Cork floor Redux

I’ve missed writing, I’ve missed all of my readers, and I’ve missed working on my house this summer!  Where have we been?!?  Can you say “crazy is the new normal”?  Let’s just say that we’ve been busy spending time and money on everything BUT the house and so there isn’t much to report.  And to give you [...]

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Airing our dirty laundry: Chapter 3, Water Works and E-lec-tri-ci-ty!

We’re back with another installment of our dirty laundry (and, hey, while you’re here, we have a few clothes that need folded and ironed, so anytime you want to get to that would be great).  If you’re just joining us, then you know that we have a Laundry Room that needs some serious functionality injected [...]

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Reflections of the Bath…

So if you’ve been following lately, you know that we’ve really been trying to improve our Guest Bathroom and take it from something very builder’s blah… …to something a little more polished and “complete”.  We have already tackled painting the room as well as some uber-easy and cheap free art, but that wasn’t all that [...]

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We’ve Been Benched! Chapter 4….

….this is the project that doesn’t end. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend! Some people started doing it, not knowing what it was and they’ll continue doing it forever just because….this is the project that doesn’t ends….(thanks, Shari Lewis!)… Who knew that a simple Saturday afternoon project would still be loggin’ face time [...]

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We’re in Hot Water, Pt. 2: Replacing the Hot Water Tank

So if you’ve been following lately, you know that we desperately needed a new Hot Water Tank (HWT).  From day one or two of home ownership, our HWT began to hemorrhage water like molasses in January.  It wasn’t an obscene amount of water (i.e., we were still able to function taking showers, running the washer, etc.), [...]

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