This ain't my first rodeo. Before last week I had only attempted stripping 1 set of door hardware in my upstairs bedroom. The first time I stripped the hardware it was H-A-R-D. I have no idea why it was so difficult, maybe it was because it was my first time, but I wasn't very successful with it. Last week I went ahead and removed the other two sets of painted hardware from my bedroom. READ MORE This ain't my first rodeo. Before last week I had only attempted stripping 1 set of door hardware in my upstairs bedroom. The first time I stripped the hardware it was H-A-R-D. I have no idea why it was so difficult, maybe it was because it was my first time, but I wasn't very successful with it. Last week I went ahead and removed the other two sets of painted hardware from my bedroom. READ MORE
Anybody else have this problem? Your kid(s) go outside and then they can't get back in because they're too short to reach the door knob/handle/latch? Finn and Elsa have been spending lots of time out in the yard during the day. I have been leaving the back door open so that they can come and go as they please but now that the weather is warming new bugs are swarming (don't you like my rhymes?) READ MORE
It won't be long before I am in full on outdoor and garden mode, I'm warning ya. So with these last few days before the official warm weather sets in I've been shoring up some indoor projects. One of the pressing projects on my to-do list is to repair the stone wall in our front porch. Its paint has been starting to peel for awhile now and now is constantly shedding all over the floor. The READ MORE
Here it is: the Sash Cord Replacement How-To, only two years in the making. I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned on the blog how badly I’ve wanted to repair two windows on the main floor of our house. The first spring we lived here we realized there were two windows without sash cords. I suppose it could be worse considering the age of the house but, unfortunately for us, they are our two largest READ MORE
Us Ripplinger's moved into our house close to a year-and-a-half ago. My plan for our new place was to take care of all the common areas first. You know, the ones that company would use the most and see the most and judge us by. Mission accomplished, we have done just that. However, it has become insanely obvious to me that I have been neglectful of the rest of my home. Most importantly, Elsa's READ MORE
