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Finished, and Christmas!
It feels so good to say that we're finished with the living room. Yes, there are still a few small details that we're going to take care of after the holidays (quarter-round shellac…
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Moved back into the living room!
Today, a ton of things happened. I was working from home today, which gave me the opportunity to run some errands today. First on the list, after dropping off Jenny at work, was…
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Electric joy
My Dad came down to help with some electrical work for the room tonight. I made dinner for Jenny (and for me when I was finished later), then he arrived, and we busted-out…
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Bit of work tonight
Tonight I was doing sound for a choir and band concert for one of the local middle schools, then I had to pack up all my gear and take it to its various…
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Last steps
I got the second (and final) coat of paint on the walls today. While I was running around the room on a ladder cutting-in again, I had an epiphany, and realized why painters…
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Idea: Restoration Podcast
My Dad was talking the other day about bringing his video equipment down and doing some video segments on our restoration process for the room. I was thinking about it, and we talked…
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Santa roams the neighborhood
Tonight was the night that the fire department pulls Santa's sleigh around the neighborhood and distributes treats to kids. I'm not completely sure what the whole story is, but a couple of years…
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I think that we’re finally approaching the completed stage
Today marked the first (and last) coat of paint for the ceiling, in a color identified as "Belgian Waffle." We also got the first coat on the walls of the darker gold (the…
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WE ARE FINALLY PAINTING!!!
It is a thrilling feeling to be at this stage. It has been almost a year that we've been working on this room. Of course, there were large sections of time when we…
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Raking in the house
So, I'm pretty sure that our neighbors see me get the rake from outside and bring it inside the house, and they probably don't think all that much of it. Then they see…