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Out of the closet
This weekend saw another closet door hung, as well as more trim in Chloe’s room. I basically just worked until I ran out of wood, which didn’t take too long. Got to pick up more MDF this week. As...
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Good news and bad news…
The good and bad news is that Stephanie is now a week overdue. While it’s been helpful to have all these extra weekends to work on the upstairs, enough is enough! She is definitely ready for the...
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Upstairs update
Just posting a few pics to show what’s changed lately. I was supposed to be going back to work today, but I asked for another day off to try to wrap up some of the loose ends. Pic 1 is Chloe posing in...
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Grinding away at the family room
I didn’t bother taking a picture of the 2nd coat of paint in the family room, so you can just look at the last post and pretend it’s a new picture, if you’d like Today saw the end of the painting and...
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97 Layers of Paint on the Wall…
Ummm…maybe only 3 or 4, but it’s 97 years worth. Lots of distractions got in the way today, so I only accomplished a few hours of paint stripping and bought a few extra pieces of fir I needed for...
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Something old, something new…
Today I started installing the hybrid of old and new trim. Most of what are using in this room is the original trim, but the sills and a few other pieces will be new. Each piece of casing has to be...
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Family room trim, day 2
Today was much more fulfilling than yesterday. If you compare the pictures, you’ll see why! It always takes me awhile to get back in the groove of hauling up all the tools and starting the circus of...
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Drip cap in [on] the house
One of the lingering prep issues with the exterior was the drip cap on the dining room bay. It was suffering from the double injustice of being the most exposed on the ground floor (because of the...
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Punch list: living/dining rooms
For almost 10 years we’ve been staring at the insulation peeking out from around the sides of one of the dining room windows. You know how when you take apart an electrical device you end up with extra...
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Hall trim removed
This one is huge. Other than the bedrooms (one of which became the family room), the hallway was the only downstairs area that had painted woodwork. It was stained originally, but a long-ago previous...
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