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Wow, Insulation

November 5, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Who knew that by this point I don’t care if people make 48 holes in the wall as long as they patch it when they’re done? The goods… Very green […]

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Wow

September 18, 2009by madisonsquare 1 Comment

Another reason we’re glad we decided to open the wall between the kitchen & living room: major plumbing issues! There is lots of evidence that leads us to believe there […]

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Would You Like To Take A Survey?

March 12, 2010by madisonsquare 3 Comments

If you look to the left, you may notice a  new feature on our lil blog here.  A Poll!  So help us out : what should we call the loft-library-tv room-office-fish tank- […]

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Workin Folks

November 11, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Yesterday was a work day… Taped and spackled the backerboard joints, caulked a lot, primed the floor for self leveler: And much more! Overall, very productive.

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Working Working Working

August 31, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Last night was all about lots of cleaning, removing useless ‘structural’ posts (see crooked post in process of being removed): and stuffing insulation into the edges of the ceiling… Ideally […]

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Working in the Kitchen…

April 28, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

That is … On the basement door since the Living Room trim will wrap the corner into the kitchen. We have yet to decide what to do with this door […]

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