Tomorrow morning I have a contractor coming over to give us an estimate on for doing a bunch of sheetrocking around our house. I realize this may now make me a do-it-yourself poser. Though who knows, his estimate might shock me back into the diy mentality.

Home Restoration writes about the challenges of sheetrocking an older house where nothing is level, plumb, or square.

Front Porch Indiana built the most adorable chicken coop I have ever seen. My daughter would love to live in it.

Casa Decrepit has come up with the 2008 MVT (Most Valuable Tool) list.

Reviving Our Colonial Revival takes rebuilding their front porch into their own hands once they suffer the sticker shock of how much it would cost if a contractor was to do it for them.

When she isn't blogging about her life at Notes from the Trenches Chris is working at rescuing her house from a century of neglect and bad taste. She can also be found writing about home improvement and design at DIY This N' That.