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Kitchen Cabinet
Yes, singular cabinet. The garden apartment kitchen is only 10′ long. We’ve got to fit a fridge & 24″ stove plus 2 base cabinets along the one wall. I came across 6′ of cabinets for FREE on craigslist back in … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit, kitchen
Tagged cabinet, cabinets, craigslist, kitchen, newark, nj, paint, painting, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, white, wood
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The Parlor Wall
Our house was built sometime in the 1880’s (we think). Construction at the time was all about lathe smothered in horse hair plastery goodness. Lets start at the beginning. If you were to look at a cross-section of our walls, … Continue reading
The Shower
Thursday I get the sweetest comment saying “you have quickly become my favorite blog! You post often, you write entertainingly, and you post tons of pictures! Kudos to your great work on both the blog and your house!” Then I … Continue reading
Our Clean Kitchen
I know we said the kitchen was crossed off the list. And it is, in that it will not be getting any structural altering anytime soon. That said, we just couldn’t live with its current state of cleanliness. The kitchen … Continue reading
Garden Apartment Tile
When we began, the garden apartment bathroom looked like this. The floor was covered in uneven, square white tile. At the end of our first Demo Day, we had a clean slate. I’m sure we could learn to tile. Heck, … Continue reading
Posted in bathrooms, garden unit
Tagged bathroom, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, tile
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How to Hang a Header
Back on June 6th, the garden apartment had a mantle that looked like this – While the drywall was in perfectly fine condition, we decided it would look better more open. So we opened it up. And took it down … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit, How To
Tagged header, How To, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, wood
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So How’d We Do??
We started the weekend with quite the ambitious TO DO list. It’s now Sunday night and boy did we get a lot done!! So lets see where we ended up: Upstairs Overall Get rid of sawdust – Postponed. We have … Continue reading
Posted in general, work weekend
Tagged newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Yellow Weekend To Do
I spent the better part of yesterday making a complete, task-by-task punch list for every single step that it will take to complete our newly revised Summer Goals. It’s a solid 2 pages, single spaced with 1″ margins. Then – … Continue reading
Pie in the Sky Hopes
Remember this TO DO list from a few days ago? Yeah. I’m chuckling too. After the fiasco with our lovely risers, I’m remembering the truth I already know. It will always take longer &/or cost more money than originally expected. With our … Continue reading
Posted in general
Tagged basement, bathroom, bedroom, before, city, demo, demolition, newark, nj, paint, painting, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, sound proofing, staircase, wood
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All Gone!
Yesterday my friend Kamila (who’s also a kickass photographer) came by to pick up our soundproofing! I had it all stacked outside waiting for her. She loaded up the car and – VOILA! – no more soundproofing. I’m so glad … Continue reading
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