Category Archives: Renovation

A New Roof for the Huebsch Hacienda

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Last week, a crew finished putting a brand new roof on our house – how exciting! So we went from our old gray, dingy roof: to a lovely new GAF 50-year shingle in the color Driftwood: A new roof is … Continue reading →

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A Lot of Pooh in Our Bathroom

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

My blog friend Leena over at Bye, Bye Brooklyn had a recent post about the quirky switchplates in their 130-year-old house which they’re renovating.  I got to thinking…we don’t have a lot of quirky switchplates in our house, mainly because … Continue reading →

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Bamboo Flooring in the House

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

The last time I posted, we were shopping for bamboo flooring…now, a month later, the flooring is purchased and actually installed in the master – too exciting! We decided on Morningstar’s 3/8″ x 3-3/4″ clic strand carbonized bamboo: (Source) We … Continue reading →

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The Latest in the Master

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Well, I haven’t blogged lately and it’s not because we’ve been doing nothing – pretty much the opposite…there’s been a lot going on. But I did want to bring everyone up to date on the house renovation. Jim finished texturing … Continue reading →

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W-A-L-L-P-A-P-E-R (A Dirty Word at Our House) – Part II

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

(For Part I of this story, click here.) I was disappointed at the lack of choices on the Home Depot shelves – however, one product did catch my eye: (Photo Source) It was still DIF, the brand I had used … Continue reading →

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W-A-L-L-P-A-P-E-R (A Dirty Word at Our House) – Part I

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

Let me tell you something about wallpaper…I hate it. In the course of my adult life, I have installed wallpaper, removed wallpaper, repaired wallpaper, and painted over wallpaper. I have decided that never, EVER again will we have a house … Continue reading →

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Interim Kitchen (aka Who Needs to Cook, Anyway?)

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

We’re living with what I call an “interim kitchen” – we’re not ready to renovate it yet, but the previous owner stripped a lot of the appliances, so it’s not a functional kitchen.  Here’s a little tour of what we’re … Continue reading →

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Here Some Mud, There Some Mud

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Remember how we wanted to change our master closet? We want to go from this: To this: After some demo and reframing, the new drywall is up, and Jimbo is into the taping/mudding phase. Here some mud- There some mud … Continue reading →

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Lighten Up!

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

We’re continuing to address the lighting needs of this house – Jim would really like for us to be all-LED…this would be great.  LED lights use less energy, give off little heat, and last for years and years.  They are … Continue reading →

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Grandfather Rules

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

On Friday I got a call from our insurance agent regarding our quote on flood insurance…you may recall that we had gotten a quote that was astronomically high. But the agent had mentioned something called “Grandfather Rules”, and said that, … Continue reading →

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