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Salvaging is Green (& Free!)

March 16, 2013by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The architecture office we both work at is moving. I have worked on this awesome block of Walnut near Rittenhouse Sq for over a decade, and Kelly for half of […]

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Now We Are Rolling

January 20, 2013by madisonsquare 2 Comments

Time to build our sliding door for the basement. We ripped down plywood to be the nailing rails, squared them to each other, and clamped them to a table to […]

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Back on Track … Slowly

January 19, 2013by madisonsquare Leave a comment

After the holidays it is always hard to get back on track with house projects in the new year… So we are taking baby steps. Remember that wall we framed […]

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Ready to Slide

December 9, 2012by madisonsquare 1 Comment

Time to finish framing the basement sliding door wall. A few 2×3′s and screws later… Done and we even got the overhead track in. We have been using Johnson Hardware […]

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Sunday Odds & Ends

December 3, 2012by madisonsquare 3 Comments

We took advantage of today’s unseasonably warm weather to check off a few items off of our to do list… Kelly put another coat of poly on the back steps. […]

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December Doings

December 1, 2012by madisonsquare 1 Comment

New parking permit.. must be December 1st! Before it gets too cold, Rob applied another coat of protective poly on our back steps: I spent some time putting away fall […]

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