Home Improvement

Last July I got tired of looking at all the dead branches on the large maple in our driveway.  I bought a 10 foot pole saw on Amazon and got to work.

Now that I’m caught up on my 2021 posts, I’m moving on to 2022.  In August 2014 I found an amazing swag pendant on Amazon for our upstairs hall. Last year the cord stopped working.

Another April 2022 project.  I had noticed the grout in the front hall, which I’d done in 2015 when I tiled the front hall, needed some touching up.

LAST October, as in 2021, I installed a new hook outside for our garden hose.  Previously the hose had either been draped over a lilac shrub or chucked on the ground:

At some point after I moved into the condo [February 2012] & before I started blogging [August 2013], I added shelves to the laundry room. In September 2021 one ripped out of the wall.

I built a 90-quart bin cage for the random times I catch pregnant mice in the basement… mouse babies are true escape artists!

This post builds on 5 Little Projects Part 1 published June 8th [projects 1-5], 5 Little Projects Part 2 published June 21st [projects 6-10], & 5 Little Projects Part 3 published September 7th [projects 11-15].  This will cover the final 5 little projects I worked on in 2020.

Over the summer I came upon a website dedicated to building bin cages for hamsters and other small pets.  I immediately wanted to build bin cages for the mice to double the room they have to run around and play at night. 

This past summer, Jim challenged me to build a 3-panel folding screen for under $40.  Actually, it started with him searching online for an affordable screen for the corner of the bedroom, but they all looked [to me] like discount store dressing rooms. He said “if you can build one for less than $40, then go for it!”. And I did 🙂

Part 1 took us up the point of removing the spider arm from the Samsung washer drum.  It was nearly impossible.  The bolts were completely fused to the spider arm and drum. I finally got the old spider arm off and the new one on, and everything is working perfectly!