Brooks & Stone
@brooksandstone.bsky.social
English. Founder of #slowintentionaldesign. Exceedingly slow old Tudor house DIY renovation. Lots of sarcasm, design, sustainability and power tools. Occasional politics, family (3 little kids) and illustration.
Current 🛠️: Kitchen
www.brooksandstone.com
Current 🛠️: Kitchen
www.brooksandstone.com
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Excited to find the #oldhouselove community here and get grounded again. This is my year of get shit finished and get some big projects going, so my new goal is to share more on the blog/start a mirror Substack, videos on YouTube, and get back into my long-form content which I’ve missed a lot.
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Give you one guess
March 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Give you one guess
Is this bots arriving on BlueSky? Because either this guy is lost or it’s a bot. Just in case you weren’t clear about who I am —
I’m extremely pacificist, don’t really believe in the military despite having a brother in it, believe 100% in science (incl evolution) and am pretty anti-religion too.
I’m extremely pacificist, don’t really believe in the military despite having a brother in it, believe 100% in science (incl evolution) and am pretty anti-religion too.
March 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Is this bots arriving on BlueSky? Because either this guy is lost or it’s a bot. Just in case you weren’t clear about who I am —
I’m extremely pacificist, don’t really believe in the military despite having a brother in it, believe 100% in science (incl evolution) and am pretty anti-religion too.
I’m extremely pacificist, don’t really believe in the military despite having a brother in it, believe 100% in science (incl evolution) and am pretty anti-religion too.
“The start of the end of democracy” hmm I think we’re way past that point… that started in 1980, and came to a first milestone in 2016. Democracy has been actively bombed in the last 60 days.
French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine. (...) We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor" #3E #EndOligarchy
March 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“The start of the end of democracy” hmm I think we’re way past that point… that started in 1980, and came to a first milestone in 2016. Democracy has been actively bombed in the last 60 days.
Doing a thing tonight that is LONG overdue and we’re excited to have the change. But in the meantime, haven’t seen our parlour empty like this since we moved in! #oldhouselove
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Doing a thing tonight that is LONG overdue and we’re excited to have the change. But in the meantime, haven’t seen our parlour empty like this since we moved in! #oldhouselove
The picture I drew the day Russia invaded Ukraine, because I had no concept of how to process what happened and I drew what I felt… Feb 25 2022. Raw emotion then and today - enraged by the state of affairs after the meeting in the Oval Office. #SlavaUkraini
March 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The picture I drew the day Russia invaded Ukraine, because I had no concept of how to process what happened and I drew what I felt… Feb 25 2022. Raw emotion then and today - enraged by the state of affairs after the meeting in the Oval Office. #SlavaUkraini
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True love is agreeing to pick up a #FBMPfind at 8.30pm on a weekday… get kids to bed, forgetting and getting a reminder message from the seller who is a 20 min drive away… for your husband to then offer to go pick it up because you hate driving at night… and he has zero clue what you’ve bought 😂
February 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
True love is agreeing to pick up a #FBMPfind at 8.30pm on a weekday… get kids to bed, forgetting and getting a reminder message from the seller who is a 20 min drive away… for your husband to then offer to go pick it up because you hate driving at night… and he has zero clue what you’ve bought 😂
Working on building all the cabinets for around the new fridge this weekend… set up the basement as a much better workshop with a new Bora workable and got a new toy too (Kreg Accu-Cut)… wish I’d bought a track saw years ago because this is making rip cuts so freaking easy. #oldhouselove #kitchen
February 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Working on building all the cabinets for around the new fridge this weekend… set up the basement as a much better workshop with a new Bora workable and got a new toy too (Kreg Accu-Cut)… wish I’d bought a track saw years ago because this is making rip cuts so freaking easy. #oldhouselove #kitchen
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I don’t even like American football, but fuck me I’m enjoying the Eagles destroying the Chiefs, Kendrick destroying Drake, and all the T people being booed (sorry not sorry, not a fan). Not to mention Jon Batiste ::chefs kiss:: Maybe I’m becoming a Philly person after all 🤣 #superbowl
February 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I don’t even like American football, but fuck me I’m enjoying the Eagles destroying the Chiefs, Kendrick destroying Drake, and all the T people being booed (sorry not sorry, not a fan). Not to mention Jon Batiste ::chefs kiss:: Maybe I’m becoming a Philly person after all 🤣 #superbowl
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You know your local team is in the Super Bowl when the grocery stores are busier than the day before Thanksgiving today 😵💫 My husband would be displeased if I didn’t add #gobirds
February 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You know your local team is in the Super Bowl when the grocery stores are busier than the day before Thanksgiving today 😵💫 My husband would be displeased if I didn’t add #gobirds
Waheyyyy… look at that a new fridge. It only took us 5 years, two walls, 3 builds, and floor repair to get here!
