Since we have all of the walls open in the new section of the house still, Mr. BBB and I decided that we would use the opportunity to run some speaker wires so that we could later mount speakers all around us. Music is a central part of our lives, especially for Mr. BBB. He … Continue reading Installing In-Wall Speaker Wire
Renovation
Wiring a Kitchen (Part 2)
If you’ve done the steps in my previous post on wiring a kitchen, you have done all the ground work for wiring and now comes what I consider the most fun part—the part where you actually get power to some of your outlets! The first step is to attach all of your outlet boxes. You … Continue reading Wiring a Kitchen (Part 2)
Wiring a Kitchen
Since I plan to finish up wiring the kitchen outlets in the next week or so, I thought it would be a good time to take a step back and talk about how to actually go about wiring a kitchen. This is definitely not an easy project, but I personally believe it is within the … Continue reading Wiring a Kitchen
Let There Be Light
So when I originally thought of the idea of writing a blog, I was planning for it to be a way to describe some of the home renovations my husband and I were working on. Of course, life intervened, and I never got around to actually starting this blog until I suddenly found myself with … Continue reading Let There Be Light
Old-School Heating: Masonry Heaters
I’ve mentioned building a masonry heater in a couple posts now, so some of you (especially those in the US) may be wondering what exactly that is. At a most basic level, you can think of it as an extremely large, very efficient fireplace. Basically, it is a large structure that has enough thermal mass … Continue reading Old-School Heating: Masonry Heaters
Electrical: It Looked Good on Paper. . .
Full disclosure: I am NOT a licensed electrician. I can do work on my own house since I'm the owner and it's my primary residence. I will try to answer questions to the best of my ability based on what I have learned through reading/doing/talking to others who have done this before, but if you … Continue reading Electrical: It Looked Good on Paper. . .
What Is Bonnie Braes?
Some of you who know Gaelic (or can Google the words “bonnie braes”) may be wondering why I’m writing about building pleasant hills. Surely I can’t spend an entire blog discussing the process of mounding up dirt, no matter how pleasing the end results. Alas, this blog is not about hills (though perhaps a hill … Continue reading What Is Bonnie Braes?