Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

The Man On The Street

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I was playing with my older son on the front sidewalk a couple days ago when a guy walking by stopped to ask me about the neighborhood. It turns out he's been looking at properties in the area and is thinking of buying a house just up the block ...

Learning The Hard Way

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

Measure twice; cut once. That’s the kind of wisdom that you come up with after measuring once and getting it wrong. So here’s my latest maxim from the Hard Way School of Home Improvement: “Check it all before you call.” This is my sad, stupid story. My dishwasher was ...

Knowing when to fold ‘em

Sunday, September 11th, 2005

I have been struggling with a filthy clogged floor drain in my tuckunder garage for a couple weeks now and I’m about ready to call it quits. A friend was kind enough to lend me his drain snake (thanks, Daniel!) but so far I’ve only been able to lower ...