Totally get where you’re coming from. I did cellulose in my attic conversion because it was cheaper, but honestly, I’m always fiddling with the thermo...

Totally hear you on the “hospital waiting room” vibe—been in way too many of those “award-winning” spaces that just feel sterile. I once tried to retr...

Been there, honestly. Last year I spent two hours balancing on a wobbly ladder, convinced I could outsmart the rain with nothing but optimism and a tu...

I feel your pain—had something similar happen when I redid our bathroom last summer. Thought I'd save some cash by skipping the plumber, and it was mo...

Totally agree—DIY plumbing can be a slippery slope. I once thought I'd just swap out a faucet, easy enough right? Ended up discovering corroded pipes ...

We ended up doing LED strips inside our pantry shelves last year, mostly because my partner was tired of me rummaging around at night knocking things ...

Passive vents can actually surprise you if they're designed right. Helped a friend build an earth-sheltered greenhouse last year—no fans, just careful...

Totally agree about insulation placement. When I redid our shelter, I got carried away trying to find these fancy vents online...then realized after a...

Totally agree about the documentation part—when we put in our solar water heater last spring, I thought I was being overly cautious snapping all those...

Totally agree with this! When I first moved into my place, I went all-in repainting every season—talk about exhausting and wasteful. Eventually, I rea...

Haha, glad I'm not the only one who's managed to kill "bulletproof" succulents... I swear, I once forgot about mine for months and it thrived, then ga...