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(Several of these are left over from 2007) Replace all the windows. (One down, six to go on the 1 st floor. Eight on the 2 nd .) Kitchen 100% done. Pay someone to replace the roof. Finish removing the asbestos siding. Strip, prep, and paint the exterior.
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Or... "You can never own too many clamps." Nick's been busy the past few weeks using up all the salvaged fir we had left. There's enough wood for the sashes, but we'll have to buy wood for the frames. He glued up all the pieces, put them through the planer,
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Nick spent yesterday and the afternoon in the shop today. He cleaned up all the old fir that we have salvaged from the house. There were some old kitchen cabinet shelves and some old posts taken out of the walls. He cut them down to size and put them
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So Nick and I are back to work and Phil has gone back to Wisconsin. In all reality we won't be able to install the new window until Christmas time. That means Phil can be here when we do that, and it will give us enough time to prime the trim. (We are
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Nick and Phil have been busy. They say it's going a bit slower than they thought, but since this is the first window, they are being very careful. A wrong cut on this project would be a huge setback. Here's a picture of the profile of the stiles and rails:
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Phil arrived today and after we had lunch, he and Nick got down to the planning: The goal for this week is to build a double hung window to replace our original 1907 windows. This is the window they will be building a replacement for this week: They measured
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After reading the featrued story on House Blogs by Jeanne "Built-In... Form and Function" , I began thinking about what built-ins we have done and which are my favorite. (Or favorite so far, as we've got a lot of house left that we haven't re-furbished.)
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Aimee at Stylish Nest wrote a post about going green. Her questions, "Are you trying to go green in your home? Have you found any great sites or products to help you do it?" got me to thinking. There are quite a few things we've done (kept as much as
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Seattle has done a good job encouraging recycling and cutting back on garbage. Our free curbside recycling program began in 1988 and this year legislation was passed to require recycling and if you have more than 10% of recyclable matter in your garbage,
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For a long time Nick was planning on trying to refurbish the windows on the first floor which are original to the house and we would replace the aluminum-clad windows that are on the second floor that were installed in the 60's. But now that we are on
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Last week Nick finished installing the trim for all the first floor doorways. The most time consuming was the trim for the 1/2 bath, since it has a pocket door. It matches the door to the pantry, so he had to install the hardware for the door as well.
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We don't have any huge plans this weekend, just little stuff. This morning we're going to clean the porch off (again) so Atticus has a safe place to play outside. Nick installed a gate so Atticus can't go down the stairs. (Thanks Gloria & Gary for
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First off, thank you to all the troops that our currently serving our county, all those who have, and special rememberance for those who died serving their country. No, we haven't been on holiday for the past few weeks, so I thought I'd give a quick update.
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As I type this Nick is "plugging" any of the little holes in the concrete countertops with slurry. Or he's buffing some of the counters, I'm not sure. Anyways, we're plugging away on a couple of projects: Nick laid tile around the fireplace last weekend
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Well, I'm done varnishing the overhead cabinets by the sink. I think I'm going to put an extra coat on the rest of them, since they will see a bit more use. Then I can put the shelf liner on and put things away. It's not the most exciting work, but it
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