Chrissy has been wanting new drapes in the upstairs bedrooms for a long time. Currently, we only have the horizontal wood blinds up on the windows. These are quality blinds and look good with the oak window trim, but they still let in light during the daytime. This light will inevitable find Aiden while he is trying to sleep. So we...
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I went to take out the garbage last night, and the neighbor across the street walks over while I’m in the road. He says, “Did you know that your chimney is broken?” I’m thinking, “No…” It turns out the electrical damage we took on Thursday night was due to a direct lightning strike on our...
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Glenn put in a the upstairs toilet on Saturday, so I removed the downstairs toilet after he was done. We needed to have at least one operative toilet in the house, but Chrissy prefers the upstairs one since she hates going up and down the stairs to use the bathroom. Once I put a second coat of paint on the downstairs bathroom, I...
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Work on the upstairs rooms continues. Glenn is replacing the trim around the doors and the windows upstairs, but there is a problem. The new oak trim is about a half inch less wide than the old trim, so there will be a half-inch of exposed drywall when the new trim goes up. In most cases, there is also paint buildup around the edges...
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The remodeling work in the basement is just about complete. We’ve finished two bedrooms, two closets and the hallway downstairs, and they look really good. Uncle Glenn did a great job. Perhaps too great? Chrissy liked the oak trim in the basement so much that she decided that we need it upstairs too. So, work has begun in...
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I needed some door hardware for the new shelves that Glenn is building in my office, but I was having trouble finding affordable ones in the style that I like. Chrissy and I really like Mission Style furniture (both of our office desks will be Mission Style), so I wanted to match that to the doors on my oak cabinets. The problem is...
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Life is sucking for me right now. I spent Friday night with a paint brush, putting two coats of primer in the two closets in the basement. Then I got up early on Saturday and put two coats of primer in my office (including the ceiling) and two coats of primer in the basement hall. Today, I got up bright and early to paint both...
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