Thanks for the welcome.

My boyfriend actually jokes that whenever I'm doing stuff in the house, I have adult ADD- I will have about 6 home projects going on at once. Right now, I'm in the middle of stripping 65 years worth of paint and varnish off my kitchen cabinets, building a bookshelf for under a low window, and painting the living room.

Here's a question for any of you that do paint stripping. . .

I have a 30's style apartment- lots of molding and carved wood. What is you all's favorite tools for getting sanding and stripping done in archs and corners?

Meredith

I seem to have Meredith's problem, all kinds of crafty projects but all seemingly half finished. If I pick up one more craft project my boyfriend will officially disown me. My latest "handy" project is changing the rear brake pads on my little VW.

What makes me a Handy Grrl? Pottery, a little woodworking, basic maintenance on a car, knitting (badly), sewing and a love of power tools.

thanks! and I have many idea's for projects...right now I want to get a certification in industrial welding so I can screw around with that...I plan to begin a planting box project so i can grow veggies on the back roff of our apartment..

Howdy ho! Just like everyone here, I also have an overflowing plate of projects I'm working on. Most recent projects: tiling my kitchen countertop in our first bus conversion, in the middle of tiling the shower area, just finished stripping 9 layers of aircraft style paint off of a Greyhound bus which turned into a two year project, lots of bodywork which includes sandblasting/priming/bondo/de-rusting..I'll be finished with the priming in two days (my fingers are crossed and... bruised)...haven't had time to do anything 'fun' for a couple of years. I have a question for all you handy grrls. Sometime in the distant future I am planning on doing mosaic tile...on the ceiling in the inside the Greyhound bus just above the driver's area as you walk into the door. My concern is that once it's all up I might have problems with tiles coming loose and falling down due to the vibration of the bus...any ideas on how to achive this task and not have falling tiles? The ONLY reason I am choosing to do this is because that area is curved and needs something (anything but fabric/headliner....no cloth)...so that's all I could come up with that would look 'nice'. Or, any other ideas that might work?? I would REALLY appreciate any ideas! Thank you in advance.

Hello everyone, I'm new here. This looks like a great place for me, as I consider myself a handy girl!!! This tribe is cool because all the women I know are totally helpless and don't ever have a clue of what I'm talking about.
I always have a lot of good projects going because the house we live in is a total fixer upper. Just finished redoing a big front entryway, from replacing all the drywall to the finish texture, paint and tile. It looks great!
My husband teases me all the time because he says I almost have more tools than he does. I use them all though, they're not just for pretty.
HAPPY EASTER!