Archives
Readers are advised against reading the entire site in one day as this is known to cause uncontrollable weeping and despair, at least if you own an old house. On that note, we're trying to make more useful ways of finding things on this site for people who are looking for something specific. Feedback on how this actually is working for you is always welcome.
By Location
Seasoned readers, or those on the hunt for something specific, might find the archives sorted by location in the house (with additional categories for planning, questions and answers, and so forth) useful.
- Accordion Room
- Attic
- Back Bedroom
- Back Hall
- Back Parlour
- Back Yard
- Basement
- Entry
- Front Bedroom
- Front Exterior
- Front Parlour
- Horrors
- Kitchen
- Landscaping
- Laundry Room
- Pantries
- Planning
- Projects
- Q&A
- Storage Area
- Update
- Upstairs Bath
- Vendors and Contractors
Calendar
For those of you who are more visual, you can see entries from a given day via this calendar.Date-Ordered Entries
Here's a list of all archived entries on Casa Decrepit, with most recent posts first. If you want to watch the progress on the house in chronological order, go to the bottom of the list and then you can just follow the "next" links to go through in order.
- June 29, 2008 : Shingling
- June 28, 2008 : Raising the Roof
- June 22, 2008 : Planting a Pineapple
- June 21, 2008 : Behind Door #1
- June 21, 2008 : Two Door Shed With Sunroof
- June 17, 2008 : The 2008 MVT (Most Valuable Tool) List
- June 16, 2008 : Half a Day of Work
- June 15, 2008 : Scaling Factors
- June 15, 2008 : Four Minor Burns and a Vibrational Injury Later
- June 8, 2008 : A Room for the Chickens
- June 7, 2008 : Chicken House Framing
- June 1, 2008 : Garden Report: June 1
- May 29, 2008 : Mansions of Newport, RI
- May 18, 2008 : Garden Report: May 18
- May 17, 2008 : Prefab Modern for the Barnyard Animal
- May 13, 2008 : Good Timing
- May 12, 2008 : Planning Series: Fitting in Small Projects
- May 10, 2008 : Five Hours of Non-Stop Fun
- May 9, 2008 : We're Getting Awfully Good at Foundations
- May 7, 2008 : Garden Report: May 7
- May 5, 2008 : Garden Report: Fruit in the Trees
- May 4, 2008 : Planting and Repotting
- May 4, 2008 : Rest Week
- April 26, 2008 : A Dog, a Butterfly, and a Fence
- April 20, 2008 : Meeting Our Goals Halfway
- April 19, 2008 : Planning Series: Prioritizing Projects
- April 19, 2008 : Inefficient Assembly Line
- April 18, 2008 : If I Had a Stapler
- April 15, 2008 : Garden Report: April 15
- April 13, 2008 : It Was Very Hot Today
- April 12, 2008 : And on to the Chicken Yard
- April 12, 2008 : A Post About Posts
- April 11, 2008 : Fencing
- April 7, 2008 : A Very Sticky Situation
- April 5, 2008 : And Now the Floor
- April 3, 2008 : Garden Report: April 3
- April 2, 2008 : Chicken Movies
- April 2, 2008 : More Chickens
- April 1, 2008 : The Life of a Chicken
- March 29, 2008 : Chicken Day
- March 26, 2008 : Garden Report: March 26
- March 26, 2008 : Unwhitening, Part Two: Now! With Asbestos!
