A conversation with Sonoma Permit and Resource Management Department (PRMD) begins when I fax in a typed, signed building permit application to repair the roof on the shed. The application clearly states the scope: Repair roof on non-attached storage shed (Inspector <name> said we needed to pull a permit for this). The contract cost is [...]
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Eating crow
Posted in Building, Random Thoughts, tagged building permit, remodeling, Russian River, Sonoma on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Adventures in kitchen design, #6
Posted in Designing, tagged DIY, Kitchen cabinets, Kitchen design, oil based stain, Russian River Schoolhouse, unfinished cabinets, water based stain on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After a lot of research and exploration, I chose unfinished stain-grade cabinets from The Cabinet Authority (see Adventures in kitchen design # 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5). Here’s what I finally did with them. First, I explored the colors available in water based and oil based stain. Derek, who manages my local PastimeAce Hardware [...]
Before & After – dining room chairs
Posted in Before & After, tagged Before and After, dining room chairs, Thonet chairs on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Before & after photographs fascinate me. Part of my fascination stems from the research I did for my book Venus Envy: A History of Plastic Surgery. The before and after photo is the defining narrative of this medical specialty and in fact of much of twentieth century America, and therefore endlessly interesting and revealing. Now, [...]
First things first
Posted in Building, tagged Behr, color, five panel doors, Obsession, paint, Summer Resort, vintage doors, Water Mark on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve got a mind-boggling list of things we need to accomplish to pass inspection. So what did I do first this weekend? Painted the insides of closets, and the doors. Now, we need everything from trim to cabinets, so this probably seems crazy, but sometimes you just have [...]
All alone
Posted in Building, tagged Deck, deck railing, nail gun, remodel, Schoolhouse on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re on our own now. I’d love to say we did all this work on the Schoolhouse ourselves. In fact I would love to have DONE it all ourselves. But that would have involved quitting our jobs, which we can’t afford to do, not to mention learning several skilled trades. And we didn’t want to [...]
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