Wednesday, November 26, 2014
How Does One Attach Claw Feet to a Clawfoot Tub?
Posted by Alex
Our tub may be in the bathroom, and the overbuilt drama of how that would happen may be behind us, but there's still a lot to do before we're done. Among the many aspects of getting this tub into its final resting place, we have to get the feet into...
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Up Up and Away - Moving a 350lb Clawfoot Tub Upstairs
Posted by Alex
We left off in our tale of bathtub salvage with a cleaned up and freshly painted cast iron behemoth in the basement, just waiting for the big moving day. Wendy had contacted the movers and scheduled a date for a group of pros to help us accomplish this lofty goal...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Preparing the Clawfoot Tub for Its Journey Into the Sky
Posted by Alex
There are few incomplete projects in our home renovation history that have been talked about more than our salvaged clawfoot bathtub. It's really no surprise given that we purchased the bathtub over 10 years ago for a cool $150 from an ebay seller. Not to mention it came out of...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The New House: Moving Weekend and Where to Start
Posted by Wendy
As we revealed on Friday, last month Alex and I took the plunge into second home ownership. Our "new" home, an early 1900s American foursquare, has great bones, an amazing water view, and enough projects to keep us both busy for the next decade or so. While the house is...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
House Hunt: The Second Home Decision
Posted by Alex
It's been one month since we made the big announcement that we bought a second home. Now that we've shared our four top contenders from our home search, we're finally ready to spill the beans on the results of our more than two year search. Though I fear we've led...
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Monday, November 10, 2014
Dealing with a Decroded Furnace Vent Duct
Posted by Alex
Several weeks ago while we were having our hot water heater replaced with a tankless unit I shared a shocking photo. While the picture may look quite a bit like a set prop piece from a dream sequence in A Nightmare on Elm Street, it was actually the deteriorated metal...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Halloween 2014: A Bloody Good Time
Posted by Wendy
This fall marked the 12th year in our annual tradition of throwing a Halloween costume party, but this year, for the first time, we had our party on Halloween night. Though we typically hold our party the weekend before Halloween, with the holiday falling on a Friday night (along with Alex's...
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We've finally arrived at the final home on our house hunting tour. Thus far we've shared three very different homes located on waterfront property, from a 1980's ranch to an 1880's Victorian. Many readers have been divided on both their opinions of the homes and whether or not the home...
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