- March 24, 2008 : Hacking at the Garden
- March 22, 2008 : Total Water Recycling
- March 22, 2008 : Stuff in My Tank
- March 21, 2008 : Fun with Carcinogens
- March 21, 2008 : Stuff on My Tank
- March 21, 2008 : Garden Report: March 21
- March 20, 2008 : Unwhitening, Part One
- March 20, 2008 : Plumbing in the Tank
- March 18, 2008 : Whitening the Whiteness
- March 17, 2008 : Spring in Deed if not in Fact
- March 14, 2008 : Let Me Show You My Figs
- March 12, 2008 : Whiteness
- March 11, 2008 : A Few New Plants
- March 11, 2008 : What Was Dead is Alive Again
- March 9, 2008 : Lots of Bad Joke Potential
- March 8, 2008 : Highway to Compost
- March 7, 2008 : Sinking the Tank
- March 5, 2008 : Magnificent Magnolia
- March 2, 2008 : Lawnmower Man
- March 2, 2008 : Just a Little Hole in the Wall
- March 1, 2008 : Making it Stick
- February 28, 2008 : Endless Seas of Green
- February 26, 2008 : Buds of Springtime
- February 25, 2008 : On the Level
- February 24, 2008 : The Sands of the Accordion Room
- February 16, 2008 : Off-Season Flowers
- February 15, 2008 : Grafting and Weeding
- February 11, 2008 : Starting Seeds
- February 10, 2008 : Take a Trip Outdoors
- February 5, 2008 : Encouraging Native Bees in the Garden
- February 2, 2008 : Progress on the Paint
- January 31, 2008 : Dealing with Lead Paint
- January 28, 2008 : A New Kind of Scraping
- January 27, 2008 : The End of Plaster Work
- January 26, 2008 : Figs and Chickens
- January 22, 2008 : Another Shed
- January 18, 2008 : Plaster Stabilization: Now with Pictures
- January 15, 2008 : Four More Apples
- January 14, 2008 : Digging More Holes
- January 13, 2008 : All Washed Up
- January 8, 2008 : Washing Continues
- January 7, 2008 : Sympathy Flooding
- January 5, 2008 : Tilting at Fences
- January 2, 2008 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Four
- December 30, 2007 : Ten Projects for 2008
- December 17, 2007 : A Treatise on Wallpaper Removal
- December 16, 2007 : And Now for More Scraping
- December 14, 2007 : Some Weird Stuff and Progress
- December 14, 2007 : Panels Down
- December 11, 2007 : Graduation Present
- December 5, 2007 : Another Epic Project
- November 19, 2007 : I'm Going to Need a Machete
- October 30, 2007 : I'm a Big Fan of Overengineering
- October 21, 2007 : A Brief Update
- September 24, 2007 : Fall is the Season for Harvest
- September 13, 2007 : Deep Taproots
- August 20, 2007 : Boring House Work
- August 9, 2007 : Attack of the Killer Tomato (Plants)
- August 3, 2007 : Water, Water, Everywhere
- July 29, 2007 : We Are In Control
- July 22, 2007 : Bursting With Produce
- July 20, 2007 : Quality Testing
- July 15, 2007 : Surprise!
- July 10, 2007 : Resources and Tedium
- July 8, 2007 : Giddy for Tomatoes
- July 8, 2007 : Piping to the Fern Walk
- July 3, 2007 : Eating from the Garden
- June 25, 2007 : Deck Drawings
- June 24, 2007 : Finishing the Basement Manifold
- June 22, 2007 : Stalled
- June 21, 2007 : Official Summer Plants
- June 20, 2007 : Sprinkling!
- June 18, 2007 : Water in the Orchard
- June 10, 2007 : The Last Trench
- June 9, 2007 : Piping the Gardens Wild
- June 1, 2007 : Deck in the Cards
- May 27, 2007 : Irrigation Work and Some Plants
- May 12, 2007 : I Sense a Theme in This Garden
- May 4, 2007 : Instead of Weeding
- April 29, 2007 : More Fruit
- April 26, 2007 : Contemporary Examples
- April 22, 2007 : Clean and Dirty
- April 21, 2007 : Roses, Fruit, and Trees
- April 19, 2007 : Lots of Planting in Store
- April 17, 2007 : Casa Decrepit in the News
- April 9, 2007 : In the Pink(s)
- April 8, 2007 : All the Stuff Noel Did
- April 8, 2007 : Rose Explosion Predicted
- April 1, 2007 : Work of a Weekend
- March 29, 2007 : What It's Like to Live in a Renovation Project
- March 26, 2007 : Guess What I'm Doing
- March 26, 2007 : In Bloom in the Garden
- March 26, 2007 : Some Weekend Projects
- March 24, 2007 : Peace and Quiet
- March 22, 2007 : Seeds, Blooms, and the Garden Show
- March 18, 2007 : Spring Plant Sales
- March 14, 2007 : Welcome Wagon
- March 13, 2007 : Pink Flowers and Burnt Weeds
- March 12, 2007 : What I Do for My Garden
- March 6, 2007 : Temperate Climates Kick Butt
- March 5, 2007 : Seedlings Aplenty
- March 4, 2007 : Now You're Weeding With Fire
- February 27, 2007 : Yo-Ho-Ho and a Pile of Poo
- February 26, 2007 : Scorched Earth Policy
- February 16, 2007 : Cold Frame
- February 12, 2007 : Springing
