Archive for the 'Home Improvement' Category

Painting Doors

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

Painting doors the easy way. Put your favorite Doors CD into the portable player and break out the weenie roller with a knap roller, the weenie roller tray and a quart of your selected paint.

Painting Rooms

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Painting rooms can present some of the most boring work imaginable. It can wreck your marriage. At one time in my life I was a professional house painter (suggested reading: Secret Wigwam of Chappaquiddick.) I painted a lot of rooms. In this post I’ll try and share some tricks I learned to help you almost [...]

Installing a low-flow toilet

Monday, March 21st, 2005

After spending over $200 on plumber bills to fix a toilet that never worked right. I finally broke down and bought and installed a new toilet myself. The new toilet cost around $150 at Home Depot, and the wax ring was $3.50. It only took an hour, and considering how much I had worried about [...]