DIY, old houses & very big ideas.A journal by Melissa Powers

The project journal

I can probably
do that.

A house full of possibilities, with the unknowns left in. These are the opening briefs, not claims of completed work.

6 project briefs

Unfinished light-wood little-library kit pieces, brass hinges, and paint swatches on a garden table
Chapter 01 / Project briefGarden & making

Small library. Big opinions.

Project 01: the kit has arrived, the finish is still to choose, and the real work is still to document.

Now showing on YouTube

Watch the house
talk back.

Big ideas. No plan. Lots of opinions. New episodes from a mid-1800s San Francisco studio-home.

Beautiful, eventually.

The learning stays in.

The decisions, the things worth keeping, and what the beautiful version actually takes.

Read the field notes