- February 11, 2007 : Weeds and Compost
- January 22, 2007 : Overengineered Boxes for Ceiling Medallions
- January 21, 2007 : Sort of Like Cleaning House
- January 15, 2007 : Honestly, We Like Digging
- January 15, 2007 : Hard Frost
- January 11, 2007 : Answers for Your Questions #6
- January 8, 2007 : January in California
- January 2, 2007 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Three
- December 12, 2006 : Catching the Rain
- December 9, 2006 : A Handful of Chores
- December 4, 2006 : How to Cure a Hangover
- December 3, 2006 : How We Take a Day Off
- December 2, 2006 : 85 Sacks
- December 1, 2006 : Weatherproofing
- November 29, 2006 : Marriage Tips for Renovators
- November 26, 2006 : Rain and Drains
- November 25, 2006 : Dobies and Mesh
- November 24, 2006 : Boards and Battens
- November 18, 2006 : Sticks and String
- November 12, 2006 : In Which Life Gets the Better of Us
- November 5, 2006 : Weeding in the Lavender
- October 30, 2006 : Posts That Didn't Make It
- October 27, 2006 : Strawberries in November
- October 22, 2006 : If It Looks Like a Duct and Quacks Like a Duct...
- October 21, 2006 : How I Spent My Day
- October 21, 2006 : More Fall Planting
- October 17, 2006 : Answers to Unasked Questions
- October 16, 2006 : What Building Codes Mean, and Quality Control
- October 15, 2006 : Let There be Warmth
- October 14, 2006 : Nine Ways to Save Money on Your Renovation Project
- October 13, 2006 : Gone Fishing
- October 10, 2006 : Ricocheting Around the Back Yard
- October 7, 2006 : Digging Blah Blah Plumbing Blah
- October 5, 2006 : First Rain, and Dead Grass
- September 24, 2006 : Some Notes on Trench Safety
- September 23, 2006 : Some Assembly Required
- September 21, 2006 : First Fruit
- September 21, 2006 : The Theme for This Summer is: Digging
- September 20, 2006 : Rearranging the Shrubbery
- September 19, 2006 : Moving House
- September 19, 2006 : Finished!
- September 18, 2006 : Three More Blocks
- September 17, 2006 : Only Moderately Obsessed
- September 17, 2006 : Looking More Polished
- September 16, 2006 : Fussing and Digging
- September 14, 2006 : A Foundation for the Shed
- September 13, 2006 : I am Definitely NOT Cut Out to be a Digger
- September 12, 2006 : Guess What? And Also a Shed
- September 11, 2006 : Sore
- September 10, 2006 : More Moving, More Digging
- September 10, 2006 : Big Pot of Succulents
- September 9, 2006 : A Fountain in the Garden
- September 8, 2006 : Hummingbirds at the Feeders
- September 7, 2006 : First of the Fall Plants
- September 7, 2006 : Rose Report
- September 6, 2006 : Digging More of the Hole
- September 6, 2006 : Fall Seed Starting
- September 5, 2006 : Free Stuff
- September 4, 2006 : Digging a Hole
- September 4, 2006 : More Wiring
- August 31, 2006 : The Great Tidy
- August 30, 2006 : More Moving Around
- August 26, 2006 : In Which We Talk About Weeding
- August 26, 2006 : Open Season
- August 24, 2006 : Ugly Patch
- August 23, 2006 : Fine-Tuning Winter Planting Plans
- August 22, 2006 : What We've Been Up To
- August 18, 2006 : Seed Saving
- August 18, 2006 : Detaching from the Mothership
- August 17, 2006 : Getting Ready for Fall
- August 16, 2006 : Hummingbird Wars
- August 16, 2006 : More Summer Flowers
- August 16, 2006 : More White Stairs
- August 15, 2006 : Another Layer of Primer, and The Perils of Celebrity
- August 15, 2006 : Things That Go CRASH in the Night
- August 14, 2006 : Painting the Porch
- August 12, 2006 : The Joys of August
- August 11, 2006 : Summer Pruning
- August 8, 2006 : A Little Overboard on the Salvias
- August 4, 2006 : The Miracle of Pegboard
- August 3, 2006 : An Army of Volunteers
- August 2, 2006 : Strawberry Propagation
- August 1, 2006 : Birds on a Wire
- July 31, 2006 : Hummingbird in the Mist
- July 30, 2006 : Butterflies in the Lupines
- July 29, 2006 : Thrivers
- July 28, 2006 : Victims of the Heat Wave
- July 26, 2006 : Some Project Planning
- July 22, 2006 : More Lilies
- July 21, 2006 : Water Tanks
- July 20, 2006 : Uh-Oh
- July 19, 2006 : Tobaccy in the Garden
- July 18, 2006 : Flowers as Big as Your Head
- July 17, 2006 : For the Birds
- July 16, 2006 : Rose Experiments and Other News
- July 15, 2006 : Containment Strategy
- July 14, 2006 : Some Random Garden Photos
- July 14, 2006 : Bring on the Hummingbirds
- July 13, 2006 : Sweet Peas
- July 12, 2006 : Brick Walk
- July 11, 2006 : Thistle Love
- July 10, 2006 : Stomped!
