It’s that time again. We’ve done it before. We’ve done it in the kitchen. We’ve done it in the living & dining room. And now we need to do it in the bedrooms. We just cannot hold it any longer. You know what I’m talking about, do you? Of course you do. It’s time to …
Putting up a metal stud frame for a ceiling, again… Read More »
For the first couple of months of his life we changed our little one on a changing pad on the kitchen island. The result was that half of the island was constantly taken in by that pad, some clean diapers, and some other changing accessories. Since we wanted to make an effort to keep our …
I ripped up the walls to put new wiring in place. I took down some old plaster because it was either loose (in the bay window), or damaged from water intrusion (thank, Roof Guy). Now the time had come to fix it all, so we had pristine plastered walls again. The basics The process of …
Remember the very last line of the ceiling demolition? The one where I claimed I was done eating dust? Turns out I was wrong. Oh so wrong. I forgot we still had to talk about the new electric wiring and all that accompanies that. As we have a full on brick only type of house, …
With the original ceiling all gone, it was time to think about what needed to be done before we could start working on the drywall of the new ceiling. After all, this is a job I don’t want to repeat anytime soon, so we decided to go all out. Reinforcements When walking on the second …
After cleaning out the rooms in last post, the time had come to take it one step further. The time had come to remove the old ceilings completely. Mind you, this was a decision we did not take lightly. I’m not a fan of renewal for the sake of renewal, so if I see a …
Creating a clean slate on the first floor, part two! Read More »
Now that the living – dining – kitchen space was pretty much ready for use (leaving out some minor details to be finished), the time had come to aim our efforts at the rooms on the first floor. As the saying goes, it first has to get worse before things get better. Ergo, time to …
Last fall we were trying to finish up our living – dining – kitchen space. One of these problem areas was that open space along the wall, between the chimney for our fireplace and the kitchen wall. Way back when we were looking into that fireplace, we already had a plan on what we wanted …
Why hello there. I’m Koen. Welcome to our little blog. It’s been quiet over here, isn’t it. Not by choice, but, as the French say, “c’est la vie”. A couple of weeks ago we had a little miracle. A miracle in the form of a little baby boy. As those of you with kids will …
First of all, let me wish you a happy Easter! May the eggs have been big and plenty! Unless you’re not into that kind of thing… Now, onward one last time in the fire theme. Today I’ll be rounding it up with some common tools, tips and tricks and some general wisdom. Let’s dive in! …