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Tag Archives: alley

Stars stars stars!

October 8, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

I’m about to prime some stars up in here! These are used with a big threaded rod and nut, placed through our brick wall and some of our new joists […]

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Star Project, Mid Project

October 27, 2009by madisonsquare Leave a comment

This was the scene Sunday night… Half the stars in, half of the rest of the rods in! It’s like stadium lights in the alley.

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View From An Alley

September 21, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Twinkle twinkle… Large ladder? We’re borrowing the ladder so that when our window is ready for pick up (end of week, please?) we’re ready to install it.

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Window In Daylight

October 3, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Here ya go…!

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We’re Still Painting

October 26, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Different varieties of painting, but still putting liquid color on surfaces. Here I’m setting up to spray paint screws white for our closet bracket system. It’s much easier to spray […]

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Window Prep I

November 13, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Entering the Work Zone: The Work Zone: Pre-sill… With line of silicone. Check the new bracket- I’ll post more about that later. The carpenter checks the levels: And the jambs […]

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