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We’ve MOVED! 21 Sep 2012 | 11:19 pm
No, we didn’t move to a new house…. at least, not yet! I finally bit the dust and got our own URL, so from now on you can find us at www.whatthevita.com! Please update your subscriptions and feed sett...
How Electricity Ruins Everything 7 Sep 2012 | 08:24 am
Well, I promised you that I would be back today with an awesome addition to our laundry room. Unfortunately, my plans have been thwarted by dumb electricity. I mean, who needs electricity in the laund...
New Rug Leads To Some More Hard Decisions 4 Sep 2012 | 06:50 pm
My life is so hard. We just found the perfect rug for the laundry room… and that forced me to make some hard, life-altering decisions. But now I look back on it and realize that it was the best thing ...
Finding A Place For Our Thrifted Retro Sofa 24 Aug 2012 | 01:22 am
We went to a Salvation Army store hoping to find a pusher for our then 9-month old baby girl and left the store with a new/old retro sofa! Who would have predicted that would happen? Not us. We were n...
Laundry Cabinets: Covering Up Gaps and Installing Molding 4 Aug 2012 | 05:20 am
After we installed our laundry cabinets, we were left with two gaps – a huge one on the left and a sloped small gap on the top. Here’s how we covered up these gaps. We cut a piece of wood to fit in th...
How To Install Cabinets (or at least, how WE did it) 2 Aug 2012 | 12:16 am
After refinishing the cabinets, it was time to install them. At first, we weren’t sure how we would do it. I did some research on the internet, but so many “tutorials” were vague and made a lot of ass...
Refinishing Old Cabinets 31 Jul 2012 | 01:51 am
The saga of the laundry cabinets is so long, I’m dividing it up into three parts. Today, we’ll talk about how I refinished the cabinets. On Wednesday, we’ll discuss how we installed the cabinets. Fina...
Before and After: Laundry Room Cabinets 13 Jul 2012 | 10:07 am
The saga of the laundry cabinets is a long one. Luckily for you, I won’t discuss it now. I will go into all the details next week. For today, I present you some instant gratification! A simple before...
Birds in the Sky… or the ceiling, whatever. 11 Jul 2012 | 11:21 am
Just because it’s been quiet around here doesn’t mean we’ve not been busy! We are making good progress on the laundry cabinets and that thing is ALMOST DONE after so many touch-ups and additions and a...
New Ceiling Light: High Enough For Our Tallest Friend 21 Jun 2012 | 06:06 am
Last week, something really horrible happened. A hit-and-run accident resulted in one of our good friends’ untimely death. Mark Gobble, a Ph.D. student about to complete his dissertation, a newly hire...
