And though the plan itself hasn’t changed (in general) over the past year or so — excepting tweaks here and there — what’s different now is that the actual plants are identified. All are natives to the blacklands prairie; the white space on the plan will be filled with native grasses (or, in a few [...]
Categories: exteriors, landscaping
None of my random house-related projects have been of a size or type to warrant a construction or remodeling permit. If I follow through on building a deck to cover (or outright replace) the existing concrete patio, that seemed like something that might need a permit. Maybe. It seems it’s pretty widespread for low-elevation (1′ [...]
Categories: bureaucratis hell, exteriors
Tagged: construction, garden, landscape
For those folks asking about shelves, I managed to find the online version of step-by-step guide to making floating shelves from hollow-core folding doors. It’s a simple process, and the results are stunning, but warning: this may not be the best option if you’re renting. Even if you alter Step #7 from “glue and then [...]
Categories: organization, place and space, storage
Tagged: carpentry, construction, shelves, storage
I need a progress meter for House Deconstruction, since I built (and unbuilt, and rebuilt, because I are teh suck sometimes) the first set of shelves for the kitchen/dining room wall. Okay, it took me about two hours to carefully sketch, erase, and resketch until satisfied and then I built the shelves. Hell, I even [...]
Categories: sledgehammer renovation
…but somehow I get the sense that maybe Sachi isn’t quite as irritated about having Baltazar around, these days.
Categories: miscellany
Tagged: horde of hyenas