New York Renovator

Next year, we turn our attentions to the outside gardens, which I have woefully neglected this year. I won’t be planting a vegetable garden in the garden plot (allowing the soil to lie fallow for a year, to replenish nutrients), so we’re looking into small planters for our vegetable produce. I also want to grow [...]

One of the best things about renovating an old house is all the quirky stuff you can do, now that the walls are open. It makes all the blood, sweat, toil, and tears worth it. Previously, there was a make-shift pantry “closet” under the stairs. I disliked it, because you had to squeeze around a [...]

Our home is rigged up to the municipal water supply, so we are really blessed to have adequate water pressure from the inlet. However, we never realy had sufficient pressure inside the house! Not sure why… after opening the walls and inspecting the old copper plumbing, we found a whole lot of pipes going every [...]

September is almost here. We are *almost* done with this renovation project. Well, with the big stuff. I will be working throughout the winter on all the various little things: installing trim, making shelves and cabinet doors for the pantries, installing flooring, painting, etc. It will be a busy time for me. We also have [...]

Wowsa!!! I wish I had seen this site before I bought my cabinets a few weeks ago! It’s RTA Kitchen Cabinets. They’ve been featured on HGTV and and the DIY Network, but since I don’t watch TV, I didn’t know about them until now. RTA Cabinets is a “direct importer,” which means that they can [...]