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Tag Archives: treasures

Floor Repairs – Part 2

June 6, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Once we finished up the wood flooring it was time to work on the tile. You can see we were missing a few tiles and the rest were loose and […]

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Glimmer Glam

January 2, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Here was the ceiling after the first coat… After the second coat today. I’ll spare you the painful details (painting a ceiling with oil paint= possibly worse than grouting) but […]

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Treasure Hunting

November 8, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Although our house has yet to reveal the hidden stash of gold coins I suspect are lurking in one of these walls, it does occasionally reveal some other “treasures” of […]

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The Dawn Of Correction/ Voting

May 17, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Found: One 45 from 1965, “Better Days Are Yet To Come” from the album The Dawn Of Correction by The Spokesmen. Cant read the other side but guessing it’s the […]

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Close Up Of Wall Treasures

May 3, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Close up of wall treasures… Calendar from 1951! A flyer for a church service: A interesting choice of fonts…

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Old Wallpaper Discovery

October 19, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Oooh: So technically this discovery was made over a year ago, in the kitchen, behind what is now our fridge wall: But it’s cool nonetheless, and will fill our blog […]

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