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The Other Surprise

December 13, 2011by madisonsquare 2 Comments

So while working on the deck door threshold, we found another surprise… the bottom of the door is rotted out. The same handy man who did a poor job installing […]

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Surprise!

December 12, 2011by madisonsquare 1 Comment

Do you remember Wednesday’s big rain storm? We certainly do because we were surprised by a leak in our bedroom, one of the few clean, no-construction rooms in the house. […]

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New Addition

November 20, 2011by madisonsquare 2 Comments

Clue: All wrapped up, imported from the Poconos: It’s a new (to us) vintage / antique / heirloom handwoven rug purchased long ago by Rob’s grandmother: We didn’t measure it […]

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Bookcase Formals

October 13, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Tonight Rob & I attended the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Opening Gala. There was only one obvious place to take our formal photo -sans sawdust- in front of our recently stocked bookcase:

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Stealth Project: Bookcase

October 9, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

A week ago I had the urge to unpack all the book- & magazine-filled boxes on the third floor. We had been holding off filling up the floor to ceiling […]

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Visual Finish Schedule

October 3, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We’re about to paint our newly created closets, which set off such a brainstorming/ digging-thru-paint-cans session this weekend that I wanted to create what I am fancily calling our “Visual Finish Schedule”.   It only […]

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