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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Bathroom Gets Slightly Warmer/ Quieter

October 23, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Despite the pleasant temps today, I’m all about insulating the bathroom. We’re using generously gifted R11 unfaced fiberglass batt w/o formaldehyde. Yes, we are accepting building materials as gifts these […]

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Fall Decor On Madison Square

October 22, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The requisite organic farm grown Maryland pumpkins: Beautiful Saturday morning light: The set up: The indian corn has an interesting story: Seeds were ordered on Amazon prime, handed off to […]

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Old Wallpaper Discovery

October 19, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Oooh: So technically this discovery was made over a year ago, in the kitchen, behind what is now our fridge wall: But it’s cool nonetheless, and will fill our blog […]

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Roughin It

October 7, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

All the vanity rough-ins are done as of tonight – electrical boxes relocated & plumbing for our wall hung faucets: It’s all ready to go, and lined up perfectly and […]

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Hammer (Drill) Time

October 7, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

A lovely recessed outlet thanks to West Philly Tool Library’s Hammer drill:

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Ladder Time

October 7, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Sealing around the window required ladder climbing in the dark… Too fun! I think the ‘quality’ of my iphone3 night pics makes this all the more dramatic, don’t you?

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