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Philly Home Owner Workshops

August 28, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Our friend Lynn sent this to us today… Seeing as most of these apply to us and they’re FREE, we’ll have to find time to check them out! “I saw […]

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Garden block- what?

August 28, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The idea behind the garden block is to keep vehicular traffic and pollution away from residences… Very ‘green’ thinking for the 1870’s! One big question we keep getting is “where […]

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Lighting Decisions

August 28, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Lighting is a big focus right now, due to the fact our electrician will be starting work in less than a week.  The existing fixtures are okay but not original to […]

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Saturday’s demo

August 30, 2009by madisonsquare 1 Comment

Thanks to my parents, Jeremy, Tanner and my Uncle Charlie who came up to visit and help start our demo work. First things first we taped up our demo permit, […]

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Friendly Neighbors

August 31, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The Gibb parents came up again on Sunday to help demo some more of our old kitchen.  I really dont know how we’d do it without help, it would be […]

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Future Kitchen: Wall Tile

August 31, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Our kitchen is a demo-zone right now,  but it’s worth it because eventually it will be beautiful… right?  We thought through all the finishes before we even settled on the […]

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