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Time To Template

April 23, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Templating the toilet! Obviously we have already had the most important parts ready to go for a while now… Water supply and the waste pipe (covered with plastic/ duct tape): […]

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Threshold Spiffin Up

March 14, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Our bathroom threshold is a week away from a brand new marble threshold, and needs some attention. Before we ransacked the bathroom it had a large 2.5″ or so high […]

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Threshold Progress

March 17, 2011by madisonsquare 1 Comment

Staining to match existing is tricky business. Tonight we tried our hand at it, with pretty perfect results (and a lil bit of frustration mixed in for good measure). Here […]

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Threshold Madness Continues

March 18, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Threshold, post-stain/ pre-poly: Post-poly, first coat: After a light sanding, we’ll apply another coat, then sand, then a final coat. Then, marble threshold!

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Shower Deets, Part II

April 20, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

A shower so sweet, we installed two. (Okay yes so that was always in the plan) Here’s the scoop on the second ‘south’ shower… Suspiciously similar to the ‘north’ shower: […]

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Shower Deets, Part I

April 19, 2011by madisonsquare 1 Comment

You may have heard, we’ve moved our shower facilities to the second floor! Here’s some squeaky clean details on our modern spa Victorian shower. > “Exposed Twin Thermostatic Shower Valve, […]

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