Arapahoe Acres Home Tour – Was a Huge Success

October 11, 2009

The 2009 Arapahoe Acres Home Tour was decidedly a huge success. We had some initial neighborhood resistance to having a ton of people parade through the hood, but a great turn out of lovely mid-mod fans made the day a big success.
7 Homes & 4 Gardens were open for tours from 10A to 2P. We [...]

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Arapahoe Acres Home & Garden Tours-TOMORROW!

October 3, 2009

It’s here…tomorrow is the Arapahoe Acres Home & Garden Tour. We’ll have 8 homes plus 4 gardens to tour. I’ll be volunteering at the registration table at 1430 E. Bates Avenue, Englewood, 80113.
Come out out!

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Sketch Up Images

September 20, 2009

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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Weekly Remodel Progress

September 20, 2009

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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Lots of Remodeling Progress

September 11, 2009
No Ceiling

It’s been a crazy last two weeks. And very productive. Here are the biggies.

All of the beams for the addition are in place and welded together.
The roof & ceiling was completely ripped off of the original house. Can you say rotten ceiling?
The new tongue & groove ceiling was installed in the addition and the new [...]

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The Coin House – Pics to savor if you don’t have that spare $1.6 Million

September 11, 2009
Coin House

The Coin House is spectacular! Built in the early 1960’s and designed by Tician Papachristou and Charles Haertling, it is a sprawling, beautiful time capsule. I didn’t think I’d be able to get over there, but we had a few minutes to dash through the house. Here are some of the pics.
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