We spent the Thanksgiving holiday week with my daughter, with our main project being working on the Gypsy Camper.  We were hoping to get it ...

Yesterday was a rainy day, so I couldn't do any outside work, so I replaced all the old brass (tarnished/broken!) doorknobs in the house...

We have had a couple of nice days - wait, who am I fooling? This is southern California - they're all nice days! but I really wanted to ...

So far I've been showing the nice rooms, the ones that needed just a bit of work to make them comfortable, and while we intend to go thr...

I need to get some pictures of our master bedroom, but there is a pile of laundry to be folded on the bed, and I just am not up to it this m...

After getting the room cleared of boxes and getting my tables set up, I was inspired to get the rest of the furniture in.  Still have lots o...

I am going to get this studio whipped into shape today.  This morning, I put together my IKEA desks - I really like the broad wall of desk s...

I have LOTS of gardening to do, but, well - baby steps.  I have this foot-wide strip along the house and the driveway, full sun, some sa...

One of the hazards of moving into and renovating a place at the same time is that with all the dust and mayhem swirling about, it's hard...

So - Friday morning Dale was off work, ready to get a lot accomplished on the bathroom.  I got up and put a load of laundry in the washer, a...

While we knew it would be difficult to get the bathroom done before we moved in, we are essentially optimistic folks, but we're also pre...

When I first walked into this home back in August, I thought to myself that if I got this house, I couldn't wait to rip off the valance ...

Above, on the left, the original light fixture for the entry.  Hilariously old, but really I still have a secret attachment to it, so it m...

The pile of trash is growing... If our yard was even remotely attractive, I would have rented a dumpster to get the demolition trash out ...