had gone into how…
Backtracking a Bit for Shed Bits
When I said two posts ago that we took a break from finishing up the shed, that wasn’t exactly true. In December of last year…
Cladding a Shed
In January we completed the last bit of work on the new garden shed. If you read the earlier post, you know we didn’t have…
Short Shed Break
A full month passed after the shed was painted before we got to the last big bit of work so that it would be ready…
Painted Shed
Once I got back from the epic trip to Ohio, I arranged with our favorite painter to see to the new structure. (Let’s be honest…
Constructed Shed
Carrying on from the previous post, the crew made great progress and in two days the shed was almost constructed. A few additional deviations from…
Delayed Construction
As mentioned a few posts back, we found some plans for the type of shed I wanted on a website called iCreatables. The plans included…
Shed Pad Time
Once the new plumbing and electrical were in place, it was time to get our concrete contractor back to fill in the channels he’d cut…
New Wires
After the plumbing for the new shed was done, we had to take a small break from construction because there was a HUGE fire raging…
Pretty Pipes
Once the concrete bits were removed, I called in our favorite plumbing outfit and explained what I wanted done. First shot below is the “drawing”…
We abhor “We Love Paving”
And here’s an unscheduled/bonus post detailing why… Every few years we need to reseal our long-ass driveway. Since I’m in the middle of plotting how…
Concrete Demolition
After the previous closet/shed/structure was removed we assessed the situation to figure out what else needed to go. While the new structure wasn’t going to…
Weird Outdoor Closet Demolition
Continuing on with the shed story…way, way back at the start of the pandemic, Agent Smith wanted to destroy something, so I got to work…
A Girl Needs a Shed
We try not to clutter up the house. While both my and Agent Smith’s offices are full of all sorts of useful things, we try…
Almost Caught Up!
Would you believe I’m no longer two whole years behind in writing about all the crazy stuff here? That’s right, I’m now only 3 months…
Dinosaur Covers: Did I go too far?
I picked up some cute outlet covers via Etsy a while back. I added them to the guest room to further the dinosaur theme. What…
Historic Visitors
Following on from the last two posts, I sent an email and a couple of months later the date was set for two people who…
Progress Report
Following up from the last post, I sent an email to the address and got a reply. It was from the eldest son who grew…
House History via Obituaries
A while ago I posted about finding the obituaries for the parents of the family for whom this house was originally built. I’ve also come…