Author Archives: carrie

Fixing a Hole in Plaster

Posted on August 7, 2009 by carrie

Behind the front door, just about where the door knob smacks into the wall, we had some pretty bad plaster. Luckily it seemed to only be confined to a smallish area. Before we crossed the hallways off our list, I … Continue reading →

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A Peak at the Real Me

Posted on August 6, 2009 by carrie

Taking a break from the usual dust & dirt filled monotony. While browsing through my google reader, I stumbled upon a perfectly frivolous yet superbly awesome product that I would one day like to purchase for our beautifully renovated bathroom. … Continue reading →

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Progress Upstairs

Posted on August 5, 2009 by carrie

Moving past this weekend’s disappointing setbacks, yesterday we focused on our successes downstairs. Lets move up to floors 1-3 today. Saturday was another Family Team effort. Best parents ever. And cousin (Mike). Mom A. cleaned our 2nd floor bathroom. It … Continue reading →

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Successes

Posted on August 4, 2009 by carrie

This past weekend we hit some pretty disappointing snags but the weekend wasn’t a complete wash. We managed to get several productive things done. Here’s what happened downstairs – While tile in the garden apartment took 4 steps backward, the … Continue reading →

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Setbacks & Realizations

Posted on August 3, 2009 by carrie

Another weekend spent working on the house closer to being done closer to moving less than we had before This weekend brought a mixed bag of outcomes. We made progress in certain areas but faced disappointing setbacks in others. Two … Continue reading →

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Sanding Drywall

Posted on August 2, 2009 by carrie

(Blogging from my phone, so all the pictures are attached at the bottom instead of nicely dispersed throughout the post. My apologies.) Yesterday we installed the drywall in the master bedroom. Yay! It’s only slightly wavy but that spot will … Continue reading →

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Plaster Washers: Round 3

Posted on August 1, 2009 by carrie

Finally some success with the plaster washers! After our experience in the bedroom & parlor I was starting to lose hope. Before we purchased the plaster washers, I spent some time groping our walls to find the squishy spots. I … Continue reading →

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How to Paint a Medicine Cabinet

Posted on July 31, 2009 by carrie

I have plenty of pictures of the garden apartment basement before. But for some reason, I don’t have one at an angle that includes the medicine cabinet/vanity mirror actually in the wall. My dear mother-in-law removed it for us during … Continue reading →

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New Kitchen Wall!!

Posted on July 30, 2009 by carrie

All the way back in early June, we learned how to rip out drywall and haven’t touched the basement kitchen much since then. During our big Basement Demo Day, we learned that the gas pipe to the stove was wobbly … Continue reading →

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Master Plaster

Posted on July 29, 2009 by carrie

Round 2 with the plaster washers came when faced with a large crack in the plaster of our master bedroom wall. Well, one of the walls. This one, to be precise. I started securing the plaster along the crack with … Continue reading →

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