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 Entry
- Back Hall
- Back Parlour
- Back Yard
- Basement
- Bedroom 1
- Bedroom 2
- Bedroom 3
- Bedroom 4
- Chicken Shed
- Deck
- Dining Room
- Downstairs Back Bath (removed)
- Entry
- Exercise Room
- Exterior
- Front Exterior
- Front Parlour
- Garden
- Horrors
- Kitchen
- Landscaping
- Old Dining Room
- Old Kitchen
- Old Laundry Room (removed)
- Pantries
- Planning
- Powder Room
- Projects
- Q&A
- Rooms
- Side Porch
- Storage Area
- The Admiralty
- Update
- Upstairs Back Bathroom
- Upstairs Hall
- Upstairs Middle Bath
- Utility Room
- 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.
- November 14, 2022 : Plants in the Ground
- October 30, 2022 : Irrigation tubing
- October 14, 2022 : A Lot of Plants
- October 7, 2022 : Stone Masonry and Irrigation
- October 2, 2022 : Hardscape Update
- September 21, 2022 : Pathways
- September 6, 2022 : Grading Work
- August 11, 2022 : Landscaping Reboot: The Prequel
- February 17, 2022 : Greenhouse Construction, Part Two (ish)
- December 5, 2021 : Greenhouse Construction, Part One
- November 16, 2021 : Greenhouse Base Walls and 3000 Books
- November 7, 2021 : More Greenhouse progress
- October 26, 2021 : Greenhouse Foundation
- August 8, 2021 : Honey Harvesting
- August 3, 2021 : Garden Report: August 3
- July 20, 2021 : Garden Report: July 20
- July 6, 2021 : Filling the Shed
- July 1, 2021 : A Little Barn
- June 26, 2021 : Nice Shed Floor
- June 20, 2021 : Tub Garden Complete
- June 17, 2021 : A Shed Foundation
- June 15, 2021 : Assembling the Tub Garden
- June 13, 2021 : Bee Delay
- June 11, 2021 : More Tub Plumbing and the Shed
- June 6, 2021 : Tub Plumbing and Shed Foundation
- June 4, 2021 : Upright Tub
- May 31, 2021 : A New Plan
- May 27, 2021 : A Space for the Tub
- May 24, 2021 : Tub, Assembled
- May 17, 2021 : Some Fastener Excitement
- May 12, 2021 : Garden Report: The Replanting
- May 5, 2021 : Blueberry Containers
- May 1, 2021 : The Tub and the Greenhouse
- April 23, 2021 : More Tub Stuff
- April 18, 2021 : Tub Feet
- April 11, 2021 : The Screened Porch
- April 6, 2021 : Screens for the Screened Porch
- April 3, 2021 : Back to the Bog Garden
- March 13, 2021 : Spring Bee Checkups
- March 2, 2021 : Front Garden Digging
- February 9, 2021 : Mostly Painted
- January 22, 2021 : More Painting
- January 7, 2021 : Some Garden Plans
- December 23, 2020 : Porch Primed
- December 22, 2020 : Weather Station
- December 15, 2020 : Painting at Long Last
- September 10, 2020 : Terrible Air Quality
- June 22, 2020 : Progress on the Bog Garden
- June 19, 2020 : Renovating the Chicken Shed
- June 7, 2020 : Bird Bath
- May 29, 2020 : Office Storage
- May 24, 2020 : A New Mailbox
- May 13, 2020 : Quiet Quarantine
- April 16, 2020 : Chickens, Again
- April 6, 2020 : A Bog Garden Project
- March 28, 2020 : Quarantine Fun in the Garden
- March 20, 2020 : An Unexpected Swarm
- March 1, 2020 : Greenhouse Planning
- December 16, 2019 : Hanging Pictures
- December 9, 2019 : The Side Porch
- December 1, 2019 : And Now the Unpacking Begins
- November 6, 2019 : We Are Moved
- September 12, 2019 : More Book Work and Painters
- August 24, 2019 : A Porch and a Pile
- August 14, 2019 : Heck Yeah Floors
- August 13, 2019 : Finished Floor
- August 9, 2019 : And Then There Was Stain
- August 6, 2019 : More Sanding
- August 5, 2019 : Floor Sanding Commences
- August 2, 2019 : Floor Sanding Prep
- July 28, 2019 : Finishing the Butcher Block
- July 26, 2019 : A Bit About Window Coverings
- July 21, 2019 : New Stairs
- July 14, 2019 :
- July 10, 2019 : Finally Some Progress
- May 15, 2019 : Marking Hardscape
- May 9, 2019 : Getting the Magnolia Did
- May 8, 2019 : Long Time No Update
- March 7, 2019 : Chandeliers and the Library
- February 28, 2019 : Medallions in Place
- February 20, 2019 : Reinstalling the Medallions
- February 9, 2019 : A Walk Through the House
- February 8, 2019 : We Are Getting There
- January 19, 2019 : More Painting and More Digging
- January 14, 2019 : You Want Colour? We Have Colour
- December 30, 2018 : First Round of Primer
- December 18, 2018 : The Unpinkening Resumes
