Hey friends,Wow, you guys really stepped up and gave me a ton of advice and shared your experiences with the various hot water systems and low pressure issues. Thank you!There were a couple of other good options I hadn't considered:Get a whole-house...

Hey friends,I hope the storms haven't hit any of you too badly. It looked pretty gnarly up north this week!Congrats to Ian, Mark and Chris who won the Trend Tools prizes. Despite me screwing up the end time for entries, that was pretty fun and painle...

Happy Friday friends,Good news, I've figured out a way to host the Trend Tools giveaway. In case you missed it, the prizes are detailed in Wednesday's email.Here be the rules/info:Entries close by noon on Monday 31st.After logging in (by facebook or...

Hey friends,🎥 VideosAs I get back into the swing of editing I've released a couple of short (<60 seconds) vertical videos the kids seem to like so much. The first is to round off the bedroom project, most of which you'll have seen on this newslett...

Hey friends,I have a few small updates this week which you'll find below the main feature - how I (we) wired my downlights that I documented installing last week. Now I might just be able to fumble my way through explaining this but why not hear it f...

Hey friends,When I put in the downlights in our bedroom I was asked whether I could explain how to do it in detail. It's a common project that would be lovely to be totally DIY-able but I'm in two minds over whether the wiring should be attempted by...

Happy New Year friends,I hope you all had a good one! Thank you for all the well wishes last week. We're all feeling back to normal and sprightly once again and I've made some decent progress on the DIY front this week.💡 Kitchen LightingWith the carp...

Hey friends,After nearly two years of avoiding the dreaded covid, it finally got me 🦠. First Abi, then the kiddo, and then in spite of my best efforts to keep my distance, I succumbed. The fever came on rapidly and ferociously and though the worst of...

Hey friends,Taking my lesson from last week's newsletter, this week I focussed on the important but technically non urgent nursery renovation and made some decent progress. It's been a while so let's recap first.Before going on our hols I'd stripped...

Hey friends,I reckon I've been pretty busy and productive since we got back. Sometimes a change in location creates a re-set of sorts to galvanise us crack on with life. We'll put my productivity to the test at the end of this newsletter.🥷 SecurityFi...