So.  Sometime in the fall of 2010, I wrote in this blot that I was thinking about--yea, even PLANNING to-- making the trim a soft gray bl...

You can't actually put latex paint over oil-based spar varnish successfully...I had to wash this back off and sand the spar varnish, th...

We've decided that for now, since they don't make my favorite pattern of vinyl flooring any more and we've spent almost enough ...

Eeep, using thin plywood underlayment for the walls worked, except some panels kept bleeding through the paint!  It still shows a tiny bit,...

Yes, we're a little goofy, why do you ask? It's covered now, but we'll know it's there... It's so lovely to have...

Last night we sat on the little deck and celebrated! It was cool and delightful after the rain, the sky faded from orange to peach to bl...