- December 9, 2018 : I Guess There Was Not Enough Drama
- November 28, 2018 : More Pink Goes Away
- November 23, 2018 : The Perfect Door
- November 20, 2018 : For the Red Fans
- November 14, 2018 : Some Interior Painting Work
- October 11, 2018 : The Last Scaffolding
- September 22, 2018 : Buttoning up the East Windows
- September 13, 2018 : Corbels at Last
- September 5, 2018 : The Naked Front Door
- August 30, 2018 : Sills and Corbels
- August 9, 2018 : Back to the Porch
- August 3, 2018 : Strippers Inside
- July 18, 2018 : Tedious Wall Details
- June 23, 2018 : In Which There is a Sill
- May 25, 2018 : The First Spray
- May 23, 2018 : Some Boxes
- May 7, 2018 : I Can See My House From Here
- May 3, 2018 : Exciting Things Afoot
- April 16, 2018 : Sills of the East Side
- April 5, 2018 : Horns and Pulleys and Guess What? More Buttons
- March 22, 2018 : More Buttons
- March 13, 2018 : Buttons and Horns
- March 7, 2018 : The New Porch Ceiling
- February 25, 2018 : Little Details on the Porch
- February 22, 2018 : Porch Priming
- February 7, 2018 : In Which Slow Progress is Slow
- January 8, 2018 : Exciting Roof News
- January 2, 2018 : The New 10 Year Plan
- December 15, 2017 : Lower Front Facade
- December 9, 2017 : Front Facade Painting
- November 25, 2017 : Front Primer and Colour Testing
- November 24, 2017 : Front Porch Ornamental Rail
- November 21, 2017 : Front Trim
- November 10, 2017 : Solder on the Rooftop (and Some Trim)
- November 3, 2017 : The Kitchen Bay
- October 24, 2017 : Colour Tests
- October 21, 2017 : A Few Light Coats
- October 18, 2017 : More Trim Restoration
- October 6, 2017 : Trim Restoration
- September 16, 2017 : Pillows Galore
- September 1, 2017 : Exterior Update
- August 16, 2017 : More Progress on the Exterior
- August 5, 2017 : The Slow End
- July 29, 2017 : Medallions
- July 28, 2017 : Colour Samples
- July 20, 2017 : I'm a Handrail
- July 2, 2017 : Lots of Details
- June 18, 2017 : Even Plumbers Don't Work on Father's Day
- June 17, 2017 : Finish Plumbing
- June 16, 2017 : A Visual Guide to the Balusters
- June 13, 2017 : Ready for Finish Plumbing
- June 10, 2017 : More Handrail
- June 8, 2017 : Bathroom Tiling
- June 6, 2017 : Adventures on the Facade
- June 5, 2017 : More About the Kitchen Tile
- June 4, 2017 : Stair Progress
- June 2, 2017 : One Quick Update
- May 27, 2017 : Some Views of the Library
- May 19, 2017 : Getting our Marbles
- May 11, 2017 : Finishes prep
- May 7, 2017 : Climbing the Stairs
- May 4, 2017 : Catch-Up
- April 22, 2017 : Finding the Leak
- April 19, 2017 : More Cabinets
- April 17, 2017 : More Spooky Cabinet Photos
- April 15, 2017 : Trim Work Continues
- April 13, 2017 : Restoration Work
- April 9, 2017 : Rearranging the Deck Chairs
- April 8, 2017 : Cabinet Progress Photos
- April 4, 2017 : Scary Cabinetry Photos
- April 2, 2017 : Bits and Pieces
- March 31, 2017 : Even More Floors
- March 26, 2017 : More Floors
- March 21, 2017 : Houston, We Have Flooring
- March 17, 2017 : Cabinet Hardware
- March 15, 2017 : Another List of Things
- March 12, 2017 : Weekly Progress
- March 4, 2017 : Three New Things
- March 2, 2017 : Revelations
- February 26, 2017 : First Cabinets
- February 25, 2017 : Building Codes are for Children
- February 23, 2017 : Prefloors
- February 12, 2017 : Dust and Water
- February 8, 2017 : Doorknob Hell
- February 5, 2017 : Landscape Master Planning
- January 28, 2017 : Skimming Along
- January 27, 2017 : Doors and Trims
- January 14, 2017 : Progress
- January 6, 2017 : Blair Witch Drywall
- December 30, 2016 : Fabric and Window Coverings
- December 28, 2016 : More More Drywall
- December 26, 2016 : More Drywall
- December 23, 2016 : That Was a Week
- December 22, 2016 : And Then There Were Walls
- December 21, 2016 : Pink House
- December 20, 2016 : Roof Update
- December 19, 2016 : Insulation Dreams and Plumbing Adventures
- December 14, 2016 : Snug as a Bug in a Rug
- December 9, 2016 : Rainy Rain
- December 6, 2016 : Up on the Rooftop
- December 3, 2016 : Houston We Have Roofers
- December 1, 2016 : Everybody's Had a Bad Year
- November 30, 2016 : Where Have All the Roofers Gone?
