Tag: home improvement
Beating that brick wall
Kymberly Foster Seabolt cunningly convinces her husband to start a new home improvement project.
Cutting corners in DIY
Learn how Kymberly Foster Seabolt has come to the conclusion if she ever decided to have a decorating site its blog name would be "The Sloppy Painter."
Do you need a permit to repair your stream?
It's really important to know that work in and around streams is regulated, even on your own private property.
Not everyone can agree on home improvements
Kymberly Foster Seabolt reflects on how everyone's own personal taste is factored into the "improvements" they make to their homes.
Carpenters’ works stand test of time
Alan Guebert recalls the quirks and differences of the two carpenters his father called to do work on his family farm in southern Illinois.
Everything old is new(ish) again
Kymberly Foster Seabolt uncovers some relics from her past in an old steamer trunk while cleaning BoyWonder's bedroom.
The great down under makeunder
Kymberly Foster Seabolt and Girlwonder give Boywonder's room a makeover (sort of) while he's away in Australia.
Baird Bros. part of ‘This Old House’ idea house
Baird Brothers Fine Hardwoods is partnering with This Old House Ventures for the 2019 This Old House Idea House, located in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Save money, time: Grow gardens, not grass
This summer, if you'd like to save some money (and blood, sweat and tears), convert a portion of your grassy backyard to native vegetation.
Sudden oak death confirmed in Ohio
The Ohio Department of Agriculture, in coordination with USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, has detected sudden oak death caused by Phytophthora ramorum on rhododendron plants shipped to Walmart and Rural King stores throughout the state.
