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Befores and currents: Other direction. Done: Floor stripped, sanded, and re-finished. Closet hardware removed. Closet wall and ceiling replaced. Ceiling primed and painted. Walls primed and painted (“Barraud House Blue” and “Tyler Stone Medium”). Trim primed and painted. Baseboards cut to fit modern registers. New registers installed. New light fixture installed. New three-prong outlets installed [...]

Jul 16th, 2010 | Filed under Home Renovation, Projects
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Posting about Half Dome and Boundary Waters was a lot more engaging. Try it yourself, prove me wrong. (Or right.) Tape ball, before and after: Weight: 0. Weight: equivalent to three rolls of 1 1/2-inch masking tape, three spiders, and a gnat carcass. I kind of like sticking random bug bodies into tape balls. Or at [...]

Jun 15th, 2010 | Filed under Home Renovation, Projects

I’m done with the drum sander. Could take it back this afternoon, but I paid for it through tomorrow morning at 10:46, so doggone it, I’m keeping it until tomorrow morning at 10:46. Plus I’m lazy and my back is sore. I think it’s more sore from manhandling the washing machine by myself than from [...]

May 20th, 2010 | Filed under Home Renovation

I was thinking that somehow I could do this home renovation thing the same way that I did the road trip last year vis a vis blog coverage. Probably not realistic. For one thing, it’s way, way too easy to jump around to different projects. For another thing: meh. But I’ll forge on. Try and [...]

May 12th, 2010 | Filed under Home Renovation