February 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Waheyyyy… look at that a new fridge. It only took us 5 years, two walls, 3 builds, and floor repair to get here!
IG Feed: Influencers ignoring the state of the world sharing yet another effing Amazon link
Threads: lots of political reposts, but also 60,000 people repeating the same dumb engagement bait
Bluesky: sane people who are fucked off sharing useful info, real old house stories and cats 😂 #home
Threads: lots of political reposts, but also 60,000 people repeating the same dumb engagement bait
Bluesky: sane people who are fucked off sharing useful info, real old house stories and cats 😂 #home
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
IG Feed: Influencers ignoring the state of the world sharing yet another effing Amazon link
Threads: lots of political reposts, but also 60,000 people repeating the same dumb engagement bait
Bluesky: sane people who are fucked off sharing useful info, real old house stories and cats 😂 #home
Threads: lots of political reposts, but also 60,000 people repeating the same dumb engagement bait
Bluesky: sane people who are fucked off sharing useful info, real old house stories and cats 😂 #home
We have fire! #oldhouselove #tudorhome
February 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We have fire! #oldhouselove #tudorhome
If you have kids, are struggling to talk about the current 🤬 admin and don’t own this book from 2018 - I highly recommend it. It’s a cute story, the kids go nuts for talking about how stink bugs STINK, opens conversations about love + #democracy and you’re supporting LGBTQ+ community too. Link in 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you have kids, are struggling to talk about the current 🤬 admin and don’t own this book from 2018 - I highly recommend it. It’s a cute story, the kids go nuts for talking about how stink bugs STINK, opens conversations about love + #democracy and you’re supporting LGBTQ+ community too. Link in 🧵
Today’s reason to get fired up: that would be a federal abortion ban bill being introduced. They’re all liars. “Up to the states” my arse, they knew they’d do this immediately. Call your reps, share far and wide. You know what to do. 🤬 #abortion
January 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today’s reason to get fired up: that would be a federal abortion ban bill being introduced. They’re all liars. “Up to the states” my arse, they knew they’d do this immediately. Call your reps, share far and wide. You know what to do. 🤬 #abortion
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📢 Bluesky 1.97 is rolling out now!
• User profile pages now include a "Video" tab!
• After reporting a user in DMs, you are now given a quick menu to block the user and/or delete the conversation
• Updated translations
• User profile pages now include a "Video" tab!
• After reporting a user in DMs, you are now given a quick menu to block the user and/or delete the conversation
• Updated translations
January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📢 Bluesky 1.97 is rolling out now!
• User profile pages now include a "Video" tab!
• After reporting a user in DMs, you are now given a quick menu to block the user and/or delete the conversation
• Updated translations
• User profile pages now include a "Video" tab!
• After reporting a user in DMs, you are now given a quick menu to block the user and/or delete the conversation
• Updated translations
Crazy January of projects continues… getting the fireplace liners installed today for parlour + basement, resealing the flashing and adding restored Jotul stove in parlour. 🥳 Being so busy with house things has definitely been a helpful distraction to the state of the world. #oldhouselove
January 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Crazy January of projects continues… getting the fireplace liners installed today for parlour + basement, resealing the flashing and adding restored Jotul stove in parlour. 🥳 Being so busy with house things has definitely been a helpful distraction to the state of the world. #oldhouselove
Today’s project: trying to get to a state of laying replacement kitchen tile by tonight… new fridge arrives Thursday 😬 remove old tile, old plywood underlay, relay some subfloor, durock, and dry fit tile. For those new around here, there used to be a wall here- so we’re patching tile. #oldhouselove
January 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today’s project: trying to get to a state of laying replacement kitchen tile by tonight… new fridge arrives Thursday 😬 remove old tile, old plywood underlay, relay some subfloor, durock, and dry fit tile. For those new around here, there used to be a wall here- so we’re patching tile. #oldhouselove
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This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
January 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds