Casa Decrepit is working on stripping paint off of their old woodwork. They are taking precautions and dealing with it a though it is lead paint. Read their list of tips for dealing with lead paint.

Min Hus is dreaming of a white fireplace.

Rashida at Old House, My House is finally having her clawfoot tub installed in her new house. The clawfoot tub has a special significance to her as it is one of the very few things that survived Hurricane Katrina, when her house in New Orleans flooded.

Bungalowcious learned an important formula. Rain + No tarp= Dumb.

Bangor Bungalow writes five signs that she is done stripping paint.

Girl Meets House had me laughing with her post where she wonerds where her renovating spunk disappeared to:

Is this decline in house energy normal? Where did all my initial enthusiasm and spirit go? Is the honeymoon of home-ownership over? Are the house and I settling into some kind of middle-aged routine?I think that the house and I need a romantic weekend together with some new house magazines and that coupon form Bed, Bath, and Beyond to restoke the fires of inspiration and renovation.

819 Ohio discovers that under cabinet lighting is not a scam. I am glad to know this, because I have been wondering if it were just a frivolous waste of money also.

When she isn't blogging about her life at Notes from the Trenches or taking a year off from spending money at A Year Off, 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.