This Old Crack House

It's the end of May you say! What have I been doing for 5 months? Well, lots really. Not so much work on the Old Crack House. Though I h...

For years the hallway door to the dining room looked like this.I really needed to put molding around the door frame to cover the brick. Well...

Do some of you remember back in April 2008 when I wrote a post about these two houses across the alley from me? Remember how I said I was ...

Several years ago, right after buying this place, I had to rebuild the front porch and balcony because it was collapsing. So I reused some ...

I have always wanted beaded shades for our dining room chandelier. After a while I realized that if I wanted beaded shades, then I was going...

Hey everybody, guess what? I am no longer the mayor so I have some freedom back for a short while. That means that I can do some long overdu...

The basement walls are slowly getting plastered. Very slowly ... This wall here is where all my leaks are when it rains for several days. It...