We are officially INSANE! We did a very tiny test a few weeks ago on our interior concrete block. It is all painted (in poop color, no less) and Tim is desperate to see it in it’s natural, unpainted state. Do you know how hard it is to scrape paint from all the nooks and [...]
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During the last house “flip” the two bathrooms were completely replaced. I have no idea what condition they were in before that particular remodel. The current tile isn’t bad and we get lots of compliments. But, they replaced the original vanity cabinets with a really awful heavy plywood thing with really inappropriate sinks. Now, fortunately, [...]
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I finally loaded up all of the MidCentury Modern Remodel/Restoration Blogs I could find in my Google reader. What good timing…The “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch” Blog has a great post discussing how saving and using/restoring original windows is good for the environment. We had planned on doing several of these for our five original [...]
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I got a great tip today for stripping our beams. It might give us a less painful option for removing all of the heinous white paint! Troy at Kingswood Redo sent me a link to a really website that documents the history and remodel of an Eichler in San Mateo, CA. It’s done as a [...]
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We’ve had our eye on a Crestview door for a while. Crestview is a door company in Austin, TX that specializes in mid-century modern door styles. But, we weren’t quite ready for a new door and they are sort of expensive. I even became a “FAN” of Crestview doors on facebook. Well, joining their facebook [...]
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