matt haugen: 7:51 AM on October 5, 2011
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s popular Women Build program kicked off a summer full of projects by painting a St. Paul home during the first week...
matt haugen: 7:47 AM on September 1, 2011
Here’s the thing about details – there are SO MANY. The finishing touches on a house can take weeks to accomplish, because the punch list never seems...
matt haugen: 7:42 AM on August 25, 2011
“Love is in the details?” Walking through the Columbia Heights home this week, it struck me that this place is really a labor of love. If you take a...
matt haugen: 10:01 AM on August 15, 2011
It was all about floors when I visited the Women Build volunteers on Saturday. This is detail work, folks, and it requires some serious measuring...
matt haugen: 7:45 AM on August 10, 2011
The Women Build home on Van Buren is a bright sunny house. It’s on a hilly lot with steps up to the front porch and steps going down to the garage...
matt haugen: 7:53 AM on August 5, 2011
“How do you give back to your community?” Last week, three volunteers met to share a ride to the Women Build site. It was early and they decided to...
matt haugen: 7:49 AM on August 1, 2011
Can you feel winter coming? With the warm October we’ve been having, it’s hard to think about, but one glance at the piles of fluffy sheep-like...
matt haugen: 10:12 AM on July 30, 2011
This week the house in Columbia Heights was bathed in summer sunlight. The roof on the garage has been completed and garage soffit has been...
matt haugen: 10:19 AM on July 25, 2011
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” (Ghandi)
matt haugen: 10:17 AM on July 20, 2011
It seems fitting to me that in autumn, a season known for new beginnings (new school year, new sports season, new weather), we’ve started a new Women...
