Category Archives: Tools and Techniques

Scraping Paint From Decorative Moulding – DIY – Video

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Robert

Is it molding or moulding? This is one of those words that has different spellings in American English and British English, much like colour/color and soccer/football. For this particular word, I prefer the British version because the American version makes … Continue reading →

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Scraping Paint – DIY – Video

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Robert

In a few of our posts, we’ve mentioned our multi-year battle with painting our crazy old house. When we drop the fact that we’ve been painting the exterior of our house for two years into light conversation, people usually give … Continue reading →

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Buy Mulch in Bulk – It’s Cheaper and Easier

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Robert

After we moved to the south side of Atlanta, Christy and I discovered the wonderful place that is the Georgia Farmer’s Market in Forrest Park, GA. It’s just south of the airport on I-75 and has fresh produce direct from … Continue reading →