Aug
1
I *finally* got someone to return my call about setting up lawn service. I recommend Green Landscaping and Lawn Service if you want a quick response and great prices.
Some of the companies who neglected to return a phone call:
Champion’s Lawn & Landscape
Houston Lawn Maintenance
Clean Cut Lawn & Landscape
Padron Landscaping
Fancy websites don’t do much good [...]
Jul
31
I’m finding it almost impossible to find someone other than ABC Pest & Lawn (who charge an arm and a leg and don’t offer flexibility of schedule) to mow my lawn. Any suggestions for a cheap and decent lawn service in Houston?
Jun
5
Doing It Ourselves
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Doing It Ourselves is another great site I recently ran across.
May
23
Paint Suggestions
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Anybody have paint color suggestions to go with our awesome blue bathroom?
Feb
1
I’ve added new pictures from December ‘05 and January ‘06.
Feb
1
I’ve not written here in a while; we’ve been busy with house things (finally sold our Austin home) and celebrating our first year in Houston. I’ll be updating more reguarly from now on.
Among other things, I’m now the second result when you search for “Live Better Electrically” on Google.
Jul
19
More Adventures in Home Ownership
Filed by mrbill Under House, Houston, Pictures | 2 Comments
I had to come home from work yesterday when Amy called and said “we have a roof leak.”
Got home, and saw this. Water damage to some of the old paneling on the outside wall, but no problems at all to the ceiling, which was very baffling. We figured that we had a roof [...]
Jul
17
Bad luck with doors
Filed by mrbill Under House, Houston | 2 Comments
Ever since we moved in here, the master bedroom door hasn’t closed well. Sometimes you’d have to shut it a couple of times before the bolt would latch; sometimes you’d have to pull upwards on the knob after closing it before it would latch. This was a combination of an original strike plate, [...]
Apr
27
More House Numbers
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I’ve found that Atlas Homewares has house numbers in an “Aavalon Modern” font that closely resemble the Neutraface numbers from Custom House Numbers, but for around $10/digit versus $70/digit.
Mar
17
The Houston Architecture Info Forum is a great resource for fans of modern architecture in this town, specifically the Houston Mod subforum. There’s also a Houston Mod web site.