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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Heat (or not)
The heat went out last night in the Fallapartment. Just when we thought that we were finished with the heating-system-failure-in-the-dead-of-Winter problem, we found the temperature in the Fallapartment plummeting on Saturday night (this always happens on a weekend). As it … Continue reading
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Crown Molding
Our builder came in today and put the crown molding on the kitchen cabinets. He also installed the hardware on the doors and drawers. Take a look at this! That is where the stove goes. You can see that the … Continue reading
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Miscellaneous Details
The guys were hard at work today putting in miscellaneous details. For example, they have started putting in the mantel for the fireplace. They have also been working in the bathrooms. The vanity tops, faucets, and bowls are in. Well, … Continue reading
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Upper Cabinets
The upper cabinets were installed today. Here is the stove end of the kitchen. The range hood goes between the two upper cabinets. The refrigerator side. And the peninsula side. The cabinet over the peninsula will have glass doors and … Continue reading
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Lower Cabinets
The lower cabinets have been installed. We now have the peninsula legs in place. The top is just a piece of plywood right now, cut to the proper size so we can see what it will look like. When it … Continue reading
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Brewing in the Dark
I still brew coffee in the dark. When we were still in that other house, the House From Hell (HFH), we had a fuse box (yes, a real fuse box with screw-in fuses) that was supplying only 15 Amps to … Continue reading
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Kitchen Cabinets
The kitchen cabinets are out of their boxes and sitting in the kitchen. These should be installed by next week, ready for the counter top guys to make a template for the counters. Moving left to right, here are some … Continue reading
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Titanic Dresser
Since I did not get any good photos of the house today, I thought I would show you an interesting photo I took in the Fallapartment. The dresser on the right side of the photo we call our “Titanic Dresser”. … Continue reading
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Loam
They put down the loam today and raked it into a real lawn. Here is a photo of our Loam Arranger, hard at work. When they got done, we had a lawn. Um. With leaves on it to rake. There … Continue reading
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Walkway
They started putting in the walkway from the driveway to the front door today. Here is how they did it. First they dug out the hole for it about 8″ deep. You can see in the photo above that the … Continue reading
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