My first DIY project was four years ago, when I got a $30 desk from a tip shop. This desk was a big, solid beast, ex-government issue, large enough to fit a desktop and sketchbooks, and in need of some cosmetic attention. Continue reading »
We had two options for painting the house in the dark blue-grey of my dreams: 1) Paying some dudes to do it, somewhere in the five-figure range, or 2) doing it ourselves, which would be significantly cheaper but cost us many weekend days’ worth of labour. Continue reading »
The fireplace in our study is all fixed up, and it even provides heat now! We gave this disused fireplace some cosmetic updates, and last week we had a heat pump installed inside of it. ICEBOX NO MORE.
The first stage in fixing up this fireplace was to build a brick hearth at its base. Continue reading »