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Monthly Archives: November 2011

It’s Supposed To Rain Tomorrow

November 16, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

So it was high time to get the giant wall hole closed up. Here’s the window at the beginning of the night… It’s giant: Here’s the nailing straps, ready to […]

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If Trees Could Talk

November 17, 2011by madisonsquare 1 Comment

The new window’s in, but the old wood header still has some things to say… circa 1900 reno. Unfortunately, we can’t read a thing. Maybe the second piece says The […]

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Hardware Finish Switcheroo

November 12, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We’re always multi-tasking here on the square, so back to prepping hardware. We want to reuse the escutcheons from the bedroom door, both because they work and are free, but […]

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Hanging Doors, Part 6: Pretty Pics

November 7, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We hung a total of three doors so far, orange bedroom, linen, and small storage closet across from the linen. Small storage door from inside bedroom: Bedroom door from inside […]

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Hanging Doors, Part 5: Historic Hinges

November 7, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The painted to death historic hinges we cooked the paint off of: Cleaned up a little bit after this, with the aid of some steel wool: Are now back on […]

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Hanging Doors, Part 4: Prep Existing Door

November 6, 2011by madisonsquare 3 Comments

We’re reusing the paneled bedroom door. It’s solid wood, original to at least the 1900 reno, and heavy: However it does not have the original handle set, and what’s there […]

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