- November 15, 2016 : A Good Girl
- November 13, 2016 : Pause for Illness
- October 30, 2016 : Weekly Update Time
- October 26, 2016 : Extra Sprinkles
- October 24, 2016 : Plywood in the Attic
- October 18, 2016 : Getting Ready for Doors
- October 17, 2016 : Weekend Exploits
- October 15, 2016 : Much Ado About Tile
- October 9, 2016 : Weekly Update
- October 3, 2016 : Odds and Ends
- October 2, 2016 : Air Conditioning
- October 1, 2016 : Excitement Afoot
- September 29, 2016 : Redone in Copper
- September 24, 2016 : Seeing the Floors
- September 23, 2016 : Roof Acccess
- September 22, 2016 : Fun With Stone
- September 21, 2016 : We've Been Here Before
- September 18, 2016 : Another Quick Update
- September 17, 2016 : Whole House Lighting
- September 15, 2016 : End of the Rough
- September 14, 2016 : Come Walk Through the Kitchen
- September 10, 2016 : Opening Restrictors
- September 10, 2016 : Quickie
- September 2, 2016 : Things are Happening
- August 31, 2016 : Goodbye Old Roof
- August 30, 2016 : The Front Hall Skylight
- August 28, 2016 : The Windows are the Eyes of the Soul
- August 24, 2016 : The Best Laid Plans
- August 21, 2016 : Electrical Beginning
- August 7, 2016 : Tomatoes and Windows
- August 1, 2016 : Stair Tower
- July 29, 2016 : Up and Off
- July 24, 2016 : The Attic
- July 18, 2016 : Sheathing Begins
- July 17, 2016 : A Roof
- July 11, 2016 : Getting Some Stairs
- July 8, 2016 : The Second Floor
- July 4, 2016 : Roll-In Shower Framing
- July 1, 2016 : Taking Shape
- June 28, 2016 : A Second Floor
- June 27, 2016 : Temporary Irrigation
- June 23, 2016 : Dining Room Walls
- June 22, 2016 : Framing and Shoring
- June 20, 2016 : Quick Update
- June 16, 2016 : Framing Begins
- June 14, 2016 : Panorama
- June 9, 2016 : A Brief Interlude
- June 8, 2016 : More Demolition
- June 6, 2016 : Yet More Demolition
- June 6, 2016 : Design Refresher
- June 5, 2016 : The End of an Era
- May 31, 2016 : Up on the Rooftop
- May 27, 2016 : The Ghost of Foundations Past
- May 26, 2016 : Concrete!
- May 25, 2016 : Fewer Ceilings
- May 23, 2016 : Formwork
- May 22, 2016 : Rebarred Up
- May 18, 2016 : Waters Rise
- May 9, 2016 : Digging Away
- May 5, 2016 : More Demo
- May 4, 2016 : There's a Hole in the Bucket
- May 1, 2016 : Bowie, Prince, Carole
- April 3, 2016 : Some Before Photos
- March 6, 2016 : A Storm and Some Tile
- February 28, 2016 : Kitchen Elevations
- February 21, 2016 : Floor Archaeology
- February 7, 2016 : Kitchen Hoods and Why They Matter
- January 17, 2016 : Panic at the Kitchen
- October 29, 2015 : Alive
- September 27, 2015 : Moving Sucks
- September 7, 2015 : Designing for Water Quality
- September 3, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen: Upper Cabinets
- August 26, 2015 : Tomato Week
- August 20, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen: Getting Cabinets Right
- August 17, 2015 : Forward and Back
- August 13, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen: A Lengthy Rant About Cabinets
- August 6, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen, Part Three
- August 2, 2015 : Number Two
- July 30, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen, Part Two
- July 26, 2015 : Blocking
- July 23, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen, Part One
- July 19, 2015 : Ducting
- July 15, 2015 : Monthly Update
- June 14, 2015 : Fixed Thermostat
- June 7, 2015 : Through the Roof
- May 26, 2015 : Supply Line
- May 24, 2015 : Modern Electrical
- May 17, 2015 : Stairs for the Stairs
- May 16, 2015 : Week in Review
- May 10, 2015 : Making the Closet
- May 9, 2015 : Catching Up
- April 11, 2015 : CRASH
- April 5, 2015 : Slow Blog Weeks
- March 22, 2015 : Some Chicken Yard Fun
- March 15, 2015 : Getting on the Wagon
- March 1, 2015 : Evicting Our Tenants
- February 21, 2015 : Moving and Planting Trees
- February 7, 2015 : Chipping Weekend
- January 24, 2015 : Closet Drywall
- January 23, 2015 : Saving Money on a Remodel
- January 15, 2015 : Links: Bathroom Design
- January 13, 2015 : Design Notes: Bathroom Design
- January 11, 2015 : Links: Kitchen Design
- January 10, 2015 : Design Notes: Kitchen Design
- January 8, 2015 : A Little Adventure
- January 6, 2015 : Decluttering and Downsizing
- January 4, 2015 : Questions about the Renovation
- January 3, 2015 : Some Plans
- January 1, 2015 : The Next Big Thing
- December 30, 2014 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Eleven
- December 14, 2014 : Some Drywall
- December 11, 2014 : A Pass
- December 7, 2014 : Control-Z Control-Z Control-Z Control-Z
- December 6, 2014 : Brief Update
- November 30, 2014 : Closing in on the Drains
- November 23, 2014 : Up the Stairs Into the Attic, Up the Stairs Onto the Roof
- November 17, 2014 : Preslope
- November 17, 2014 : No Floor, and a Floor (and More)
- November 12, 2014 : Tight Spaces
- November 8, 2014 : Odds and Ends
- November 6, 2014 : Papering the Side Porch
- November 2, 2014 : Drains in a Wall
- October 29, 2014 : A Whole Floor
- October 28, 2014 : Increasing Slope
- October 27, 2014 : A New Floor
- October 26, 2014 : Finishing Up the Deck
- October 19, 2014 : Porch, Back, and Sighs
- October 18, 2014 : Side Porch Makeover
- October 18, 2014 : To Have a Side Porch
- October 13, 2014 : Let There Be (More) Light
- October 12, 2014 : An End in Sight
- October 11, 2014 : More Siding, More Priming
- October 10, 2014 : A Little Update
- October 9, 2014 : Typical Flashing
- October 8, 2014 : A Little More
- October 7, 2014 : Around the Bay
- October 6, 2014 : Another Wall
- October 5, 2014 : One Wall
- October 4, 2014 : The First Siding
- September 29, 2014 : Inspection: Passed!
