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The Reality

August 12, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Tonight I pulled the rest of the beadboard off the north wall: To reveal the glamour underneath: Old paneling: Plaster with nailer strips under paneling, lath under plaster, Brick under […]

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The Proposed

August 12, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Rob has been diligently and thoroughly documenting the bathroom reno the past three nights, so although I’ve posted the drawings before, here they are in all of their full color […]

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The Perfect Snack/ Wall Color?

March 9, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

No wonder we’re drawn to these lovely “cork” colors… It goes so well with our favorite snack- fried chinese noodles! We just picked up the paint for our living room, […]

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The Other Surprise

December 13, 2011by madisonsquare 2 Comments

So while working on the deck door threshold, we found another surprise… the bottom of the door is rotted out. The same handy man who did a poor job installing […]

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The Other Fun Things We Did Today

March 29, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We took down the crooked back door and casing, and rebuilt the jamb with new poplar and rehung the door with new hinges. This took a while and made tons […]

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The One Where Rob Disappears Into The Ceiling

October 28, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

“we must cover top of new recessed lights with drywall for insulation guy coming next week” So into the hole he must go! Crawling thru the dirty attic (seriously, Jeremy […]

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