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A new stage of consumption (the activity, not the disease)

Posted in Random Thoughts, Shopping, tagged , , on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’m a dedicated shopper but even my mind boggles at the seemingly endless consumption that defines a major remodel. First, you’re shopping for basic infrastructure – things like rebar, cement, beams, 2 x 4s up through 4 x 8s, plywood, and a septic tank. Next, it’s infrastructure stage two – shingles, insulation, sheetrock and cement [...]

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How to make a glass tile backsplash in 6 easy steps

Posted in Building, Designing, tagged , , on January 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

People ooo and ahhh about glass tile because it’s beautiful and it looks complicated, but it’s actually super easy to work with because it comes in one-inch squares. You don’t need to rent a big tile cutter and often you don’t even need to cut the tile – you can just move it around a [...]

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Whatever the question, glass tile’s the answer

Posted in Designing, tagged , , , on January 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Between the stainless shelves and appliances, granite counters, zinc counter, reclaimed  wood, reclaimed beadboard, and aqua and olive stained cabinets, we’ve got a lot going on in this little kitchen – so much so that figuring out what to do for a backsplash was quite the challenge. We thought of tile, naturally, but we were [...]

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A good week’s work

Posted in Building, tagged , , , on December 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »

In early November, when the Guys left, I made a list of all the things we had left to do and we have been steadily whacking our way through it. Last week we made a ton of progress, working from 7 AM to 8 or 9 at night, except on the nights we went to [...]

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Walkin’ in a window wonderland

Posted in Building, tagged , , , , on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’d been dreading this moment for months, but now that it’s here, I’m pretty proud of myself. The Schoolhouse has five old windows left (and by old, I mean original, wavy glass and all). Two of them have the original 6 inch trim; the other three were trimmed in bargain-basement 3 inch modern trim. They [...]

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