Our fabulously beat-up digital camera heaved a heavy sigh and conked out last week, so I have been camera-less for about 8 days. I have been totally lost without it. I don’t take particularly good photos, but I take tons and tons of them. Without photos, I could not fully share how pathetic the baby [...]

Last night was full of excitement – if you’re lame and don’t get out much, and consider small animal rescue exciting. When I pulled in to the driveway last night, Teague was leaning over a patch of flowers near the base of the porch. He called me over to see his find – a homely [...]

In part one of our little fence adventure we dug holes, poured concrete, and set our posts. Part one was kinda drawn-out and sucky, and carrying the 2-man digger around made my back hurt. So I wasn’t exactly looking forward to part two – putting up the panels. But it turns out this is the [...]

Wagner Design & Construction (a.k.a. Teague) took part in this year’s Canastota Business Expo on Saturday. It was our first time participating, so we weren’t sure what to expect. It turned out to be a great day – we met all sorts of local business owners and neighbors, ate some free food, and practiced giving [...]

Hey all, found something on the Syracuse area Craigslist that I had to share with you – some very cool antique porch railings at a reasonable price – $500 OBO. (Have you been to the salvage yards? Cause, yikes – these would probably cost 2-3x what this seller is asking.) SELLER SAYS: These one-of-a-kind railings [...]

As an admitted house voyeur, I know that pictures are the best part of any good house blog. It’s like peeking in all your neighbors’ windows without the fear of getting caught. That’s why I sit around and obsessively organize our Flickr albums. Well, also because I’m an anal person and I like to see [...]

For all you local folks – Teague has a booth at the Canastota Business Expo this weekend, and we’d love it if you stopped by to say hello! The expo is at the Canastota High School gymnasium on Saturday, May 19th from 9am-3pm. We’ve been getting ready all week, pulling together a presentation board, viewbook, [...]

Alright, housebloggers – maybe one of you can help a homeowner in need. One of our commentors wrote in with this question: I just refinished a clawfoot bath tub with one problem the feet won’t stay in the grooves I was wondering if you had any suggestions… Please help??? -Ricci Our tub came with it’s [...]

On Saturday we returned to our roots and put in an all-out, full-throttle, no-holds-barred day of work at the house. Back in the day when we were young and fresh, we’d do at least one of these every weekend. We regularly knocked out 24+ hours of work on our two days off, but that was [...]

The fence debate has been decided. It wasn’t an easy one – it turns out there are many factors to consider when choosing a fence, and 3 different ways to tackle the project. Well, 3 we considered anyway… How could we not fence the lawn in, when Bruiser looks so pathetic in his teeny-tiny fenced-in [...]