I’m working on my outdoor Christmas decorations this week and went to go an order a new Lutron Outdoor Smart Plug, sadly those weren’t available anywhere so I ended up going with this WiFi based smart home device from Defiant over at the Home Depot called the Smart Hubspace Outdoor 6-Outlet Power Stake. Showing this …
When Lutron isn’t available -Smart Hubspace Outdoor 6-Outlet Power Stake Read More »
Sometimes the project you need to work on isn’t the project to want to work on. I ended up starting my day in the garage a bit late since I wanted to to clean up my work surfaces in the window side of the garage. Ends up I really needed to find a new home …
Installed new outlets for eGo batteries to charge Read More »
From existing design to interpretation I made a holiday yard decoration for this Halloween and picked up some skills to apply to future projects.
With the rising cost of electricity in Southern California we replaced our roof and installed solar.
Jen’s grandmother loved her plants and adored her rose garden. Jen has been continuing her grandmas love for plants by building out her own collection. Using an app called Picture This we’ve been able to keep up with our collection of plants and learn a lot about each of them. The 2022 Collection
In preparation for our new Sunrun solar system were going to have installed we had to have our roof redone. Our roof installation took some time to get completed. We had to wait for permits to be issued and inspections to be passed. Once it was done it turned out great and I really like …
I recently purchased the plans from Wilkerdos for her Folding Adirondack Chair. I had a great time building this chair and looking forward to building some more once I have some better tools to help me with building this the right way.
During the summer, the den was very hot in this house when we first moved in. Originally built in the 1970s, this den had wood paneling and exposed beams with a flat roof. For those who do not know, a flat roof is one that has a very small pitch. Sometimes water may pool on …
Today I started exploring the attic space in our home to begin figuring out what the best approaches for dealing with our home cooling issues. The main issue is that we don’t have air-conditioning but I definitely wanted to start looking into what we have currently so that I could get a rough idea as …
Exploring the attic and roof as well as our home cooling issues Read More »
