Mason & Painter
The mason and painter finally showed up for work today. Here’s the little bedroom wall beforehand, which needed some mortar-love: The mason at work… drinking on the job of course. […]
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Making Holes in Our House
Time to make a hole in the exterior wall for our kitchen exhaust! To get started we drilled holes through the two wythes of brick. This helped to take the […]
Hey, Neighbors: Homeowner Workshops
Homeowner workshops are back in our neighborhood, with a variety of new courses (including plaster repair!) for those who are interested. At this point, Rob & I could probably TEACH […]
Framed!
Ready, set, hammer drill! And… Done! The new window will be on the right hand side. My dad crafted this temp window hole cover for us that has a sliding […]
Framed Up!
Now that the wall is patched and window is in it’s time to cover it up! We used 2×3’s to take minimal space from the room but it can be […]
Filling Holes in Walls
Back in May we were replacing baseboard and discovered a lot of scary brick dust at the exterior facade. It was like being at the dentist for a cleaning and […]
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