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Bathroom Issues

June 30, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We’ve been blissfully ignoring the bathroom part of this here reno work. It’s the elephant in the room always hanging over our heads, mainly because we’re torn over the darn […]

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Bathroom Hinges: An OGT Find

March 20, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

While visiting family this weekend we all took an impromptu trip to Old Good Things, an architectural salvage/ antiques warehouse in Scranton, PA. We’ve been there quite a few times […]

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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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Bathroom Gets Love

January 24, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Yesterday we got the last piece of plywood down on the bathroom floor: Looks sooo simple but it’s hard to cut around all the pipes and our um, less than […]

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Bathroom Fun and Games

March 15, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Know that video game at Good Dog where you find the differences between two photos to win? This is the Rated-G version: Hint: there are 6 differences . . . […]

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Bathroom Floor, 1 of 3

September 25, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Plywood Panel 1 is attached! First the subfloor Adhesive: Then the plywood gets screwed down: I’ll spare you the details of how All our saws decided to refuse to cut […]

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