Category Archives: Reviews

Upgraded Ceiling Tiles

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Marisa

This is what the bedroom ceiling looked like before the upgrade.  This is a basement bedroom.  Nothing fancy, boring, typical office building cubicle style esthetics. Initially when we bought the house the wall where the picture hangs was not there … Continue reading →

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Trader Buck Saga Update

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Marisa

Trader Buck’s, for us here at the Logansport location, has been the gift that just keeps on giving.  Maybe other have had different experiences.  This post describes what our experience with having a booth with them has been.

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Greenhouses

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Marisa

My mom used to say, “The old people were always happy till the Sears catalog arrived.” For anyone who never received the Sears catalog it was like YouTube and Amazon had a baby, and it was made from paper. When … Continue reading →

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The Buck Stops Here

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Marisa

A Trader Bucks opened here in Logansport, Indiana.  We were so excited because we had decided to get a booth and become a vendor.  The idea had been that this year we would finally get some inventory built up and … Continue reading →

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Basement Bedroom Ceiling Tile Redo

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Marisa

This is how it started. This small fairly inexpensive little part. It seemed so innocent, so well intentioned, so needed, right before it all went horribly, horribly wrong in a spectacular manner.

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Chom Chom Roller Pet Hair Remover review

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Marisa

This review is not sponsored, we are not getting paid, they don’t even know we did it. It has nothing to do with woodworking, gardening, art, sewing, and I had promised myself I was going to cut back on review … Continue reading →

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Change Your Water Heater Anode

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Bill

This is also a review of the DeWalt DCF900 Brushless 3-Speed Impact Wrench. We put in in-floor radiant heat in the shop when we built it.  This works pretty well, but a couple of years ago, I noticed that the … Continue reading →

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DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Battery Powered Pruner

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Marisa

The problem and the solution

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Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Marisa

When it’s too little you have to step up your watering game.  We have been adding automatic watering solutions into our gardens and it’s been wonderful.  A problem that we have is getting water to areas that have no access … Continue reading →

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Ryobi Cordless Power Scrubber

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Marisa

We live in the country and have well water and a septic system. A long time ago I learned, the hard way, that bleach is not my friend because it bonds with certain molecules and creates a brand new molecule … Continue reading →

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