Tuesday, August 21, 2012
When Incompetent Contractors Do More Harm Than Good
Posted by Alex
Furious, frustrated, fuming...confused! Yep, that about sums up how I'm feeling at the ineptitude of "professionals" after seeing something that I discovered last week while painting our bay window. You know what the strangest thing is? It's not even on our house. Last week, while up on our lower back...
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Never in a million years did I think that my clearance rug purchase from Home Goods would snowball into a kitchen "renovation." But given that we're the proud new owners of IKEA cabinets and brand spankin' new butcher block counter tops, I'd say that we're well on our way to...
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Friday, August 17, 2012
The Fog Rolled In: Sun Porch Painting Complete
Posted by Wendy
It's official. Our kitchen and sun porch have been lovingly slathered in two coats of Benjamin Moore's London Fog. This labor intensive process stretched from 7:30am Sunday morning until Thursday evening, largely due to the cracks and crevices presented by the brick walls in the sun porch.  In honor of the...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Getting Down With the Copper Downspout
Posted by Alex
When we moved into our house, our gutter situation was far less than desirable. The white aluminum gutter that adorned the back wall of our home may have been just 10 feet wide, but its modern shape looked out of place on the rear of our little historic home. The...
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Let me first say, I'm not very proud of this post, but I think it's necessary in the interest of full disclosure. So we've been on a bit of a painting kick of late. Though it isn't necessarily the most difficult of all DIY tasks, it is often some of the...
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