- September 21, 2014 : The Paper is Done
- September 20, 2014 : Some Plywood
- September 17, 2014 : Winter is Coming
- September 15, 2014 : Under the Deck with Building Paper
- September 14, 2014 : More Building Paper
- September 13, 2014 : Building Paper Started
- September 10, 2014 : Spiders and Chickens and Nails, Oh My
- September 7, 2014 : All Primed
- September 6, 2014 : Priming the Siding
- September 1, 2014 : The Start of the Upstairs Drains
- August 31, 2014 : All of a Wall
- August 30, 2014 : Half a Wall
- August 29, 2014 : Siding Party
- August 23, 2014 : Framing for the Toilet, Part I
- August 19, 2014 : Paneling the Subpanel
- August 18, 2014 : One Meeellion Dollars
- August 17, 2014 : Framing Prep
- August 16, 2014 : Re-Plumbing
- July 21, 2014 : Second Door
- July 14, 2014 : Like-New Door
- July 13, 2014 : Closet Mania
- June 29, 2014 : Subtle Progress
- June 8, 2014 : Two Valves
- June 2, 2014 : Touristing
- May 24, 2014 : More Light in the Hall
- May 3, 2014 : There's a Light
- April 27, 2014 : The High Price of Modernism
- April 20, 2014 : Little Victories
- April 19, 2014 : Fishing
- April 13, 2014 : Reboxing
- April 8, 2014 : Garden Report: April 8
- April 6, 2014 : Unboxing the Electrical Service
- March 31, 2014 : More Conduit
- March 30, 2014 : Another Company to Avoid: PlumbersStock.com
- March 29, 2014 : First Conduit
- March 23, 2014 : Upstairs Downstairs
- March 22, 2014 : Hallway Panels
- March 16, 2014 : More Upstairs Wiring
- March 15, 2014 : Brought to You by Autofocus
- March 9, 2014 : Some Light Wiring
- March 8, 2014 : Water Supply Takeoff
- March 2, 2014 : Garden Report: March 2
- February 24, 2014 : Prime Time Gluing
- February 23, 2014 : Angry Bees
- February 9, 2014 : Downstairs Venting
- January 25, 2014 : It's Dark in the Basement
- January 19, 2014 : Framing and Plumbing
- January 18, 2014 : Framing Fiddling
- January 5, 2014 : Drains and Vents
- January 4, 2014 : Blocking and Blockages
- January 1, 2014 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Ten
- December 22, 2013 : Guilty!
- December 15, 2013 : Frozen
- December 1, 2013 : Insulation in the Hallway
- November 17, 2013 : More Framing
- November 11, 2013 : Refreshing the Terrariums
- November 9, 2013 : Return of the Air Return
- November 6, 2013 : Why Not to Shop at Home Depot
- November 3, 2013 : A Little More Framing
- October 26, 2013 : Heating Season is Upon Us
- October 24, 2013 : Everybody Stand Clear!
- October 21, 2013 : Garden Report: October 21
- October 20, 2013 : Dumb Plumbers
- October 18, 2013 : Goodbye, Goldie
- October 14, 2013 : Nothing is Straight
- October 6, 2013 : Slow News Day
- October 5, 2013 : Post Post Post
- September 29, 2013 : A Whole Ceiling
- September 28, 2013 : Half a Ceiling
- September 24, 2013 : A Little Housekeeping
- September 22, 2013 : Surface Preparation
- September 15, 2013 : Framing Plan
- September 14, 2013 : A Little Light Demolition Music
- September 7, 2013 : Cutting a Strip off the Floor
- September 6, 2013 : Tree Trimming
- August 26, 2013 : Angry Spiders
- August 17, 2013 : Sealing
- August 11, 2013 : Taping up a Rug
- August 10, 2013 : Ruffled Feathers
- August 8, 2013 : Sauce Week, Part Two
- August 4, 2013 : Deck Prep
- August 3, 2013 : Garden Report: August 3
- July 29, 2013 : Sauce Week
- July 7, 2013 : Doors Framed and Plugged
- June 29, 2013 : Shiny Happy Ceiling
- June 23, 2013 : Dreams of Drywall
- June 16, 2013 : A Little Painting
- June 6, 2013 : A New Rug in Town
- May 26, 2013 : Wall Layers and Floor Plugs
- May 18, 2013 : Small Progress
- May 12, 2013 : Garden Report: May 12
- May 11, 2013 : Baby Bees
- May 9, 2013 : A Brief Midweek Update
- May 5, 2013 : Victorian Wooden Houses in Turkey
- May 1, 2013 : Garden Report: May 1
- April 28, 2013 : Ceiling by the Inch
- April 27, 2013 : Travel and Cancer and Bees and So On
- April 21, 2013 : Crimes Against Victorians, San Francisco Edition
- April 14, 2013 : Some Other Italianates
- April 6, 2013 : The Slowest Project Ever
- April 1, 2013 : Garden Report: April 1
- March 30, 2013 : Put the Box into the Room
- March 24, 2013 : Adjustments Plus Garden Report: March 24
- March 16, 2013 : Garden Report: March 16
- March 10, 2013 : Irrigation Controller, Version Umpty
- March 3, 2013 : Garden Report: March 3
- March 2, 2013 : Many Tries at a Railing
- February 23, 2013 : Making the Bed
- February 3, 2013 : A Dog and a Catalog
- February 2, 2013 : Chipping and Shredding
- January 28, 2013 : Garden Report: January 28
- January 23, 2013 : Garden Report: January 23
- January 21, 2013 : Truckloads
- January 6, 2013 : 2012 in Review: The Big Bathroom Project
- January 3, 2013 : Ten Year Plan: Year Nine
- January 1, 2013 : New Year, New Thing
- December 16, 2012 : The Two Parlours
- December 15, 2012 : Pas de Deux
- December 1, 2012 : Ceci N'est Pas Une Pipe
- November 24, 2012 : Stupid Scaffolding Tricks
- November 23, 2012 : Back on the Scaffold
- November 19, 2012 : How Many Geeks Does it Take to Buy a Recessed Light Fixture?