- July 9, 2006 : The Colours of the Garden
- July 9, 2006 : The Fruit of the Garden
- July 8, 2006 : The Scent of the Garden
- July 8, 2006 : Hoopla
- July 4, 2006 : Blue Flowers and a Tree
- June 26, 2006 : Summer Flowers
- June 25, 2006 : Summer Rain
- June 24, 2006 : Inching Closer to Sprinklers
- June 23, 2006 : Things I Have Learned This Spring
- June 23, 2006 : Summer is Here
- June 21, 2006 : We Have a Week to Get Those Trenches Filled In
- June 18, 2006 : Back in the Trenches
- June 18, 2006 : Pallet Compost Bins
- June 17, 2006 : Yeah, More Plants
- June 17, 2006 : Amusement Value
- June 17, 2006 : Morning Plant Update
- June 12, 2006 : Answers for Your Questions: Irrigation Edition
- June 11, 2006 : In the Trenches
- June 11, 2006 : Some Plantings
- June 11, 2006 : Don't Fence Me In
- June 10, 2006 : Middle of the Manifold
- June 10, 2006 : Beginning the Manifold
- June 6, 2006 : Manifold Destiny
- June 4, 2006 : More Plants
- June 4, 2006 : Digester
- June 3, 2006 : Water Test Results
- May 30, 2006 : Bricks and Thyme
- May 29, 2006 : More Front Bed Work
- May 28, 2006 : A Walk in the Ferns
- May 27, 2006 : Garden Triumphs and Tragedies
- May 27, 2006 : Hoe Hoe Hoe
- May 27, 2006 : Some Garden Innovation
- May 26, 2006 : Too Much Weeding
- May 25, 2006 : Let's Talk About Salt
- May 24, 2006 : Teaser
- May 21, 2006 : Other People's Gardens
- May 21, 2006 : The World's Most Overdesigned Chicken House
- May 18, 2006 : Water Tank Planning
- May 15, 2006 : Birthday Party
- May 14, 2006 : Trial by Water
- May 13, 2006 : You Know You Love the Plant Posts
- May 13, 2006 : Garden Update
- May 13, 2006 : Have We Mentioned That We Have Stairs?
- May 11, 2006 : We Have STAIRS!!!! OMG!!!!1!!1!
- May 10, 2006 : So Close...
- May 9, 2006 : Sowing the Seeds of Evil
- May 8, 2006 : String Me Up, Charlie!
