Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Our Siding Adventure's Final Steps
Posted by Alex
Though our beadboard woes were slightly all consuming over the weekend, I think we've got our emotions in check and are coming to an amicable consensus on how best to proceed. Deep breaths were needed, cooler heads as well, and we hope to have some progress to share a bit...
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Wainscoting Woes
Posted by Wendy
Houston, we have a problem.If you've been keeping up with our long, drawn out process of selecting elements for our master bathroom, you may recall our debate on whether to use tile or wood wainscoting. We certainly weighed our options, crunched numbers, and took hours of labor into consideration. Although...
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As we mentioned in our post about gutter and downspout research, the whole idea of full gutter replacement was a bit of a hiccup in our much larger siding replacement project. As if we didn't have enough going on, the research, purchase, and ultimately, installation of the gutters, were all...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
September 11 -- Twelve Years Later
Posted by Alex
Each year September 11th comes and goes with a varying number of remembrances, tributes, moments of silence, and television specials dedicated to the events that occurred, and people who tragically lost their lives on that sunny and seemingly perfect morning in 2001. For Wendy and me, September 11 holds a...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Toolbox Tuesday: My Brand New Planer Got Hit By a Truck
Posted by Alex
Today's story is a tantalizing tale of tool turmoil, rather than your typical Toolbox Tuesday review. The events of the last several days left me seething for more than a moment, and it happened as fast as, well, getting hit by a slow moving truck...literally.Some of you may remember, while...
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