Category: Projects (Page 1 of 50)

My kitchen sink faucet has always had a low water flow. Lately, it’s gotten worse. I would have switched the faucet, but it was fused to the sink, and hard to get at because of the narrow space behind the sink. I decided it would be better to just replace the sink. The finish was cracked on it anyway, and I was constantly fighting grossness.

I hired someone to do it. I might have been able to do it myself, but I was afraid of tearing up the counter top. And I don’t have a lot of spare time these days. Or energy, for that matter.

He did the replacement yesterday. It’s AMAZING! I love the change!

Here’s the before and after:

It’s so, so beautiful.

I got a table for the patio area in my back yard. It has little plastic nubs on the bottom that act as feet.

I got it home before I realized it was missing one.

I really didn’t want to lug it all the way back to the store, so I went looking for a possible replacement. I found a hex bolt that seemed like it might work.

It did! It screwed into the hole, and is just the right thickness to act as the missing foot. Good job, Brad!

A couple months ago, while I was using the string trimmer on my lawn, I got too close to the trim on my house, and I tore a hole through the plastic.

In another location, the plastic trim is protected by metal. I decided I’d do the same for this spot. I got a metal plate, I bent it in a 90 degree angle, and I painted it white.

On Sunday, I glued the metal in place. Yesterday I was able to get an “after” picture.

I have a wonderful walk-in closet in my bedroom. I’m in there every morning, so it’s one of the places I’ve really worked on and decorated. Organizing the clothing stuff has been a big part of the work.

I came to realize that I didn’t have a very good place for my belt, I had to do something it about it. I did this:

It doesn’t look great, but it sure does the job.

It was a Home Improvement Day yesterday. I figured out how to work around the weird metal box thingy in my kitchen ceiling, and now I have a light over the sink! Woo hoo! I predicted it would be a three-trips-to-Lowe’s project. It was only two!

I’ve had a new ceiling fan for… weeks? …months? The old fan in one of my bedrooms had stopped working properly – no light at all, and a fussy fan.

The new fan was a tricky installation as well. Two more trips to Lowe’s, and the fan was up. There’s light in the bedroom again!

The only drawback is that the new fan doesn’t have pull chains, it has a remote. The old fan used wooden pull-knobs I got in Wales. I’ve connected them to each other for now. Maybe I’ll hang them from the rear-view mirror of my car…