- November 11, 2012 : Change of Season
- November 7, 2012 : Stockpiles
- November 4, 2012 : Garden Report: November 4
- October 28, 2012 : A Weekend Miscellany
- October 27, 2012 : Scrubbing the Ceiling
- October 26, 2012 : We Need More Scaffolding
- October 22, 2012 : More Wall Washing
- October 21, 2012 : Five Projects
- October 20, 2012 : Garden Report: October 20
- October 19, 2012 : Stairs in the Hole
- October 14, 2012 : Framing for Attic Stairs
- October 13, 2012 : Less a Door
- October 11, 2012 : Project Planning
- October 10, 2012 : Cat on a Ladder
- October 7, 2012 : Door and Transom
- October 6, 2012 : Beating Traffic
- September 30, 2012 : Gardeners: A Horror Story
- September 23, 2012 : Two Rakes
- September 22, 2012 : One Rake
- September 15, 2012 : Straight and Narrow
- September 8, 2012 : Derailing and Railing
- September 3, 2012 : Deck Party
- September 1, 2012 : New Piano
- August 31, 2012 : Posting About Posts
- August 29, 2012 : Posting
- August 27, 2012 : One Side of a Door
- August 26, 2012 : A Ton of Dirt
- August 23, 2012 : Making the World a Less Pink Place
- August 19, 2012 : Nothing Doing
- August 13, 2012 : Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
- August 12, 2012 : Final Touches
- August 6, 2012 : Home Stretch
- August 5, 2012 : Tile Takeoffs
- August 4, 2012 : Bringing Sand to the Beach
- July 30, 2012 : Honey Harvest
- July 22, 2012 : Attacking the Accordion Room
- July 21, 2012 : Five People in a Closet
- July 20, 2012 : Before the Storm
- July 14, 2012 : Other Uses for the Water Tank
- July 13, 2012 : Deck Plantings
- July 8, 2012 : End of End Trimming
- July 7, 2012 : End Trimming
- July 1, 2012 : Stair Sides
- June 29, 2012 : More Sides to the Deck
- June 27, 2012 : Come Take Down Our Walls
- June 25, 2012 : My Compost Empire
- June 24, 2012 : Chicken Drama
- June 23, 2012 : Chicken Door Repairs
- June 20, 2012 : Maraschino Cherries
- June 18, 2012 : Big Moves Afoot
- June 17, 2012 : Untangling
- June 16, 2012 : Side Work
- June 11, 2012 : Garden Report: June 11
- June 9, 2012 : Major Upheaval in Hive A
- June 6, 2012 : Cut Away Everything That Isn't a Deck
- June 3, 2012 : Reconfiguring the Irrigation
- June 2, 2012 : Sawing Logs
- May 31, 2012 : Garden Report: May 31
- May 29, 2012 : Laundry Room Makeover
- May 28, 2012 : Lower Steps (Mostly)
- May 27, 2012 : Top Step
- May 26, 2012 : A Deck Miscellany
- May 25, 2012 : First Finish Tests
- May 23, 2012 : The Magic of Tools
- May 20, 2012 : Garden Report: May 20
- May 19, 2012 : Protostairs
- May 16, 2012 : A Little Piece of Our Hearts
- May 14, 2012 : Plugging Away
- May 13, 2012 : Three Little Stringers
- May 12, 2012 : Upper Stairs
- May 10, 2012 : Five Little Stringers
- May 9, 2012 : One Surface
- May 6, 2012 : Flighty Chickens and Angry Bees
- May 4, 2012 : Garden Report: May 4
- May 2, 2012 : A Brief Deck Update
- April 30, 2012 : More Boards
- April 29, 2012 : The First Eight Boards
- April 28, 2012 : More Blocking
- April 27, 2012 : Waxy
- April 26, 2012 : Step One
- April 26, 2012 : A Window at Long Last
- April 23, 2012 : Moving House
- April 22, 2012 : A Step and Half a Step
- April 21, 2012 : Six Pounds of Bees
- April 18, 2012 : Black-Dyed Mulch
- April 16, 2012 : Hive Stands
- April 15, 2012 : In the Garden with a Sore Back
- April 14, 2012 : Blocking
- April 13, 2012 : Garden Report: April 13
- April 11, 2012 : Chicken Stoop
- April 9, 2012 : Building a Raft: Part Three
- April 8, 2012 : Building a Raft: Part Two
- April 7, 2012 : Building a Raft: Part One
- April 5, 2012 : Garden Report: April 5
- April 4, 2012 : Waxing Frames
- April 2, 2012 : Washing the Ceiling
- April 1, 2012 : Browner and Browner
- March 31, 2012 : Final Stripping on the Door
- March 30, 2012 : Gardened Up
- March 29, 2012 : Curly Trim Bits
- March 28, 2012 : Gardeners! Soil!