- May 8, 2006 : Before and After
- May 7, 2006 : Underground Pathway
- May 6, 2006 : The Nuclear Option
- May 6, 2006 : Stringers
- May 5, 2006 : Good Design Requires Patience
- May 3, 2006 : Two Ends of the Day
- May 2, 2006 : No Entry
- May 1, 2006 : Crimes Against Victorians
- April 29, 2006 : Testing the Water
- April 29, 2006 : Let There be Light
- April 29, 2006 : The Garden: An Overview and Notes
- April 23, 2006 : Mysterious Goings on Under the House
- April 23, 2006 : Hours of Invisible Work
- April 22, 2006 : Apres le Deluge, Moi
- April 19, 2006 : Dog Pond
- April 18, 2006 : When It's Raining
- April 8, 2006 : In Search of Native Plants
- April 2, 2006 : Garden Art and More Plants
- April 1, 2006 : California Natives Garden
- April 1, 2006 : Another Week
- March 30, 2006 : Answers for Your Questions #3
- March 26, 2006 : The Progress of a Week
- March 24, 2006 : A Tough Row to Hoe
- March 23, 2006 : More New Plants
- March 23, 2006 : Making Lemonade
- March 22, 2006 : Secure and Yet Not Really
- March 22, 2006 : Victorians of the Island
- March 21, 2006 : Arbor Day
- March 20, 2006 : Hail and Torment
- March 19, 2006 : More Planting
- March 19, 2006 : One Quick Squee Post
- March 18, 2006 : The Wonder of Shelving
- March 18, 2006 : Making the Bed
- March 17, 2006 : Flower Show and Flowers
- March 17, 2006 : Obligatory Spring Garden Photos
- March 16, 2006 : The Sound of Silence
- March 15, 2006 : Bulbous
- March 6, 2006 : History Repeating
- February 28, 2006 : How Foundations Get Replaced
- February 27, 2006 : The History of Casa Decrepit
- February 20, 2006 : Fern Walk
- February 17, 2006 : Gardening in the Rain
- February 12, 2006 : Quite the Sod Experts
- February 11, 2006 : Rosehenge
- February 9, 2006 : Answers for Your Questions #2
- January 24, 2006 : Red Flags, Lessons, and Advice
- January 22, 2006 : Our Own Landfill
- January 22, 2006 : Paint the Orchard White
- January 21, 2006 : More Tree Planting
- January 21, 2006 : More Plumbing Work
- January 15, 2006 : Plant Yourself an Orchard
- January 15, 2006 : The Ten Year Plan, Its Second Year
- January 14, 2006 : More Backbreaking Labour in the Yard
- January 2, 2006 : And at Night, the Ice Weasels Come
- December 22, 2005 : Hot Water Time
- December 21, 2005 : Copperific
- December 19, 2005 : Main Line
- December 18, 2005 : For Our Next Trick
- December 17, 2005 : New Feature: Answers for Your Questions
- December 15, 2005 : Assorted Landscaping Work
- December 12, 2005 : Cat Flap
- November 28, 2005 : Sitework
- November 17, 2005 : Exit To Street
- November 16, 2005 : Bituthene
- November 15, 2005 : Blubber, Oddiment, Tweak
- November 13, 2005 : This and That
- November 3, 2005 : Where it is Going
- October 24, 2005 : Home Orchard Fanatic
- October 18, 2005 : Siring the Wump
- October 17, 2005 : Fence!
- October 16, 2005 : Rotate That Subpanel
- October 10, 2005 : Sod It All
- October 9, 2005 : Toil and Trouble -- Film at Eleven
- October 8, 2005 : Four Pallets
- October 7, 2005 : Concrete!
- October 6, 2005 : Final Steps
- October 3, 2005 : Prepping for More Concrete
- September 30, 2005 : Porches
- September 29, 2005 : Shear Volume
- September 28, 2005 : Driveway
- September 27, 2005 : The Yard
- September 26, 2005 : Earth Moving
- September 24, 2005 : Rumour Has It
- September 23, 2005 : Back Yard, Two Views
- September 22, 2005 : The Incredible Shrinking Pile
- September 21, 2005 : Day of Rest
- September 20, 2005 : Fisher Brothers
- September 20, 2005 : Small Beams Removed
- September 20, 2005 : Cribbing Removal
- September 20, 2005 : Beams Go Bye-Bye
- September 19, 2005 : Bay of Concrete
- September 17, 2005 : Why We Started This
- September 16, 2005 : Why Nail Guns Were Invented
- September 14, 2005 : Walls, Walls, Walls
- September 13, 2005 : Brief Hiatus Ended
- September 12, 2005 : Posts
- September 9, 2005 : Sills and Sticks
- September 8, 2005 : HMS Hertz
- September 6, 2005 : A Little Backfill on the Side
- September 2, 2005 : Stripping Forms
- September 1, 2005 : Front Foundations
- August 31, 2005 : Remarkably Little Dirt
- August 31, 2005 : Behind the Movies: Foundation Cam Uncovered
- August 31, 2005 : The Day the Earth Moved
- August 30, 2005 : A Step Closer to a Yard
- August 29, 2005 : Drain in the Membrane
- August 28, 2005 : Prowlers
- August 26, 2005 : More Drainage Fun
- August 25, 2005 : Magic Trick
- August 24, 2005 : Form-ula Front
- August 23, 2005 : Making the Outside of a Wall
- August 22, 2005 : And Then There Were Walls
- August 20, 2005 : Why Do This?
