Every house has its story. What's yours?

After a very long period of start/stop I can finally declare my small upstairs bathroom to be complete. We completely renovated the downstairs of our house last year so we decided to go ahead and replace the pipes to the upstairs bathroom as well (making it non-functional in the process).

Around November of last year I began the process of strengthening/leveling the floor as well as put drywall up on all the existing walls rather than tear them out.    » read more »

I have been very busy with my house lately. Fortunately I have a very supportive and flexible family that allows me to create and leave various work "staging areas" full of tools, boards, supplies and whatnot. Also, my son is quite keen to help on occassion, which can slow my down, but it is nice as it breaks up my routine a bit. Over time we have come up with various smallscale projects/activities which he can handle and give him a sense of accomplishment whilst at the same time developing a few skills he may find not only useful in the future, but enjoyable as well.    » read more »