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Goodbye Window Film, Hello Pella Windows and Sliding Doors!
4September 27, 2012
As a designer, I often counsel people, "You can't do it all at once." Okay some can, but most of us can not. And we did replace the majority of the windows about 5-6 years ago. Now was time to finally do the last replacement windows and the sliding exterior doors. Part of the wait, you might ask, was due to cost. More directly though, we recently backed off on a cool and not too costly stair addition that would have obliterated five of the windows we still needed to change. [...]
The Four P’s of Refinishing Furniture with Paint
1September 19, 2012
The most important things to remember when you’re refinishing furniture with paint is that several things need to work together to ensure your success—a stain-blocking primer, a paint with a durable finish, and a sealant finally to protect all of your hard work. In addition to all of that you need time and patience! If you invest in more time upfront, you’ll be 100 times happier with your finished product, trust me. [...]
The Bride of Building Moxie Does w/ Flipping Houses aka …
21July 9, 2012
This particular house, a Colonial (I guess), sits less than a mile from ours. After a short shopping period, she purchased it for a near rock bottom price . . . after a foreclosure. And really . . . it was all kinda a perfect awesome storm … or something. Jen found herself not only with access to funds BUT ALSO with access to a working licensed contractor willing to . . . “go in” on a house. Put another way - she had renovation costs covered and a contractor that was actually offering his labor for free. [...]
Stone Border Edging for a Garden & Patching with Pennington’s 1 Step Complete
20June 6, 2012
Now, it would have been lovely not to have disturbed the grass’s edge while installing this border. But of course that was not happening. I needed soil both behind and in front of each stone to compact and hold it into its place along the border. Fortunately . . . I know the exact product to use for this type of follow-up fix. [...]
Finishing a Kitchen Passthrough :: The Other Man
29November 19, 2010
by jb bartkowiak
in with pros
I mean -- I can do some things. This is our third signifigant reno. And before this . . . the only other interior project that has been completed by anyone else (other than me) was a small half bath. That project required moving the flight of stairs in our first, tiny rowhome . . . the timeline was important.
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