- August 18, 2005 : Make Ready for Walls
- August 17, 2005 : We Have a FLOOR!!!! OMG!!!!1!!1!
- August 16, 2005 : We're Out of Rebar Jokes
- August 15, 2005 : Tons of Steel
- August 12, 2005 : It's All About the Bar
- August 11, 2005 : First Rebar Inspection
- August 10, 2005 : Sea of Mustard
- August 9, 2005 : We Have a Drain Field
- August 9, 2005 : More Gravel Than You Can Imagine
- August 5, 2005 : Speed Demons
- August 5, 2005 : Field of Gravel
- August 4, 2005 : Sumpful Goodness
- August 4, 2005 : We're Back!
- August 3, 2005 : Resumption
- August 3, 2005 : Reckless and Crazy
- August 3, 2005 : Childish Behaviour
- August 2, 2005 : Permits: Sorted
- August 1, 2005 : Baileyectomy
- July 21, 2005 : "The Rain is Over for the Season"
- July 21, 2005 : The Orange Demarcation
- July 18, 2005 : It Would Cost More to Build a Shed
- July 17, 2005 : Tivo for Aggravation
- July 11, 2005 : Waiting Game
- July 3, 2005 : Subsidence
- June 18, 2005 : An Accounting
- June 16, 2005 : Unseasonal
- June 15, 2005 : Weeding in the Rubble
- June 2, 2005 : Where Are You?
- May 23, 2005 : Off the Job
- May 9, 2005 : Rain, Rain, Rain
- May 6, 2005 : Hold, Please
- April 29, 2005 : Humorous Asides
- April 26, 2005 : Taking a Break
- April 25, 2005 : Watching Concrete Dry
- March 29, 2005 : Regrouping
- March 25, 2005 : When Engineers Attack
- March 24, 2005 : A Beautiful Day
- March 10, 2005 : Down The Drain
- March 3, 2005 : Subgrade
- March 1, 2005 : Living on the "E.T." Set
- February 28, 2005 : Grab Bag
- February 27, 2005 : Foundations...Gone!
- February 25, 2005 : Service Announcement
- February 24, 2005 : Big Hole
- February 23, 2005 : Wednesday Morning, 7AM
- February 21, 2005 : Ahoy, Matey
- February 18, 2005 : Temporary Plumbing
- February 17, 2005 : Cribbing by Daylight
- February 16, 2005 : He Shoots -- He Shores!
- February 15, 2005 : Mud Wrestling
- February 14, 2005 : Debris and Corner Shoring
- February 13, 2005 : Neighbor Magnet
- February 12, 2005 : Make Way for Shoring
- February 11, 2005 : Another Stair?
- February 10, 2005 : Money Talks Back
- February 9, 2005 : Subpanel Move
- February 8, 2005 : Side Porch Fix
- February 7, 2005 : Bang! Bang! Bang!
- February 4, 2005 : Who's Been Knocking on the Floor?
- February 4, 2005 : Let's Talk Money
- February 3, 2005 : No-Maintenance Results
- January 31, 2005 : I'm Looking Through You
- January 30, 2005 : Rot Me! I'm a Dais!
- January 29, 2005 : The Three Ages of Sump
- January 19, 2005 : All Quiet on the Home Front
- January 14, 2005 : Blow the Skirts Off That House
- January 13, 2005 : Some Disassembly Required
- January 12, 2005 : Chimney-Be-Gone
- January 1, 2005 : Looking Back on Year One (Ten Year Plan)
- December 29, 2004 : Foundation of the Foundation
- December 15, 2004 : Back in the Ladder
- December 15, 2004 : Heat and Hot Water
- December 13, 2004 : Central Heat is a Glorious Thing
- December 13, 2004 : Heat!
- October 30, 2004 : Nekkid Ladies
- October 5, 2004 : No, You're Orange
- September 28, 2004 : Are You Yellow?
