Each year on the first Saturday in March, Old Town Alexandria kicks off the St. Patrick's Day festivities for the month with a parade. Old Town is a fitting location for such an event as you can find three Irish Pubs, a Dublin Chipper, and several other establishments that turn...
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
It's Just an Honor to Be Nominated
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As many of you may have seen this week, Old Town Home was nominated for Apartment Therapy's Homies Award as one of the best DIY blogs. We can't even tell you how flattered we are not only to be nominated, but to be inside the top ten of a category...
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In our previous posts on our newlywed kitchen nightmare we've covered:We had come so far from our original disaster to a nearly completed project, and the final significant step was to deal with the floor.  We had to pull up a fair amount of the flooring along the wall in...
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Termites, water damage, and structural damage, oh my! If you've been following along the last couple days, you know about the roller coaster of emotions we experienced at each critical moment of our kitchen disaster and rebuild. From feeling completely defeated, to feeling as if we could conquer the world,...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Where Do We Go From Here? Our Kitchen Nightmare, Part 2
Posted by Wendy
"The entire second floor rear section of your house is being held up by two 2x4s...and it's going to cost $30k to fix it." This is an example of something you don't ever want to hear from a home inspector when referring to the property you and your significant other have...
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