the technical post about fencing

  Hello everyone out there. I am Kevin, the Hubby of the Nuthouse Creator and head instigator, Lorin, and this is my debut post. I am also known as the procrastinator. I am really a Johnny-on-the-spot person when it comes to helping others or my full time job. When it comes to the domestic work …

color splash & ombre vanity

This was supposed to be the Easter post because the vanity looks a lot like an Easter egg. Plans of mice and men…..   This project was as fun as it was colorful. I learned a lot about layering color and ombre.  I used my thrift store blender to make chalk paint out of some …

tool tip: tooth picks

Tooth picks, yeah wooden tooth picks! Besides, getting gunky stuff out of tiny cracks in hardware safely without scratching, wood tooth picks have other non-dental uses. Hubby uses them to repair worn out holes in wood.  You know when that screw just doesn’t seem to tighten up? Or that screw seems to always back out …

tool tip day: wax paper or parchment paper

Sometimes the best tools are the things you have around every day. Wax paper can be really handy for repairing or stripping furniture. When stripping furniture of old paint or stain with chemicals they often dry out before they have finished dissolving the stain or paint. This happens with the eco-friendly or the traditional, “burn-the-skin-off-your-arm”, …

tool tip day: razor blade paint scraper

We are going to just jump in here with a mini-rant. I hate masking tape, yes even the new blue and green kind. It’s a pain to use and paint still bleeds underneath. But the new stuff you say, even with the new stuff. It’s not as bad but for the time it takes putting …