And no, we’re not talking about the weapon (although that would be very cool to make it yourself, it’s most likely also very illegal), we’re talking about the kind of mortar that makes your bricks hold together. Sure, you can buy pre-mixed, but that’s not always an option (you only need a little, the store […]
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Now that we know how we want our future bathroom to look like, it’s time to start building up things. First thing we need, before we can start doing anything, is to do a little thinking about what we want to do with the room above though…
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Because you can’t just throw a tub, a shower, a toilet and some sinks in a room and expect it to be your bathroom, we had to put our grey matter at work before we could start working on creating that beautiful bathroom we were both dreaming about. As I heard on a certain show
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Back in the good old days, you only needed a piece of paper and a pencil to get started on a plan to remodel your room, shed or house. Then you’d most likely end up with a dozen sheets of paper, each with a different version, and by the time you’re ready to tackle the
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We continue with the floors on the first floor in this post. After removing all the carpet (still very glad that it’s gone) we were left with glue remains everywhere. As we were planning to have the tiles bare for some time (so that we could use the rooms while tackling the ground floor), it
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Back in the days when the previous owners did their remodelling, carpet was the next hot trend. So what we got stuck with (quite literally) was a first floor completely covered in a dark greenish carpet, full of dust that had been collected over the years, some stains from God knows what, some leftovers of
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After all the bathroom demolition and wallpaper fun, we could start our first non-demolition job: fixing up all the little or not so little imperfections in the walls (scratch marks from removing wallpaper or holes that were made back in the days when animals could still speak, for hanging a painting or other stuff). Once
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Every once in a while I’ll have a post that’s not really related, but yet in a way it is: a roundup about target goals I set for myself for this site, comparison with previous roundup, and so on. I’d like to call this “site technicallities”, although that doesn’t completely cover it. You could ask
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Last time we left off from our bathroom removal process with a bathroom that was empty, no longer cluttered with anything in it like a sink or a tub, or even cabinets. Before we could start building up our new bathroom however, we still had to do something about the room itself: the old ceiling,
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2014 started a few hours ago, and I would like to take a moment to wish all of you a very happy new year! I really hope you have a great time now, with family or friends that you want to be with! Picture from Flickr Now, today is also a typical day for most