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Fixing the Kitchen Cabinet
Back at the end of July, our awesome friend Erin helped us primeone of the free kitchen cabinets we found on craigslist. As you can see, the base cabinet is most definitely used and has holes from its prior installation. … Continue reading
Oh the Floor…
I have waffled back & forth about what to do with our basement garden apt. floor more times than I care to admit. {mmmmm….. waffles…} The decided solution was to just slap a coat of paint down and call it … Continue reading
Posted in Floors, garden unit
Tagged garden apartment, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Leveler & Subfloor
So many things to post about! I’ve got about 5 different drafts going right now but none of them are quite ready for primetime. BLAST! In the meantime…. Recommend your favorite below grade self-leveling floor leveler (to even out a … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit
Tagged concrete, floor, flooring, Floors, garden apartment, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Successes
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
Posted in garden unit
Tagged basement, cable, electric, electrical, garden apartment, newark, nj, paint, painting, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, shower, shower surround, surround
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Setbacks & Realizations
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
How to Paint a Medicine Cabinet
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
New Kitchen Wall!!
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
Posted in garden unit, kitchen
Tagged cleaning, drywall, electric, electrical, newark, nj, outlets, renovate, renovating, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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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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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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