Along with my new roof, I just installed a Solatube skylight. Our bathroom is the only room in the house with no windows. It had one originally, but someone covered it up with a tub-surround years ago. The room is a cave. Even in the middle of the day, you need to turn on the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘home improvement’
New Solatube skylight
Posted: November 17, 2009 in Home, home improvement, Money/ wealthTags: diy, energy savings, home improvement, roof, savings, skylight, Solatube, sun, sun tunnel, tax credit, tubular skylight, window
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Climate Change… a Blog Action Day post
Posted: October 15, 2009 in bicycle, environment, Family, Health/ Wellness, Home, home improvement, Money/ wealth, science, UncategorizedTags: bike, blog action day, climate change, energy audit, environment, furnace, home improvement, insulation, read, utility
Climate change. Does it exist? Yes. Can we do something about it? Maybe. What the world needs now (besides love, as they say) is concerted action. We need to educate people on the true consequences of their actions, and what they can do to reduce their impact on the planet. For a few things you [...]
quick update on life
Posted: September 16, 2009 in baby, basement, Family, Home, home improvement, Music, writingTags: agent, baby, book, college, guitar, home improvement, life, novel, update
This is just a quick life update. I am now a stay at home dad for two days a week. The others are spent doing projects around the house that we haven’t had time to do in the last few years. Like: ripping down the wall between the kitchen and dining room, replacing broken window [...]
Built in bookshelves for the office
Posted: April 26, 2009 in Books, design, Home, home improvement, UncategorizedTags: built in, home improvement, shelves
I just got done putting these up:
we painted our bedroom
Posted: November 10, 2008 in environment, Home, ParentingTags: home improvement, paint, safety, VOC
The colors are Heaven’s Wind and Mountain Forget Me Not. We used the new No VOC (Volatile Organic Chemicals) paint from Home Depot. It was expensive ($36/gal) but worth it for the safety of our family and house. No harmful off-gassing for us. We slept in the room the same day we painted and it [...]
