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Tag Archives: cabinets

Reuse

March 20, 2013by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Our first project to reuse some of the cabinets we salvaged was to build a new fish tank stand. I built the current stand during my early college years. I […]

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Salvaging is Green (& Free!)

March 16, 2013by madisonsquare 1 Comment

The architecture office we both work at is moving. I have worked on this awesome block of Walnut near Rittenhouse Sq for over a decade, and Kelly for half of […]

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Jig Saw Showdown

August 16, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The jig saw showdown went something like this…. 1) Borrow jig saw from West Philly Tool Library. 2) Trace interior curve of half bath cabinet onto cardboard. 3) Transfer to […]

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Finishing Touches

August 8, 2012by madisonsquare 2 Comments

It’s the little things when finishing a project that take forever! So tonight we checked a few more off… I replaced the white GFI receptacle with a black one to […]

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We’re Alive, Sorta

July 11, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We’ve slowly dropped off the blog but that’s only because we’re working feverishly toward a big deadline… Our final city inspection for our permit! So to show you just one […]

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Perfectionist Tweakers

June 16, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Ok we admit it, we’re still working on the kitchen. But now we’re done, I promise. See, one of our doors on our ‘appliance garage/ cabinet’ made it a little […]

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