Treasure Hunting
Although our house has yet to reveal the hidden stash of gold coins I suspect are lurking in one of these walls, it does occasionally reveal some other “treasures” of […]
Demo-lition
And you thought we were done. We. Can’t. Stop. Flash back to Irene, small bedroom, window leaking, blah blah. So we’re up to more of the same. Taking this semi- […]
Hanging Doors, Part 6: Pretty Pics
We hung a total of three doors so far, orange bedroom, linen, and small storage closet across from the linen. Small storage door from inside bedroom: Bedroom door from inside […]
Hanging Doors, Part 5: Historic Hinges
The painted to death historic hinges we cooked the paint off of: Cleaned up a little bit after this, with the aid of some steel wool: Are now back on […]
Hanging Doors, Part 4: Prep Existing Door
We’re reusing the paneled bedroom door. It’s solid wood, original to at least the 1900 reno, and heavy: However it does not have the original handle set, and what’s there […]
Hanging Doors, Part 3: Lock
For our hall closets we decided to go with discrete thumb turns rather than a full lockset. The prep requires two STRAIGHT holes be drilled. The lock slides in one […]
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