Too tired to take photos! Here is an update on this list, just so I can cross things out and feel a sense of accomplishment. → coat visible knots in wood with…
HOUSE: Newburgh
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I had a bit of a freak-out last night when I went in the bathroom with the shower curtain I’d been planning to use (and which I bought three years ago, mind…
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We finally made a decision about a ceiling fixture for the downstairs bathroom, and it is (of course) the one that we originally considered many months ago—the Alabax surface-mount in black porcelain…
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I know this photo kind of makes the bathroom look like a whitewashed underground bunker, but it does look quite nice in person. From Friday night to Sunday, we sanded all of…
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WOW. Well, one thing’s for certain—you all feel pretty strongly about Heywood-Wakefield furniture. Responses to my thoughts about painting or selling my dresser ranged from “You will indeed be sent directly to…
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Will I be sent directly to Hell if I paint this Heywood-Wakefield dresser/sideboard? The finish on it is crummy in spots, and it needs to be refinished, but I’m not sure I…
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This photo sums it up, really—all I’ve done with every second of my free time is work on the bathroom. I’m so totally exhausted. It was 3-day weekend in the US, and…
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Apparently I’ve decided to give up sleeping (almost) entirely and devote nearly all of my non-working hours to various house projects. Last night I was up until midnight grouting the floor—washed up,…