Oooh, a new desk

My amazing boyfriend - Kyle, partner in crime, accomplice in wrongdoing and cohort in misconduct - call him what you will. To me, builder extraordinaire!!! In just a few hours on Saturday, he whipped together my new desk and its fabulous.

So here are some more pictures of the office which is coming together. It looks a bit cramped in trailer so I am hoping that once my system is in place in the new house that it will really be a very workable and utilitarian space.

Toasty

Got two new projects to boast about but forgot my camera today to download the pics so stay tuned. In the meantime - it was a little toasty this weekend, but we still managed to be productive.

They Fixed the English Button

I posted a blog the other week on a container home (a kickass container house) in Quebec but the link I provided wouldn't let you click through to the English version so for those not fluent in French, you were outta luck.
Well, they fixed the link so here it is Maison Idekit Home™ - so hurry over and check it out, I think this is the best container home I have seen yet.

Paint Brush Tip

So my Grandad was a fabulous painter, mostly oils. He actually painted all the street signs in Filey, Yorkshire, if you ever go see if any are still there. Well he was able to maintain paintbrushes for years, it truly was a gift.

Anyway, we have been oiling some furniture and new posts with Linseed Oil and have been left with a bunch of nasty, hard, crunchy paintbrushes. Even after a good soak in turps or mineral spirits they were still crunchy and useless. So I pulled out a little tiny old fashioned comb, the kind that McFly from Back to the Future would keep in his pocket protector. And I started combing the paintbrushes. I know, you are all thinking she has OFFICIALLY lost her mind combing paintbrushes. BUT IT WORKED. The suckers are good as new, it seperated all the bristles and made them soft and clean and fabulous again. So I salvaged 4 brushes - Now on to the next project.

I finally remembered to take a before pic

Here is the before of a little lamp that I got when Jen was out here at the Habitat for Humanity Restore. It was $10 and we installed it on the back deck, it looks FABULOUS!!! I can't tell what a difference it does the deck and I was gong to get a second one, but this one kicks out so much light we don't need another...