- March 27, 2012 : Taking Pictures
- March 26, 2012 : Garden Report: March 26
- March 25, 2012 : Paint Removal, Wall and Trim
- March 24, 2012 : Social Networking Stuff
- March 23, 2012 : Heavy Timber
- March 22, 2012 : More Depinking
- March 21, 2012 : Three Chicks
- March 20, 2012 : A Gardener at Last
- March 19, 2012 : Yellow Door
- March 18, 2012 : A Little Pinkless
- March 12, 2012 : Garden Report: March 12
- March 11, 2012 : Get Ready for Beams
- March 10, 2012 : Under the Setting Sun
- March 4, 2012 : Wall Washing Wonderland
- February 25, 2012 : Early Spring
- February 21, 2012 : Not Quite a New Window
- January 31, 2012 : Medieval Literature for Cats
- January 29, 2012 : Experimenting with the Paint Sprayer
- January 28, 2012 : A Dozen Doors
- January 28, 2012 : Garden Report: January 28
- January 23, 2012 : In Which We Tear a Big Hole in the Kitchen Wall
- January 16, 2012 : Lots of Lighting
- January 8, 2012 : The Hidden Carpet
- January 3, 2012 : Planning for 2012: The Big Bathroom Project
- January 2, 2012 : Ten Projects for 2011: A Review
- January 1, 2012 : Ten Year Plan: Year Eight
- December 27, 2011 : More Trees
- December 18, 2011 : A Little Trim
- December 17, 2011 : Pretty Purple Boxes
- December 12, 2011 : Closed Eaves
- December 8, 2011 : Home Sweet Home
- November 30, 2011 : Garden Report: November 30
- November 20, 2011 : Garden Report: November 20
- November 19, 2011 : More Fun With Our Neighbors' House
- November 19, 2011 : It's Just a Patch to the Roof
- November 12, 2011 : Boxed In
- November 3, 2011 : Moving Scaffolding
- October 31, 2011 : Happy Halloween
- October 30, 2011 : Around the House
- October 29, 2011 : All Hands on Deck
- October 23, 2011 : Fussing with the Soffits
- October 22, 2011 : Scaffolding Comes Down, Scaffolding Goes Up
- October 20, 2011 : Bricked Up
- October 8, 2011 : Tilt-a-Tree
- October 7, 2011 : Garden Report: October 7
- October 5, 2011 : Tearing up the Paths
- October 3, 2011 : Garden Report: October 3
- October 2, 2011 : Garden Report: October 2
- October 1, 2011 : Thy Neighbor's House
- September 25, 2011 : Garden Report: September 25
- September 24, 2011 : Garden Report: September 24
- September 20, 2011 : Stairs, Painted
- September 16, 2011 : Step Lightly
- September 14, 2011 : Killing Spree
- September 4, 2011 : Hell Strip Revisited
- September 3, 2011 : We Finished Something!
- August 28, 2011 : Up on the Rooftop
- August 20, 2011 : Weekend Project Time
- August 15, 2011 : Chicken Training
- August 14, 2011 : A Sixteenth of an Inch
- August 13, 2011 : This Looked Easier in My Sketchbook
- August 10, 2011 : Plywood and Death
- July 15, 2011 : Continued Stripping
- July 10, 2011 : Ripping and Stripping
- July 3, 2011 : Avocado Madness
- June 5, 2011 : Backfill
- June 4, 2011 : I Call It a Wall
- June 3, 2011 : In Place
- June 2, 2011 : Final Formwork
- May 30, 2011 : Fighting Form
- May 29, 2011 : In Good Form
- May 21, 2011 : Formalities
- May 15, 2011 : Garden Report: May 15
- May 7, 2011 : Puts Wind in Your Formwork
- May 1, 2011 : Gluing Lifestyle
- April 23, 2011 : Formwork, the Saga Continues
- April 17, 2011 : Formwork, Part Two
- April 16, 2011 : Formwork, Part One
- April 15, 2011 : Garden Report: April 15
- April 8, 2011 : Work Crew
- April 2, 2011 : Another Goodbye
- March 30, 2011 : Farewell My Quince
- March 26, 2011 : Garden Report: March 26
- March 20, 2011 : Garden Report: March 20
- March 18, 2011 : Reviewing Our Disaster Preparedness
- March 7, 2011 : Good Omens
- March 6, 2011 : Barred and Ready
- March 4, 2011 : Garden Report: March 4
- March 3, 2011 : Two-Thirds Done
- March 1, 2011 : Wall Bones
- February 27, 2011 : At Least It's Level
- February 25, 2011 : Let There Be Drainage
- February 23, 2011 : Officially Trenchlike
- February 22, 2011 : The Weather Was Kind
- February 16, 2011 : Decorating the Bathrooms
- February 13, 2011 : Garden Report: February 13
- February 11, 2011 : The Weather Will Ruin This
- February 10, 2011 : With Measurements and Everything
- February 9, 2011 : Looking Like a Trench
- February 9, 2011 : The Kind of Conversation We Have Often
- February 7, 2011 : Short Retaining Walls
- February 6, 2011 : Supershred Weekend
- January 29, 2011 : A Hedge of Mythical Proportions
- January 28, 2011 : Garden Report: January 28
- January 23, 2011 : Overextending Ourselves
