Archive for the ‘House’ Category
Seriously?
ok, need to rant for a second here. nothing major, just more of a ‘what the hell’ kinda thing. so i spent all day sunday making a rack to hold katie’s commercial thread spools: nice. ok, so i’m cutting the dowel rods to make all the pegs, and they’re all individually labeled. i realize that […]
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At Long Last…
if any of you wondered how i spent my weekend, here you go: yessir. that there is a spanking new door to our crawl space. the old one looked like something from a horror movie. so, uh, there you go. oh, i also watched the new conan movie, which was a complete turd. give me […]
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Pro Tip No.1:
a shop vac can be used as a leaf blower in a pinch. just not inside.
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Backdoor Action…
just got this installed friday. we wouldn’t have done it yet except that we broke the glass in the old one by mistake while moving out an old sofa, and it would have needed to be replaced eventually. painted the trim and installed the new doorbell yesterday so the guy can come back and install […]
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Shutters and Shingles…
spent most of the day today putting up new shutters on the house. tough work. drilling into masonry is no joke. went through two bits doing three windows, and i still have at least two more windows to go. i also think i have a case of shingles on my neck. which sucks.
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Follow The Yellow Brick Road…
after many long hours of labor in 90+ degree heat, we have finally finished the paths in our back yard. this is probably the toughest home improvement project we’ve done ourselves, at least in terms of pure effort. the funny thing is, we originally weren’t going to do stone at all, just pavers or something. […]
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