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Workshop electronics / networking protection

With the layout of our new place, the most obvious, best place for our internet to come into the house is the basement; between the modem, router, switch, etc, I’ve got multiple bits of networking equipment and I’d prefer to not have them just hanging out in one

Hanging clamp storage

Over the course of this year, I've been working on setting up my workshop space in the basement. One of the particular joys of setting up this new workshop is trying to solve problems that I never managed to in my space in Utah. One of these is

Making our headboard disassemblable

Our headboard didn't fit up the stairs in our new house. A reasonable person would buy a new bed frame. I am not a reasonable person.

A few small (fence) repairs

Seattle catch-up post! After closing on our house last fall, we were excited to introduce the dogs to their new backyard, but there were a few issues with the existing wood fence that I wanted to address to make sure they wouldn't be tempted to escape to explore

Shower fittings & finishes

After the success of my shower curtain rod brackets, I wanted to turn my attention to some other aesthetic touches. Our shower head has a little chrome piece that sits around the pipe and is supposed to cover the spot where it comes out of the wall, but because of

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