Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

 

So I’m not quite sure how to update, explain, share, um, let you know how Flipping the Flip has flipped.  If you’ve followed along, you’ve likely noticed something has been different.

Well wait, the blog itself hasn't flipped.  So don’t panic, have no fear, nothing about what you find here is going to change.  You’ll still find rockin’ DIY projects on a budget, all the cool stuff you’ve come to know and love is going to remain the same.  And loads more on the docket.  Loads.

What has changed is everything else.  And by everything, I mean like ninety seven percent everything.

And frankly I’m sitting here staring blankly, watching the cursor blink at me because I dunno where even to begin.

Let’s just blanket say things have been not to my liking. 

Mike left in March 2025.  Didn’t know that was coming.  

 

Cursor blinking…..

I know there are always two sides to a story but in this case there truly is only one.  Salt and sugar look the same. 

As this is all still ongoing, and I could fill this with the events, cause and effects, stuff and junk, what I think, what I feel, the legal system as it relates to divorce, people, places, things, more stuff and junk…but as my attention is better served elsewhere, hushed is best. 

I will say…. the freed space is at the door with a clipboard checking its watch, waiting for the UPS driver.  The Upgrades Pending Service.

 

Hailey and Finn, the paint by numbers-ish paintings I made of them.

But like I said, this created an inventory of cause and effect.  

And where that list meets this blog is that the house was just sold.  I am no longer there.  

Which.  These are some of the reasons I’ve been MIA (just another MIA link is all, not related to today).

The things that it took to create the projects and write the posts and bring them to you have not been available.  In ways, these things are still not but I intend to do the best I can.

And now the house itself that brought us all this blog is no longer available. 

I did take some “here’s where things ended up” photographs.  A grand final tour wrap up may or may not arrive at some point.

 

Cursor blinking, I swear this thing…

So.

I know.  Right?

So.

Where am I?

A list of circumstances being what they were, are, will likely shape as, past, present, and future, a chain of things and man, I have a thousand words for each thought there…

I’m in California. 

(Cursor blinking)

 

Redwood tree.

Correct.

I am not in Chicago.  I am sans Menards.  

Look, I know.

In the end here, I’m not trying to be intentionally vague, elusive, or purposefully murky to frustrate you, given how freely I normally share here.  

Bear with me through this chapter, please.  A few more pages and a couple books will close and be shelved elsewhere. 

So again, while darn near everything has changed, what will not is what I bring to you via this blog.  It'll just be a different volume of the same book series.

Meaning, Flipping the Flip remains the same; we’re changing locations and structures, me and my giant TFA Intern, Benny boy. 

As time rolls on, projects and some details relating will reveal themselves more forthwith but in brief summary:

Where I was, to wrap that:  1800-ish square feet, two story home with basement, backyard, and garage in Chicago, built in 1896; flipped in 2012, bought in 2013, sold in 2026

Where I am:  880-ish square foot single story house built in 1918 with backyard, sans basement and garage but with a brand spanking new dedicated workshop space in California

The latter there I drew up.

So. 

So yeah.  

Life is a Chicago street in spring after the winter thaw.  There are two seasons in Chicago.  And as the seasons change, I need to tie on the appropriate gear, if you catch my drift.

Blinking…

It takes a village.  This is the flipping village.  And know I’m grateful for you. 

 

While we await this restart, go steal your next DIY project idea by perusing this handy site.  If you're new here, or not sure where to start, drop by my Start Here page.

If you need that just right push to get you moving in your own home, check out The $100 Room Glow-Up Guide.  

Hot and new on the scene is The Color Guide, how to change the way you see color aka how to choose paint colors for your walls with incredible ease, so if a painting project is on your docket, definitely definitely check that out.

Thanks for being here.  Thanks for being you.  brb...