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DIY Food Container Lens Holder

One of the primary lenses I use with my Canon 80D needed a home when not in service. Lately we’ve been washing condiment and other plastic containers before recycling...

DIY Monitor Flush Wall Mount

The time for our kiddo to have a screen in his room has come. It’ll help contain the sounds of some of the horrible shows he watches :) BUT,...

DIY - Digital Picture Frame

In a world... where photos are auto-backed up to multiple cloud storage solutions, one man set out on a quest to relive those memories around the house without having...

My DIY air filter fan

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DIY Passthrough for EV Charger Cable

For our recent Tesla purchase, we opted to have our charger installed inside our garage while we park our car outside. Hey, 100+ year old houses were not made...

Food Storage Room Makeover

A strange little spot between our garage and basement workshop was setup by the previous owners of our house Cordelia. It's basically a portion of the garage walled off...

Lath Wood DIY Cutting Board

We recently renovated our kitchen and part of the demolition involved removing old lath and plaster from inside the walls. I had our contractor save me a bundle so...

Deck Cleaning Test

Yes, it can be cleaned. Though I may opt for a careful pressure washing method to avoid scrubbing (hard!) and chemicals....

Safety First Rail Installation

The house is not yet ours since we've embarked on a real estate journey through a short sale bankruptcy this far there's no sense in turning back now. However,...

DIY Cat Food Box

Since triumphantly constructing an outdoor kitty and litter box enclosure I decided to keep this streak going. Today? A cat food box. Colby and Alley have different food needs...

Outdoor Cat Enclosure Project

Since moving in with Connie the now two cat household needed a new option when it came to where the kitty little box resides. Though both Colby and Alley...

Warmth and Cats

After sleeping in a bit I spent some time building Colby a perch to keep out here for his visits. Though I won't bring him out except when I...

Photos ~ LED-Pimped Ikea Table

As part of my home office overhaul I decided it was finally time to rid myself of the particle board, K-mart desk I've had since college and upgrade a...

DIY Green Roof Progress

You may remember that green roof I created a while back. Well, I thought the time was right to get serious so I set out late last week to...

DIY Green Roof - Brown Comes Before Green

Sometimes I get a wild hair to start a new project. This one has been growing for a while now and I took a little time last Sunday to...

The Home Improvement Reality Ratio

I started a porch roof project last Thursday and I had every intention to be done Friday so I could enjoy the rest of my weekend. Not so. As...

Photos ~ New Porch Roof (Day 1)

Today and tomorrow I'm off from work to stay home. It's not really a vacation but more of a work party for one. Since move-in day the flat, tarred...

New lights in our carport

Got to sleep in a bit today and despite the stagnant air we cleared our scratchy throats and got started with the day. After a bit of breakfast I...