Category: DIY

I spent three hours last Saturday scrubbing scorched soy wax off my kitchen counters, wondering why I’d even bothered trying to learn […]

I was sitting in my living room last Tuesday, trying to focus on a client proposal, when I felt that familiar, annoying […]

I was staring at a pile of mismatched boxes in my hallway last Tuesday, feeling that familiar itch of mental clutter, when […]

I was staring at a blank patch of drywall last Saturday, surrounded by a pile of leveled frames and a half-empty box […]

I was standing in my workshop last Tuesday, staring at a perfectly good piece of reclaimed oak and a crookedly driven screw, […]

I remember sitting at my kitchen table three years ago, surrounded by a chaotic mountain of expensive silk, three different types of […]

I was sitting in my workshop last Tuesday, trying to focus on a delicate plane blade restoration, when I heard it: that […]

I was sitting in my workshop last Tuesday, trying to focus on a vintage hand plane, when that rhythmic drip… drip… drip… […]

I was standing in my backyard last Saturday, staring at a pile of expensive, mass-produced ceramic pots I’d bought on a whim, […]

I was standing in my workshop last Saturday, staring at a pile of expensive cedar scraps and a blueprint that looked more […]