Christmas 2022
This is the first Christmas since we bought our house in 2014 where we didn’t have some sort of major construction project underway. It was nice to be able to…
How to Take Apart a Piano
One of the only family heirlooms I have from my mother’s side is a large 100-year-old piano. I tried to have it tuned a couple of years ago, but due…
Bookshelf Revisited
A couple of years ago, I build a new staircase and wall to the basement which included a built-in bookshelf in the wall. At the time, I chose to stain…
New Basement Stairs: Part 5 – Handrail
It’s been more than 3 years since we built our new basement stairs and we’ve been living dangerously without a handrail – on either side! – for the entire time.…
Europe
Because of the pandemic and the twins, we hadn’t really travelled in 3 or 4 years. Our last major trip was our parental leave trip to South East Asia when…
Deck Refresh
During our kitchen renovation in 2019, we also built a new deck off the back of the house. Our contractor built the structure, but I then spent many weekends with…
Basement Family Room: TV Wall
With the drywall up and the walls painted, we knew that we had to do something interesting for our TV wall because it was just one giant white wall. I…