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First Floor Fun

July 15, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We took this weekend “off” to spend some time basking in the sunny glow streaming in thru our permit-less first floor windows…. before jumping back into the multitude of tasks/ […]

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Powder Room Finishing Touches

July 14, 2012by madisonsquare 3 Comments

In preparation for our final inspection we had lots of odds & ends to finish… Such as installing the toilet in the half bath. You may remember that Kelly was […]

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Cheers!

July 13, 2012by madisonsquare 1 Comment

We had our final L&I inspection today, almost 3 years since we got the permit back in August 2009, and it went smoooooothly! The inspector was more interested in our […]

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D.R. Proof

July 12, 2012by madisonsquare 1 Comment

The past three days have been a whirlwind… We completely emptied our workshop (dining room), moved the tools to the basement, cleaned, spackled and primed as part of our clean […]

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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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