- January 14, 2011 : I Only Have Eyes for Glue
- January 12, 2011 : Glue and I
- January 6, 2011 : Out With the Tank, In With the Tank
- January 5, 2011 : A Brief Interlude (Planting Trees)
- January 4, 2011 : Draining the Beast
- January 3, 2011 : Ten Projects for 2011
- January 2, 2011 : Ten Year Plan: Year Seven
- January 1, 2011 : Ten Projects for 2010: A Review
- December 31, 2010 : What We Did in December
- November 28, 2010 : Garden Report: November 28
- October 31, 2010 : Happy Halloween
- October 17, 2010 : Fancy Pots
- October 16, 2010 : Slapped-Together Shelves
- September 20, 2010 : Some More Thoughts on Aura
- September 16, 2010 : Nobody's Perfect (and Neither is Our Bedroom)
- September 15, 2010 : Colour Testing Drive-By
- September 15, 2010 : Late Night Primer Party
- September 14, 2010 : Smarty Pants
- September 13, 2010 : Doorlips
- September 12, 2010 : Nearly-Bare Wood
- September 6, 2010 : House Beautification Project
- August 22, 2010 : Behind Closed Doors
- August 18, 2010 : Pantry Doorway
- August 17, 2010 : Mastication
- August 16, 2010 : Stuff Shuffle
- July 30, 2010 : More Tools Needed
- July 27, 2010 : Neighbors to the Rescue
- July 25, 2010 : Pergolatory
- July 23, 2010 : More About Garbage
- July 4, 2010 : Holiday Weekend
- June 14, 2010 : The Boy Room
- June 11, 2010 : We're Not Dead
- May 29, 2010 : Making a Template
- May 24, 2010 : Garden Report: May 24
- May 23, 2010 : West Side Story
- May 23, 2010 : Building a Pergola
- May 15, 2010 : Widened Path
- May 13, 2010 : Raspberries
- May 9, 2010 : Saturday Bits
- May 2, 2010 : Widening the Path
- May 1, 2010 : Garden Report: May 1
- April 21, 2010 : Third Party Ratings Services: Worse Than Useless
- April 19, 2010 : The Scam - Part Three
- April 18, 2010 : More Roof Fun
- April 18, 2010 : Before and After
- April 16, 2010 : Day of Rest
- April 15, 2010 : The Scam - Part Two
- April 14, 2010 : The Scam - Part One
- April 13, 2010 : High Water
- April 12, 2010 : The Last Five Years
- April 7, 2010 : Garden Report: April 7
- March 4, 2010 : Raining Cats and Dogs
- February 27, 2010 : Garden Report: February 27
- February 23, 2010 : We Missed Our Pile
- February 7, 2010 : Garden Report: February 7
- January 27, 2010 : Garden Report: January 27
- January 20, 2010 : Makeshift Scaffolding of All Sorts
- January 18, 2010 : The Last of the Wallpaper
- January 11, 2010 : Breaking it Down
- January 4, 2010 : Ten Projects for 2010
- January 3, 2010 : Ten Projects for 2009: A Review
- January 2, 2010 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Six
- December 29, 2009 : Let There be Light
- December 26, 2009 : Happy Christmas
- December 24, 2009 : We Call It a Room
- December 24, 2009 : Watching Paint Dry
- December 23, 2009 : Look! White Walls!
- December 22, 2009 : Nothing Like a Dinner Party to Motivate You
- December 20, 2009 : Three Squares
- December 15, 2009 : Sea of Garbage
- December 2, 2009 : Shipshape and Watertight
- November 30, 2009 : Fun on the Roof
- November 30, 2009 : Fun on a Ladder
- November 8, 2009 : Walls Once Again
- November 5, 2009 : The Smallest Changes
- October 27, 2009 : Out of the Ceiling
- October 24, 2009 : Ceiling Fall Down Go Boom
- October 20, 2009 : Flash and Goop
- October 18, 2009 : Battening the Hatches
- October 17, 2009 : Refashioning the Front Path
- October 4, 2009 : Because We Know How to Party
- September 28, 2009 : More Mission Victoriana
- September 19, 2009 : Not Netting
- September 14, 2009 : Towards a More Permanent Roof
- September 13, 2009 : Rain Delay
- September 8, 2009 : Construction Contracts: Change Orders
- September 7, 2009 : The Potting Bench
- September 3, 2009 : Victorian Homes of the Mission District
- August 30, 2009 : Construction Contracts: What Makes a Contract
- August 27, 2009 : Garden Report: August 27
- August 25, 2009 : Construction Contracts: Binding Arbitration
- August 20, 2009 : I'm Covered in Ants
- August 17, 2009 : The Value of an Edible Garden
- August 15, 2009 : No Single-Use Tools
- August 10, 2009 : Minor Remodel
- July 31, 2009 : Questions We Have
- July 23, 2009 : Garden Report: July 23
- July 6, 2009 : Garden Report: July 6
- June 23, 2009 : Booooooring
- June 3, 2009 : Garden Report: June 3
- May 30, 2009 : Anti-Dog Missile Defense System
- May 27, 2009 : Dog Repellent
- May 24, 2009 : Garden Report: May 24
- May 20, 2009 : Working Chicken Door!
