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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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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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Last week Nick painted the livingroom and dining room. We chose a very pale cream color that has a hint of yellow to it and we're really happy with how it turned out. It looks good with all the fir. That allowed him to finally install the mantel that
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I slept more today than I worked on the mantel, but somehow still managed to make some progress. The mantel top is 1 3/4" thick, consisting of the plankI bought the other week at 2nd Use, laminated to a 5/8" piece of plywood on the underside. Today I
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Finally the trim is done and installed! Now all I have to do is finish the top...
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My dad visited for a week last August after the wedding. This is now an annual event (his visit, not the wedding), and we spent this year's time building and installing our new fireplace. I found a picture of the fireplace I wanted in Fine Homebuilding, and we started by drawing up detailed plans from the basic photo in the article. It was a productive week: we milled the lumber for the mantel out of some old fir posts I had left over from basement demo, we demo'ed a section of the living r
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