MaryHS's Profile

(but of course it's in the "tutorials" section so that would be redundant. Nevermind.)

I too want to know how to do this! My old mid-60s trike was loved by all 6 of my mother's grandchildren, and she has her first GREAT-grandchild due later this year. I know how to do the paint -- but how do you redo the chrome?

My husband and I have a few....
The one he won't let me forget: Reaching under the sink to do the final-tighten of a newly installed soap dispenser, I leaned on the drainpipe and broke it so badly we had to redo the plumbing coming from the sink.
The one I won't let him forget: When disassembling windows to refinish, it's a good idea to make sure you can reassemble the first before taking the other 10 apart as well. (Factory-assembled screw-lift windows from the 1970s pretty much can't be reassembled. At least ours couldn't.)

A comfortable looking home -- which for me is the whole point, so good job!
I do wonder, do you get toaster crumbs escaping onto the sofa? If not, what is your toaster? This has become an issue in my own little kitchen, especially since my first-grader discovered English muffins. Any ideas to reduce crumb-spread would be helpful.

My part of Connecticut is suburban enough that we don't see the ravages of deer -- we have rabbits with a mean streak a mile wide. As cute as they are, they're a menace in the garden. One chewed through and pulled down a grapevine thicker than my husband's thumb -- total kill. Tulips are gone, as are my strawberries, my thyme, and most of the mint. Yes -- they have beaten back the mint....no juleps this year alas.

If they only had a taste for Bishop's Weed, I might consider it a fair trade.

PS I bet your truck got delayed with that freak May blizzard in the midwest -- it threw a wrench in a lot of people's plans!

So glad to read #2 -- definitely want to leave the fleas at the fleamarket! Always do a critter-check, and clean&disinfect things anyway.

I have something to add to #1 -- measure your trunk as well as the room at your house! Never forget to consider how you'll transport that object home.

If you're driving, bring a couple of ropes, a tarp, and maybe a packing blanket. And ALWAYS double-check that you have the wrench in the trunk with your removable roof-rack. If you're using an open trailer or pickup truck, remember that gravity is not a tie-down -- use at least one rope to keep your treasure from bouncing out at the next pothole.

If you're not driving, wheels can help you -- something as simple as a skateboard from the next vendor over could let you move something heavier than you could lift safely. It can be done -- a friend from college moved her entire apartment two boxes at a time on a skateboard, and I once towed a funky vintage office chair home behind my bicycle.

V I'm with you on enclosed kitchens! My husband and I are homebrewers, and we also like to make soups & jellies. All of this leads to a lot of steam & heat in the air, which we don't necessarily want to spread throughout the house! Our current place has an open doorway, and I've had some luck hanging an insulating drape -- but I still want a real door in the next house.

Oops -- here's the link I SHOULD have posted:
http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/search/label/Chickens
This will go directly to her posts about her chickens.
Turns out the current post is actually about chicken stew, so I figured I should make it clear that she usually talks about raising chickens for eggs & garden benefits!
(Her craft articles are also inspiring.)

After college, I shared a house in California where a porch had been enclosed & converted into a bathroom/laundry room. The faucets were all reversed -- we had to warn guests to think "C" for "calde".