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Category Archives: Construction
Just When You Think You Own All the Saws
Bart: I can’t find the safety goggles for the power saw. Homer: If stuff starts flying, just turn your head! One of the tasks we reserved on the loft project was the flooring. There is a hardwood floor up there (in … Continue reading
I Waited Over 300 Posts to Use This Quote
Demo is underway on the loft! OH, YES, the remodeling has begun! The general plan is to increase floor space (by pushing out the knee walls), heighten the ceiling, add skylights and larger windows, put in a master suite (including … Continue reading
Number One
It’s toilet time for Tinytown. – Bart Simpson We bought a toilet. It’s scheduled to ship in about two weeks, and then it will sit in the living room for hopefully not too long before it will get installed in … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom, Construction, Plumbing
Tagged clearing house for remodeling, freaking out about remodeling
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Basement Plan: Storage? In the Basement?
As part of the plan for our basement, we are extending the workshop by taking out the wall between the workshop and the storage room next to it. So we had to find an alternative storage solution. Aside from the … Continue reading
The Upstairs That Wasn’t
You know, Moe, my mom once said something that really stuck with me. She said, “Homer, you’re a big disappointment.” And God bless her soul, she was really onto something. – Homer Simpson Fixing up an old house is fun, … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, D'oh!
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DIY Quartz: Putting in The Sink
Epoxy fight!!! – Bart Simpson After putting our new quartz in place, we still needed to put in the tap and hang the undermount sink. The first part was fairly easy, although the holes drilled in the countertop gave us … Continue reading
DIY Quartz: Installation and Then More Installation
Mrs. W: Looks like young Simpson is going to kill himself. Mr. W: Oh, maybe not. Maybe he’s just taking his boulder for a walk. – The Simpsons Well, it’s in. How did we get here? Back when we ordered the … Continue reading
DIY Quartz: What We Know Now
Questions?!! My whole scheme down the…I mean, ask away. -Homer Simpson When we were researching countertops, we had trouble finding information about Riverstone quartz. Now that we’ve put our Riverstone in, here are some of the answers to questions we … Continue reading
Posted in Construction, Decor, Kitchen
Tagged diy quartz countertop, hanstone countertop, menards riverstone quartz, riverstone faqs
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Cabinet of Dreams, Part VII: If You Build It, He Will Put the TV on It
At this point in the fireplace/cabinetry project, we’d been living for over three months in the other corner of the sitting room with the television armoire in the arch leading to the dining room. We were really tired of the … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part VI: The Tiling
We’re nearing the end of the fireplace project. Next up: tiling. There were two areas to tile for this project–the vertical fireplace tile around the surround, and the hearth tiling for the floor in front of the fireplace. Tiling the … Continue reading
