Our architect created 3D Sketch-Up Images so we could visualize our new space. I kept forgetting to put them up here. Also, I just figured out how to move around in Google SketchUp. I’m slow like that.
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From the category archives:
Renovation
It doesn’t look like a lot happened this week, but quite a few things got done. Somehow, the ceiling tongue & groove was underestimated, so a rush custom order was needed for about 300 more square feet. AND, there was a fire at the lumber yard, so we lost a few days. But other work [...]
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I’ve been short on the posts lately, but we’ve been deep in the remodel. Here’s what we have going on this week.
Stripping hell continues. I seriously think I am paying penance for property damage I must have inflicted in a previous life.
The back of the house has been completely ripped out & is ready for [...]
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No remodeling project is without a little angst. And, we’re significantly uptight, so we feel a bit bad for the scrutiny that we subject our contractor and architect to. But, they’ve both been great and have humored us. We have a few small hurdles…nothing large, but just a few minor interesting things.
Our back wall currently [...]
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I swore I’d never do mass stripping after our kitchen remodel in San Francisco. Never say never! I am the stripping queen these days. I’ve been working on the solid mahogany trim that is around the windows, door frames and closets. I used CitriStrip and Soy Gel to remove the white paint. But, there is [...]
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The construction on the house has suddenly started moving fast. A crew of four men came this week with our contractor and they worked like gangbusters. They put down the sub-floor, they are framing up the walls, they ripped up my vintage oak floors (to be re-used in other rooms) and put down new sub-floors [...]
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