Category: Home Improvement
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The Pillow Problem
I love those insurance commercials where a pretend doctor “Rick” helps young homeowners from becoming their parents, as it that is somehow preventable. These are always based on horrible cliches. I have done EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. I remember one of the early ads where he is removing pillows from a couch that is absolutely covered…
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What We Gain(es)
I saw the Magnolia Magazine in the Market. In it, Joanna Gaines is standing in an old barn-like building with bare wood walls and studs (but not her husband Chip). She is wearing work clothes and heavy boots. Standing in the light from the doorway, she is staring off at some point unknown, meaningfully. What…
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I’m 25 steps into a 12-step program
Alcoholics Anonymous has 12 steps to stop drinking; Target has 26 steps that makes you start drinking. Norm forgive me, for I have shimmed.
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16 Palms
It’s June and therefore it is the time for the ritual known as the Annual Trimming of the Trees. Monk Robes are involved.
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That Shiplap Has Sailed
With all of this “work at home” stuff, I am getting to see a lot of my co-workers homes (we need a new term—home-work is for students, not adults). This is not a complaint. It is actually fairly refreshing to see folks in their open-concept workstations, by which I mean their living rooms, guest rooms…
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