The weekend before our disaster at our new house Wendy and I spent very lovely Valentine's Day with friends at the very same house. It's amazing what a week can do to your general outlook.While it was a bitterly cold Valentine's Day, and we couldn't really enjoy being outside, we...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
A Whole House Catastrophe
Posted by Wendy
Boy last week really sucked. Alex and I had insanely crazy and stressful work weeks, and the only thing that was keeping us at all sane was the promise of a weekend at the new house. We looked forward to a couple days away, resting, relaxing, and of course DIY-ing....
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
When Plaster Lurks Below the Surface
Posted by Alex
We've already reached a point in our new house where our over zealous preservationist ways have begun to impact our projects. It's no real surprise in a house that's over 100 years old, but by the time we started the removal of the weird partial wall in the living room...
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
A Bear of a Task: Removing the Load Bearing Wall
Posted by Alex
A few weeks ago we reported on our efforts to remove the odd half wall in the living/entry area in our new house. As much as I wanted to take on this major structural renovation work on my own, I knew the effort necessary and that it was likely best...
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As Alex mentioned in his post on piling caps, we're a little all over the place with our DIY focus right now. We have a list of projects going on simultaneously, and it seems we're having a hard time checking any of them off the list as fully completed. The...
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