- September 17, 2004 : Swatchtastic
- September 15, 2004 : Chamber of Horrors
- September 9, 2004 : A Tale Of Dreadful Dready Stuff
- August 18, 2004 : Scrape Scrape Scrape
- August 16, 2004 : The Writing on the Wall
- August 16, 2004 : And Now For Our Next Trick
- August 11, 2004 : Open Space
- August 10, 2004 : Library
- August 9, 2004 : Fields of Green
- August 7, 2004 : Muddy Walls
- August 4, 2004 : End of Tape
- August 3, 2004 : What Are Those Crazy People Doing Now?
- July 16, 2004 : Forward Progress Actually Visible
- July 15, 2004 : The Curse of Perfectionism
- July 14, 2004 : Someday, A Nice Bedroom
- July 13, 2004 : Scrape Scrape Scrape
- July 12, 2004 : The Colour of My Dreams
- July 7, 2004 : This Evening...
- June 28, 2004 : A Word to the Wiring
- June 26, 2004 : Completion!
- June 24, 2004 : Enough Counter Puns, Already
- June 21, 2004 : Counter-Intuitive
- June 18, 2004 : Stage Two
- June 11, 2004 : House Guests
- June 5, 2004 : Eek!
- May 31, 2004 : Not a Construction Zone
- May 29, 2004 : Growth Spurt
- May 24, 2004 : The Saga Continues
- April 25, 2004 : A Man With a Mission
- April 23, 2004 : The Joy of Compost
- March 29, 2004 : Outlet and Mailbox
- March 27, 2004 : New Roof and Plantings
- March 18, 2004 : Top Coat
- March 12, 2004 : More Spackle for Casa Decrepit
- March 11, 2004 : Going Nowhere
- March 6, 2004 : House of Spackle
- March 4, 2004 : They're Back!
- February 28, 2004 : Welcome to Our Houseboat
- February 26, 2004 : High Winds over Alameda
- February 21, 2004 : Stupid Kids
- February 20, 2004 : All Quiet
- February 12, 2004 : What Colour Shall We Paint the House?
- February 4, 2004 : Flowers for Mikey
- February 2, 2004 : Warmth: What a Concept
- February 1, 2004 : Another Day Down Under
- January 30, 2004 : Contractor Woes
- January 28, 2004 : More Scraping, Plus Caulk!
- January 24, 2004 : Aggravation
- January 24, 2004 : White, With Photos!
- January 23, 2004 : WHITE!
- January 16, 2004 : Dampness Galore
- January 7, 2004 : Whither the Painters?
- January 5, 2004 : More Painting Photos
- January 5, 2004 : Be Still, My Rusty Nails
- January 4, 2004 : The Ten-Year Plan
- January 4, 2004 : Something's Leaking
- January 1, 2004 : Lush New Digs
- December 28, 2003 : Fall 2003: Gardening and the Front Parlours, continued
- December 21, 2003 : Winter Vacation
- December 19, 2003 : Painters Galore
- December 17, 2003 : Working All Night
- December 15, 2003 : Reality Check, Plus Engineers Bearing Good News
- December 14, 2003 : Bye Bye Basketball Hoop
- December 11, 2003 : Make Hay While the Sun Shines
- December 10, 2003 : A Dumpster for Christmas
- December 9, 2003 : The First Piece of Drywall
- December 8, 2003 : Down With the Awning!
- December 7, 2003 : Recap of the Weekend
- December 5, 2003 : Adios, Industrial Grey Carpet
- December 4, 2003 : Delusions of Speed
- December 3, 2003 : Money Pit
- December 1, 2003 : How Not to Provide Customer Service
- December 1, 2003 : Give Thanks for Insulation
- November 25, 2003 : Writer's Cramp
- November 19, 2003 : This is What Happens When You Defile the Fedex Burial Grounds
- November 18, 2003 : Gardening at Night
- November 17, 2003 : Missing Magnolia
- November 16, 2003 : Weekend of Activity
- November 14, 2003 : Why We Go To College
- November 12, 2003 : Gallons of Caulk
- November 3, 2003 : Back to Work
- October 23, 2003 : Planning
- January 31, 2003 : Stuff Dug Out of Our Yard
- December 22, 2002 : Fall 2002: Front Parlours
- September 25, 2002 : Summer 2002: Offer, Contract, Closing