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Garden Apt. After: Main Room
Oh this garden apartment. . . Looking through old photos, I realize this was one of the very, very first projects started. So what counts as “before”? Is “before” what the place looked like when we walked around with our … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit
Tagged basement, garden apartment, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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It’s DONE!!!!!!
You. Guys. So much good news to share I just have to spill. I’ll come back with deets next week about things like – 1. How my mother found a deep, top-mount sink that met my dimension AND budget requirements. … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit, general
Tagged basement, DIY, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Garden Unit: Progress!!
The walls are white. The bathroom & kitchen floors are painted. The kitchen is going in. Main floor gets 1 coat of BIN primer + 2 coats of Bittersweet Stem exterior deck & concrete paint. Then baseboards. Then finishing stuff. … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit
Tagged basement, bathroom, before, kitchen, newark, nj, paint, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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The List that Never Ends
12:47am: Time to call it a night. The back door for the garden unit is finally hung but still not done. Every time I cross something off my list, I notice 2 more things that need to be added. For … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit
Tagged apartment, basement, garden, garden apartment, gardent unit, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Our Little Secret
With the holes finally patched and walls FINALLY spackled, it was time to paint. Did you hear that?! TIME. TO. PAINT! I hate painting but the realization that the garden apartment was FINALLY FAR ENOUGH ALONG TO PAINT! was more … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit
Tagged basement, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Mask or Embrace the Lumps & Bumps?
I’ve come to terms with the fact that the concrete floors in the basement just are what they are. And what they are is lumpy & uneven. Long ago I made peace with the fact that I won’t ever have … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit
Tagged basement, floor, flooring, newark, nj, paint, painting, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Garden Apartment Kitchen
The garden apartment kitchen is giving me an ucler. Or maybe a migraine. Probably both. Here are the facts: The sink needs to be super narrow. Like less than 16×20″ narrow. Which pretty much leaves me with tiny bar sink … Continue reading
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Tagged basement, kitchen, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Patching a Ceiling
Measure. Triple check said measurements about 16 times. Using this, make the straight cuts. Using this, make the curvy cuts. Vacuum. Admire. Screw. Trim down the largest cut out piece to fit behind the pipe. Tape & mud. Tape & … Continue reading
Posted in garden unit
Tagged basement, DIY, drywall, garden apartment, garden apt., mud, newark, nj, renovate, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, spackle, tape
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A Quick Update
This was supposed to come yesterday but this weekend (& yesterday) really flew by. In an effort to make my August 1 deadline for the garden apartment, things have been kicked into high gear. Not a night goes by without … Continue reading
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Tagged basement, DIY, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Well It Wasn’t A Sandwich
I’m back from the basement. Still alive. Although after several dive bombings from the flies, I wasn’t sure if I’d make it. Friday, after freaking out about the swarm of flies in my basement, I mustered the courage to get … Continue reading
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Tagged basement, newark, nj, rats in the basement, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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