This year I am trying to make all the bread we eat at home, as indicated by the 2012 New Year's resolutions . Our family eats a fa...

Why bother? Vintage machines are generally cheap, reliable, oftentimes repairable and serviceable by the user, and can stand up well...

Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 Looking forward to starting my new life free from commercial clothing vendors, I began cruising craigslist a...

1) No buying of clothes for the whole year This includes socks, underwear, and shoes. Whatever we need, we will sew ourselves, preferabl...

My name is Holly Gates. I am an engineer living in an old house in Somerville, MA with my wife and kids. This blog is a space for me to make...