Totally agree with this. A couple years back, I had the dreaded basement backup—right before hosting Thanksgiving dinner, no less. Talk about timing.....

Haha, your dad's epoxy adventure sounds suspiciously familiar. I once tried patching a hairline crack in our bathroom sink with some "miracle" DIY kit...

I've got to admit, rain barrels are great in theory, but in practice, I've found them a bit limiting. I started with a single 55-gallon barrel thinkin...

Totally agree about the tea tasting smoother—thought I was imagining things at first, but nope, it's legit. When we replaced our old copper pipes with...

Ha, isn't it always the cheap impulse buys that surprise us? I had a similar experience with a bargain-bin toilet seat I picked up as a temporary fix....