Welcome to my blog. Design, Homekeeping, Cooking and DIY on a budget for the Masses

My name is Steven Stein-Grainger. I am a 52 year old actor and singer by profession, an interior designer by training and a cook and DIY-er by necessity and happy circumstance.
I want to welcome you to the blog that I never thought I would write. But, here goes.
Here's the reason I wanted to write all of this down...

I have learned a little about a lot of things over the years but one of the things I've learned a LOT about is being self sufficient. My dad was, for a lot of my formative years, a traveling salesman (no jokes please - there were no farmer's daughters so far as I knew) and I watched my mom become a gourmet cook AND change light fixtures, sew pillows and curtains AND rewire lamps, paint incredible watercolors and acrylics AND snake out a drainpipe...sometimes all in the same day.

When I was a young gay man I also became aware that in my life I was going to be responsible for a lot of varied disciplines and talents and that I was going to have to be a jack of all trades and, with luck, master a few along the way. It also became clear that I was going to have to be responsible for making my home comfortable and beautiful without the help of wedding gifts, and the usual benefits of afforded to straight couples - that wedding didn't happen till two years ago and we had been together for a quarter of a century or more by then!

SO. In this blog, I want to share my ideas about interior design, most of which come from my business Daddy's Home, Inc. (www.DaddysHomeInc.com) and my nearly manic need to make things look expensive without breaking the bank, entertaining and food, and a little DIY for the amateur who wants to save a buck or two along the way.

Let's have some fun!