I’m dreaming of the day our (thoroughly cleaned) hardwood floors do not look like they’re caked with four layers of mud and grit and grime. Right now, they ain’t pretty. Even my father, who’s more frugal than me, thought maybe we should just throw down carpet and hide them for a bit. But I’ve held […]

Bear with me while I put on my web geek hat for a moment. This post isn’t house related but it *is* house-blogger related.
For months, I’ve been meaning to write about using feed readers like Bloglines, which allow you to “collect” all the latest posts from your favorite blogs (like us, of course) in one […]

If you’re doing any type of home remodeling, you’ve probably had to pull out the credit card at one time or another. And the credit card companies are incredibly sneaky about your total payments, APR and monthly minimums.
This tool, from Maeda Studios, is the best online calculator I’ve found to help sort it all out:
http://www.maedastudio.com/2006/credit/index.php
Have […]