Posts tagged working with your partner
Is a Small Interior Design Company a Good Fit for Your Next Home Project?
3November 27, 2012
If you think that you want to hire a small company for your home project start asking around your area for references. Take the time to research, after all, if you aren't willing to make the personal time commitment to find the right company for your needs, then you can't hold them responsible for not filling those needs. [...]
Selecting Roof Colors to Complement Brick or Stone Exteriors
0September 5, 2012
by jb bartkowiak
in On the House
Understanding the different color pigments of brick and stone features are paramount to selecting the right roofing colors. According to color expert Kate Smith, a “top down” approach is needed to select roofing colors that will unify a home’s exterior. [...]
BMoxie Fixes Things :: Repairing a Clay Drain Pipe
1May 29, 2012
While 3” clay pipe shares the same inside diameter as a 3” PVC pipe, its outside diameter is much large (thicker pipe wall, and who knows how old this pipe is?). Because of this, I had to use a Fernco with one end made for 3” pipe, the other end for 4” pipe (a reducer ... or is that an expander?). The stainless steel tension clamps to do a fine job tightening down to bridge the degree of variance here. [...]
Behind Every Great Man Stands a Woman Rolling Her Eyes . . . Yes, Thanks @MrsPickle_ for One Great Title, aka . . .
23July 8, 2011
I was naked . . . and stepping into the shower when she started, “Are you crazy?!”. . . but she continued, “I mean – do I really have to have you run every decision by me?” They were rhetorical questions (I think) -- but she was irritated. We were “discussing” which door style we would place on the now, almost-completed master bath. The 8x8 room, until that moment, did never have a door associated with it. Or at least that was the case in the time that we have owned this house. [ . . . ]
Building Moxie With Real Estate Superstar Jennifer Ingool (aka Happy Mother’s Day Jen)
30May 3, 2011
Yep, plastic shopping bags on our heads (re-purposed while painted textured ceilings with heavy napped rollers) and living with . . . well, construction. And I mean – I knew what I was getting into, I guess, and possibly it was the reason we (while maybe some others didn’t) worked out. You see – it’s in her blood. This house thing. That’s right – her mother Vera . . . a full-on DIY original . . . who ultimately built a nice little business for herself. And while we are (apart from what we do individually) might be following (very slowing) in her path and in the mean time – real estate seems a logical good fit for her. After all, and it's simple. Jen has a passion for it. [ . . . ]
