Hello, Mr. Corporate Sponsor: Need a house to show off your gear?

Tinkerbell just paid us office-less workers a visit here in Starbucks. She wasn’t as I’d remembered her. She’d put on a bit of weight. She’d overdone the makeup, perhaps to compensate for her weary, aged complexion. But who am I to judge? It must be hard fluttering around being mischievous all day every day. And what messes [...]

Och, you’ll know

  Getting back into DIY is like returning to exercise after months away. There’s the pep talk in advance (“You know you’ll feel better afterwards“), the pep talk during (“So you’re not great at it, but it’ll get better“), and the complete mindset change needed to begin a new habit. If only it was a [...]

WELCOME TO BISBEE (POP. 5991)

This week I’m dedicating my blog to one of my favorite places on Earth. Now I’ve traveled a fair bit and seen some amazing stuff. Among my loves: picture-perfect beaches in the Maldives and Australia; the architectural porn of Venice; bustling cities a-go-go (Chicago, Berlin, San Francisco); countrysides that don’t get any greener (Cornwall, Devon, Scotland). But there’s a [...]

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It gets lonely out in the blogosphere. Even lonelier if you’re a fledgling (like moi) and work from home (me again). Sometimes my only daytime conversations are with The Mutt and the inside of the fridge. Actually, Hubby suggests I move my office – currently situated off of the kitchen – to our guest studio [...]

Liar liar, pants on fire

I thought you’d like to see how my fireplace came out. Pretty cool, eh? Worth the wait, we think. We ditched the quaint mosaic tile that the lovely cowboy contractors failed to come back and finish, and decided to go for contemporary chic instead. Oh, and we raised the ceiling and put in these cabinets too [...]