The all white anything makes me laugh and laugh. I catered a dinner once at a house where everything in the kitchen was white. White toaster. White counter tops, white coffee maker (!!!!). White floors.

I’m still young enough to try to tackle it all myself.  I won’t say it’s all been easy but I would definitely do it again.  Labor is expensive

When you get one done you think “that was easy no?” let’s start a new one. I have learned that yes, I can do almost any project myself but I’m in a position now to say we’ll pay someone to do it and I will select a small element to do rather than the lion’s share. EX: we finally totally redid our living room…

Until you have actually done demo, you don’t know how far sheetrock dust can travel in a house. While smashing is very visual and visceral, the cleanup afterwards is vastly more effort than taking the sheetrock off gently.

Architect here. I can’t tell you how many single family houses & renovations I’ve designed where the owner goes on and on about how he (always the ‘he’) can’t wait to do the demo. I just tell them ‘Great, and let me know how that goes’, because I’m never there for that part. 30 minutes into the day I get an email or…

[contractors] “will drive you crazy by a. not showing up; b. showing up the wrong day; c. deciding how they want the finished product to be vs. you; d. finding extras.” Exactly. I don’t need that — the only one I’ve ever used is for a new heat pump (where you pretty much have no choice). Anything else, if I can’t diy…

I spent 3 weeks last year laying a new floor in our house. 900sf of wood laminate replacing a mix of hardwood, carpet, and vinyl. The floor itself was by far the most time consuming and difficult with all the careful tapping and precise cuts to fit door frames and angled walls. New baseboards were easier but felt more…

I have done a lot of renovation to my 1927 home over the 15yrs I’ve lived in it.

That is my ideal stay at home scenario. We are currently living in Florida while my girlfriend finishes med school, but have a house back in Maryland that we are planning to renovate when she’s done and we move back north. I keep thinking it would have been so nice to be back there and able to work on the house…

We have the “open concept” I guess and it’s fine. Maybe I prefer it a bit more to more traditional house layouts. Some of the concerns raised by people who dislike the open concept seem like they come from people who haven’t lived it. In our old house, which had typical early 20th century construction with everything…

The second most intense reason for getting my own house was, after “landlords are a pain in the ass,” the idea that I can do ANYTHING without having to get someone’s permission besides the city itself. No one to tell me I can’t paint my room a weird color. No one to object if I want to rip up half the driveway. It’s…

Love the idea of following the house’s lead! Congratulations!

We just bought a house in an historic neighborhood near our daughter and SIL in a city an hour and half away from where we currently live. The house was built in 1903 (but the mechanicals, siding and windows have been updated). I love the quirky layout where you can tell rooms were added on, porches closed in, etc.…

I can explain it, I think. A cougar or a bear is a thing you can see. It seems fair, understand, when a truly large, horrifically clawed and betoothed animal wants to eat you. There is always a chance - however small - that you could escape it or even fight for your survival, because you can see it coming.

I didn’t. It may sound weird or selfish but because it’s an Airbnb I didnt want my guest score to be impacted if the host thought I was a weirdo for asking if the cabin was haunted.

My first time contributing, finally! I live on the west coast of Norway, and despite the grim weather, I love the dark and moody atmosphere that the weather brings, especially in winter. Despite all the tales and stories, I have never seen anything out of the ordinary, although I can definitely understand how such an…

I went to college in a small colonial era town in a rural area on the east coast. My senior year, I lived off campus in an apartment by myself. I loved living alone, every part of it: shopping in the nearby farmer’s market, cooking my own meals, having silly themed cocktail parties, smoking a joint in the living room…

“Loud bangs”

A little late to the spooky party! But I totally remember that I have a story from two years ago. Ok so 2017 was a big year we found out that I was pregnant the same week that we had an offer accepted on an old fixer upper building (it was built in 1907) with three units and the top unit lived an older tenant, we…

I really don't like having to start over at random times. It would be nice if you could hold my place and I could pick up where I left off. There's only a thousand stories here I want to look at. Thanks.