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Shabby Chic Making A Comeback

November 22, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Ok not really. But it’s seemingly hopeless doors like this that probably made the ‘style’ popular in the first place… Over painted, dented in, drips galore… I can imagine someone […]

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Keep It Moving

November 22, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We’re moving right along to the indoor work, so we temporarily have less floor in the little bedroom. It was… let’s just say… in bad shape. We’re planning to install […]

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New Addition

November 20, 2011by madisonsquare 2 Comments

Clue: All wrapped up, imported from the Poconos: It’s a new (to us) vintage / antique / heirloom handwoven rug purchased long ago by Rob’s grandmother: We didn’t measure it […]

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Window Exterior Work

November 20, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We took advantage of the nice early Saturday AM weather before our weekend trip to the Poconos to adjust the flashing above the window, paint a bit & caulk. What […]

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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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Salvaging Doors From The Basement

November 16, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Two weeks ago we dug into our door salvage stack to find a door for the orange bedroom closet, along with some other soon-to-be-used doors. The future closet door is […]

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