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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Pretty Sweet, Madison Square!

September 30, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Our block’s official red ribbon arrived in the mail today. The official Award Certificate also arrived, with the following inscription: “Not your typical city block, 2300 Madison Square, with no […]

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Prime Power

September 28, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Tonight the power three (Rob, my dad and I) did a power (three) hour and finished spackling, sanding and of course… Primed! We primed the upper closet, shown here, and […]

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The Man With The Mud

September 27, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Final mudding and sanding is best done with some daylight and direct lighting that isn’t behind a plastic dropcloth, but a portable worklight works just as well: We have been […]

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Yellow Door, Mud Galore

September 26, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The yellow door in the little bedroom has made it into so many blog photos I might miss it when it’s gone. Pre-demo: Missing a wall: GWB & mud. Oh […]

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That Living Room Side Project

September 25, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Remember the masonry wall issue in the living room? The mortar patching is done and since we’re drywalling/mudding upstairs, we might as well throw a sheet of 1/2″ back up. […]

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Keep On Drywallin’

September 25, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Today the two open portions of hall ceiling got (re)closed up with a ton of construction glue: And screws: Finally looking less construction-y. Hope to never have to open this […]

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