- May 17, 2009 : Water to the Shed
- May 16, 2009 : Peeling Away
- May 13, 2009 : Excuses, Excuses
- May 8, 2009 : Garden Report: May 7
- May 7, 2009 : Diggy Diggy Dig
- May 5, 2009 : Our Lives Are Full of Scraping
- May 4, 2009 : Some Garden Plans
- April 27, 2009 : Automatic for the Chickens
- April 24, 2009 : Garden Report: April 24
- April 18, 2009 : Garden Report: April 18
- April 17, 2009 : Garden Report: April 17
- April 14, 2009 : Stuff From Our Ceiling
- April 12, 2009 : Simple Gifts
- April 8, 2009 : Bye-Bye Dumpster
- April 7, 2009 : Garden Report: April 7
- April 6, 2009 : A Little Light Carpentry
- April 5, 2009 : While You Were Out
- April 4, 2009 : Working Boy
- April 3, 2009 : Random Junk
- April 2, 2009 : The Legible House
- April 1, 2009 : Misuse of Household Appliances
- March 31, 2009 : Garden Report: March 31
- March 29, 2009 : It's Dark in Here
- March 28, 2009 : Hard Day's Work
- March 27, 2009 : Another Start
- March 26, 2009 : Benjamin Moore Aura Paints: A Review
- March 25, 2009 : In Which We Move the Piano, Again
- March 25, 2009 : Fancy Paint
- March 24, 2009 : More Pink!
- March 24, 2009 : Testing Colours
- March 23, 2009 : Priming
- March 22, 2009 : Home Stretch
- March 21, 2009 : Second Coat
- March 17, 2009 : Garden Report: March 17
- March 16, 2009 : Mudding in the Ceiling of the Bay
- March 15, 2009 : Et Tu, Drywall?
- March 11, 2009 : Garden Report: March 11
- March 10, 2009 : Going Back to Go Forward
- March 8, 2009 : Rescheduled
- March 7, 2009 : A Dusting of White
- March 2, 2009 : An Invitation
- February 28, 2009 : Garden Report: February 28
- February 11, 2009 : Can We Pick 'Em or WHAT?
- February 10, 2009 : Containment
- February 8, 2009 : Garden Quandries
- February 7, 2009 : Garden Report: February 7
- February 2, 2009 : Mountain of Mulch
- January 30, 2009 : Garden Report: January 30
- January 27, 2009 : Monday Night Fever
- January 25, 2009 : Garden Report: January 25
- January 20, 2009 : Bottom Shelf
- January 19, 2009 : Like Water for Chickens
- January 18, 2009 : Garden Report: January 18
- January 17, 2009 : Choosing Paint Colours
- January 11, 2009 : Garden Report: January 11
- January 5, 2009 : Shed Plus Another Italianate
- January 3, 2009 : Cleaning the Shed
- January 3, 2009 : Why We Caulk
- December 31, 2008 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Five
- December 29, 2008 : Ten Projects for 2009
- December 26, 2008 : Ten Projects for 2008: A Review
- December 21, 2008 : Threshold Floored
- December 19, 2008 : Garden Report: December 19
- December 18, 2008 : Sloppy People
- December 12, 2008 : Next on Deck
- December 6, 2008 : Garden Report: December 6
- December 3, 2008 : And Now With Shelves
- November 30, 2008 : Pantry at Last!
- November 29, 2008 : Pantry Paint
- November 29, 2008 : Planning the Addition
- November 25, 2008 : Waste Reduction
- November 23, 2008 : First Step to the Auto-Door
- November 15, 2008 : Garden Report: November 15
- November 9, 2008 : Garden Report: November 9
- November 9, 2008 : A Hole in the Ground
- November 8, 2008 : Mending the Roof
- November 5, 2008 : Answers to Your Questions #7
- November 3, 2008 : Garden Report: November 3
- November 2, 2008 : Windows and a Personal Gym
- October 14, 2008 : Garden Report: October 14
- October 12, 2008 : Up on the Roof
- October 7, 2008 : The Wonderful Caulk Gun
- October 4, 2008 : Garden Report: October 4
- October 4, 2008 : When the Rain Comes
- September 28, 2008 : Cast of Thousands
- September 21, 2008 : Repainting the Stairs
- September 21, 2008 : Neat and Trim
- September 20, 2008 : Round and Round
- September 14, 2008 : In Which We Get Little Accomplished
- September 14, 2008 : A Base for the Fish
- September 13, 2008 : More Shrubbery
- August 24, 2008 : A Day of Fewer Projects
- August 23, 2008 : A Day of Many Projects
- August 22, 2008 : Big Garden Plans
- August 20, 2008 : Garden Report: August 20
- August 17, 2008 : Some Minor Improvements
- August 15, 2008 : Garden Report: August 15
- August 9, 2008 : Just Another Busy Weekend Day
- August 4, 2008 : Garden Report: August 4
- August 3, 2008 : Wild and Wally Weekend
- August 2, 2008 : Greetings from the Past
- July 30, 2008 : Fun in the Ceiling
- July 28, 2008 : Garden Report: July 28
- July 27, 2008 : Third Time's the Charm
- July 26, 2008 : Long Day, Big Mess
- July 23, 2008 : Accessories for the Modern Chicken
- July 20, 2008 : Garden Report: July 20
- July 18, 2008 : Getting Ideas
- July 17, 2008 : Power in the Hole
- July 15, 2008 : Garden Report: July 15
- July 14, 2008 : The Dump
- July 13, 2008 : The Pantry Floor
- July 12, 2008 : Adding a Room
- July 10, 2008 : Garden Report: July 10
- July 8, 2008 : Answers to Your Questions: Bracing a Gate
- July 7, 2008 : Water Saving -- From Easy to Hard
- July 6, 2008 : Moving Stuff
- 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 : Dimwitectomy
- 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