Wednesday, July 29, 2009

More Flooring Tales

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Our flooring is taking shape. Here Steve relaxes on the first six feet of installed hardwood. He completed this portion on Saturday afterno...
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Friday, July 24, 2009

The Floor Takes Shape

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Slowly but surely the floor is coming along. I started nailing it down with the help of some friends this morning. By the afternoon, my ba...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Engineer by Day, Stripper by Night

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Well I never thought it would come to this, but I'm stripping trim by night. I always figured it would just be fine as-is, but once I g...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Lucky

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While I wouldn't consider myself unlucky, I can think of many times when Ben and Steve seemed quite a bit luckier than I did. There wer...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

A+ Plumbing Company

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Here is the old valve. It is impossible to find an adapter that fits this. Here is my new valve. I had help putting it in from a friend fr...
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Flooring's On!

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With less than a month to go before baby Barnhart comes and with the recent flurry of house project posts, I thought it was a fine time to k...
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Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Joy of Headers, or, On Tearing Out Walls

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A couple weeks ago I finally made good on my threat to tear out a wall that was dividing my kitchen and dining room. Here are a few photos f...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Janell's Anniversary Gift

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I decided to purchase my lovely wife a combination food processor/blender as an anniversary gift. Upon getting this lovely gift home and op...
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Sunday, June 14, 2009

A Halfway Kitchen (for a Halfway House)

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Some of you may remember my post about that simple kitchen project I was looking forward to. With the very able assistance of one Mr. Mike ...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Watch out for killer biscuits

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Cyclery of Bikes

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Well everyone, I'd like to thank you for your contributions (or aspirations to contribute) to a new bike for me. My current one is on it...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

The view from my window

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For anyone I didn't talk to before I left (almost everyone) I am in the Bahamas with Casi and several of her friends and family. She dec...
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Friday, May 15, 2009

David gets a new birthday picture

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Last weekend, David and Amber made their way out to Aurora in search of thrift stores, perhaps a little food, and a scrabble throw-down. The...
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Friday, May 08, 2009

Better late than never?

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I feel sheepish even writing this because I don't have a catchy poem like Mom always creates and there is only one hour left of David...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Simple Kitchen Project

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I have a simple house project, if anyone is looking to do some light work. I need to take these cabinets– –and put them in this room– Nothin...
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