The house came with a very questionable deck at the back door of the house (see this post for a few good pictures ). The plan had always...

My home-grown combination hydronic HVAC and domestic hot water system worked remarkably well, given its overall simplicity. However,...

We have managed to keep alive a few fruit trees that were present when we bought the house, and have now added a number of new fruiting...

How do you take a house that was never intended to be particularly efficient, and retrofit it so that it provides the creature comforts...

With a good roof on the house, and a fully updated electrical system, we were finally set to install solar. Then we ran into COVID...

Is it possible to reroof a house without generating massive waste, to use materials that will last a long time and are recyclable at the...

We will start this post with a picture that makes me happy every time I see it... PG&E walking away with their gas meter! Now, back to...

It will take a while to make the house as green as we'd really like. A couple of items still on our green to-do list are: Gray Water: We...

Our goal is to completely remove all gas use from our home. This means electrifying domestic hot water generation, cooking, and house...

(After reading through my earlier posts, Nik pointed out that we hadn't actually mentioned how we were designing the remodel to be...

Six months after buying the house, we were finally ready to move in. The kitchen was... mostly done. Our fancy new Bosch stove -- the one...

In a previous post, I shared my adventures in choosing the right countertop. Once that decision was made, we then had a long wait for the...

When we started, I really didn't think painting seemed like it should be a big deal. But there is a LOT of painting to do. In fact, the...

After the long process of designing the kitchen layout, we had to wait while our cabinets were being made (in Ohio), and then shipped...

With virtually all things Casa, I let Nik lead the way, and figure he'll ask for my help if and when he needs it. We planned to install...

When we bought Casa Warwingle, the kitchen had a newly-laid, very basic, low-quality grey vinyl tile floor: We knew we wanted to lose the...

Casa Warwingle, when we acquired it, was coated inside with a thick coat of textured plaster. It had recently been painted, with all-new...

When we first bought our house, Nik referred to it as "the bowling alley". The view from the front door shot straight down the living...

Countertops. Something I never once thought about, they are suddenly all I think about. Should I choose Caesarstone? Silestone? Quartz?...

Everyone who remodels a house says it: there are so. many. decisions. Nik warned me, but because I am typically a decisive person, I...