Tending the Lilacs at House 173
Flowers A Touch of Zen Pruning old lilacs, discovering volunteer seedlings, and finding quiet mome…
Showing posts with the label Puttering
Getting the Snowblower Running Again
GBS
Ramblings A Quick Fix Sometimes the biggest obstacle isn't the repair, it's convincing you…
Chainsaw on a Stick: A Quick Pole Saw Tune-Up
George
Puttering A Tuneup A few damaged drive links, one small file, and a favorite tool ready to trim ano…
Monitor Stand Upcycled!
George
Puttering From the Poor Man's Flea Market A free office castoff gets a simple repair, fresh pa…
Scrap Wood File Handles: Simple Shop-Made Tool Upgrades
GBS
Puttering A Smidge of Yankee Ingenuity Inspired by inherited tools, these simple scrap wood file ha…
A Day of Puttering
GBS
Outdoors Little Chores Sometimes ya' just gotta putter. You know - those hours or days when yo…
A Little Workshop Time
George
Tool Restoration Bringing Old Chisels and Gouges Back to Life A workbench cleanup turned into a few…
A Simple DIY Screwdriver Rack for Pegboard
GBS
Workshop Askew /adjective/ - not in a straight or level position. One scrap of wood, a few holes, …
Changing My Own Watch Batteries (And Why I'll Never Pay $50 Again)
GBS
A 173 Short There is peace in the simplest of things. - me A rainy afternoon, a handful of tiny bat…
Building Better Tool Storage: Growing the Workshop One Board at a Time
GBS
The Workshop ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ A Couple New Shelves Two New Tool Boards Time to Reorganize ━━━━━…
Fixing an Old Bird Feeder: Twenty Years of Birds, Squirrels, and Memories
GBS
Or Should I Say Squirrel Feeder? Some things become part of a home's story simply because they …
Sometimes We Need a Distraction
GBS
Fixing a Trash-Picked Watering Can When I sat to write this post I hesitated because the subject is…
Made at 173: Small Stuff Storage
GBS
There is No Scrap Wood, Just Pieces Not Yet Used An old lazy Susan spice rack, a few scraps of wood…
Fixing the Hallway Clock: A Long-Overdue Repair
GBS
Yard Sale Biedermeier (Style) A missing finial and loose clock face finally get attention after mor…
Odds, Ends and Portents!
GBS
Ch-ch-ch-Changes Over the last couple years I've learned that most people reading this blog do …