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A giant can of electric worms
The wiring of the lights in this house is just bizarre. And cobbled together. And inconvenient. Wait, inconvenient is too nice a word. More like, a fucking pain in the ass. I feel very strongly about this. Every room on … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged black and white, electrical, first floor, fun, Home, lights, second floor, spray paint, wiring
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Clawfoot redux
This clawfoot tub came with the house. It had clearly been painted at least twice, if not more, but only on the side facing the bathroom. Yeah, that’s the bathroom the way we found it. Jealous? Our original plan was … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, Before and After, black and white, clawfoot, decisions, money, paint, second floor, spray paint, tub, vintage
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Adventures in the non-kitchen
So we moved into a house farther away from a grocery store than our previous apartment was (and that was a very close 3.5 blocks). I know, life is so rough. But it is. Because it’s winter. The kind where it … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged cold, cooking, crock pot, glamping, Jesus bust, kitchen, non-kitchen, second floor
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And we’re in
We moved in a couple weeks ago, the morning after several inches of snow fell on the city. Then came a week of low temps in the teens. I highly recommend moving into an old, un-insulated house in the middle … Continue reading
Ta-da!
Grey floors. Well, grey stain on wood floors, so greyish-tinted brown floors. Whatevs. We’re very happy with them. That being said, these photos were taken in mediocre light, and are of the kitchen floor, which was in the worst shape. … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning, Uncategorized
Tagged black and white, decisions, floors, grey, second floor, wood
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This might actually be our house
With the walls clean and white, and the linoleum and carpet almost gone, it’s starting to feel more like we could live here. Sure, it’s our house on paper. It’s our house because we came in the front door using … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged Before and After, floors, Home, Jesus bust, paint, pocket doors, second floor, walls
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Night work
I have not seen Deep Eaves in the daylight since last week. We don’t live there yet, so I only have visitation rights after work. Seeing as how the sun sets at 4:30 in these frosty, cold (personality) parts, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in The Beginning
Tagged decisions, fence, paint, repairs, second floor, trim, walls, white
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Back in the day
Remember the beautiful fir floors we uncovered? Well, right next to those, underneath more of that carpet circa 2006 (the newest thing in the house by far), is what I’m guessing to be the World’s First Linoleum. It’s pretty heinous, … Continue reading
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Tagged back in the day, beige, floors, linoleum, second floor, wood
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Floors and doors
Pulled up the carpet to reveal delicious vertical grain fir floors. Lou dug out the pocket doors to reveal…not the antique glass doors he had been dreaming about. Wood doors painted according to the house’s 1960’s style guide: beige. Still … Continue reading
Deep Eaves & Empty Pockets 