May 2025

 

 

Over time, trial and error with my do-it-yourself home improvements have cultivated my intimacy with our house. Oddly, those errors seem to add to the intimacy even when projects go off the rails. So here’s some of what I’ve learned. Today’s installment features painting, shelving and the plaster that holds them.

 

Before entering a project, I remind myself that part of the satisfaction is literally from seeing our house from different directions.