When taking down the old wallpaper (combined with all the cursing as it was stuck to the walls with what seemed like some magical super glue equivalent), we noticed the old plaster was still in rather good shape. Almost all of it (well, except underneath the window sills) was still attached to the bricks, so […]
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Shortly before the floor renovating guys came, we took off the two radiators underneath the windows street-side. That way we could finally and boldly go where no man had gone before (at least not for the last 30-ish years or so)! Removing the radiators allowed me to scrape away at the last pieces of wallpaper
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After all the research from last week’s roundup, we knew what we wanted in our fireplace. We found a contractor worthy of our trust, went over all the details of what we did or did not want, and off went our order to be produced! First of all, let me tell you our choice. We
Fire! Tadadaa I’ll take you to learn, fire! Tadadaa! Or maybe I should just let Arthur Brown sing it… I’ve been raised with fire. Ever since I was a little boy, my parents had a cassette which burned practically every winter evening. I’ve always liked the warmth it provides, so I knew that sooner or
As we did the previous years, we went to Bis exhibition this year. There wasn’t any one specific thing we went for, it was more a trip for inspiration for the first floor bedrooms (we still need to figure out what floor we’ll have there, what wall paper, and so on), and perhaps some garden
Cleaning. Everybody has to do it. Unless you hire it out. Or if you’re a caveman. But then you’d probably not be reading this anyway. Now that we had a finished floor all over our ground floor, I thought it wise to up my knowledge about cleaning a floor. Turns out you can easily make
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We have an old (well, somewhere between 40 to 50 year I guess, but your guess is as good as mine) travertine floor in our living room. It was one of those things of the house that we were attracted to. However, it probably never had seen any attention except the regular weekly cleaning. All
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I’ve been pondering a while how to open this post. I found it to have a lack of body. But there’s pictures! A lot of them! I guess it’s ok not to write a lot every once in a while. As long as there are pictures. So dive in to see how we splashed paint
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What good is a frame without any drywall attached to it? None, I tell you! So I present you: drywall against the frame!
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Because it’s all fun and stuff. Juggling with metal studs. I do it every day. I eat them for breakfast. No, not really. But I did have to do a lot of planning to set up the frame, and that’s what we’ll be talking about today.
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