Category: money pit
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While the cat’s away the mice will play
Eileen is off to see her sister in Pittsburgh. So while she is gone for the week her brother-in-law and I are putting in hardwood floors. You can see the progress here.
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The Long and Winding Road
Phew! It was a lot more work than anticipated, but the hardwood floors have been laid! It took about twice as long as anticipated, from start to finish, but they look amazing, and I think Chuck would agree it was worth all the bother. The only tasks left are to finish the molding and restore…
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The Hardwood Floor Saga Continues
Well, this project has been a lot more work than we realized back in the planning stages. The living room and hallway are done, and the office is about 1/6th finished. Chuck is officially not having fun anymore, but has come far enough that he won’t be stopped until it’s all complete. Everything looks fabulous,…
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Hardwood Floors – Day 3 and 4
It’s late, I’m tired, here’s the pictures… Thank God for Grand Marnier and the hot tub.
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Hardwood Floors – Day 2
Wow! I must be getting old. I’m stiff and sore. It was a day when we worked really hard but it doesn’t seem like we got a lot done. I know we did but it feels better when you see more progress. We are finishing up on the prep work and hopefully we will see…
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All the Pretty Colors
Our home improvement adventures continued this past week as we had our house painted, inside and out. It was a long overdue task – the outside hadn’t been done close to 20 years, and was looking pretty shabby. The inside was the victim of my fitful stabs at patching and painting over the past four…
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