Back on the Rock
Random July 12, 2014
For the first time in two years, I was back in Hawaii. Man, it felt good.
Oh the Humanity
From Pixels to Pencils June 10, 2014
When someone puts a callout for “no construction experience necessary”, you know I’ll be there.
I like criticism.
Random June 6, 2014
As in giving it. So you can imagine how happy I was to find some tips[…]
In life the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right. Arianna Huffington
It’s a win-win
Random May 24, 2014
Perhaps the best laugh I’ve had in awhile. If you love throwing out business clichés like[…]
Lost phone reward
Random May 23, 2014
I love chance meetings. Perhaps for the fact I believe that the most interesting connections we[…]
Good advice is priceless. Not designed to make you feel better, designed to make you better. Seth Godin
Yeah. I’m pretty Asian.
Random May 14, 2014
I was eating my mid-morning snack which consisted of hot green tea and a steamed red[…]
Beige basement walls suck
From Pixels to Pencils, Remodeling May 11, 2014
So… this is what our basement looked like before we moved in. Not bad! It had a relatively new gas fireplace and this custom built-in on the far wall. I decided that this would be half office / half mancave space. Thinking that the built-in was the coolest thing ever (I’m from Hawaii where only rich people have custom built-ins), I planted my office on the far end. For the next 1.5 years, I couldn’t figure out why the space never quite worked.
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
Empty halls are more exciting than AutoCAD
From Pixels to Pencils May 6, 2014
I was so bored in AutoCAD class that I had to entertain myself by taking photos[…]
1940’s Mersman Coffee Table
From Pixels to Pencils May 4, 2014
How does one furnish a basement on no budget? Craigslist plus handy-wonderful-husband equals an awesome “new”[…]
Baking by day, drafting by night
From Pixels to Pencils May 2, 2014
Breaking all of John’s rules about kitchen spacing, I placed my $160 (on super sale baby!)[…]
Consistency and that stupid shadow line
From Pixels to Pencils April 30, 2014
I was going through some old emails when I ran across one that I sent to[…]
She is full of surprises. And more importantly…will never disappoint.
My Springfield VA Kitchen Remodel
Remodeling February 6, 2014
Wholly smokes, it’s done. Finally completed my kitchen remodel in January 2014.
And paradise? Well it comes in many ways…we just have to figure out which way or which one is ours.
It’s beginning to look a lot like a kitchen
From Pixels to Pencils, Remodeling December 6, 2013
We are over six weeks into our kitchen renovation (here in beautiful Springfield VA!) and it[…]
Kitchen remodeling progress
Remodeling November 12, 2013
Cabinets are installed! I was adamant about the spacing above the upper cabinets so they “floated”[…]
Kitchen remodeling – Cabinets are in the house
Remodeling November 7, 2013
John got our cabinets delivered today (yay!). Gustavo did a nice job on the drywall. Hardwood[…]