Category: DIY and Beyond
A New Coat
It’s amazing what a new coat of paint will do, so I’m tending to find a number of canvases. My previous projects have included a laundry room, a coffee table, a bedroom, a chair (and bedroom...
Getting into the Christmas Spirit
I suppose I should be Christmas shopping. I tried to do that yesterday and quickly became annoyed. It started when I was in front of a cashier at a store in Nashua and I realized...
Simple Machines
When the kids were in elementary school, they learned about and built models of simple machines. Wikipedia defines a simple machine as a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force....
A Slow Transformation – Continued
I am not nearly done yet, but I have an update on the changes I’m making to Meagan’s bedroom. One might ask why it is taking me so long. I’ll give you an example....
Puttering Around
For those of you who think all I do is go on vacation, I would like it to be known that I did manage to accomplish a couple of things. First, I painted the...
A Slow Transformation
I’ve started changing Meagan’s bedroom from one decorated for a 12-year-old girl to one decorated for a tasteful adult. This will take a while. I decided to have Nicole spend one of her hours...
More Fun with Electricity
My mother had some extra light fixtures that she gave me, and she came over to help me install one of them. We were not going to put up the second one because the...