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Progress!

After at last convincing Paulie that hiring another man to work on the house is not the same as having another man sleep with me, we have bathroom progress!

The crew got the shower walls framed in, the new subfloor completed medicine cabinet roughed in, and the walls prepped for tile...in one day.

We started the bathroom one year ago next week, planning at the time to complete it in only one week. I said "we will not be defeated". We were totally defeated. We surrender.

Old house, we give up on doing it ourselves. We promise from now on just to throw wads of cash at you dear Kenmore Place. Please return the favor some day.

 

 

 

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Windows

Before on the left (ugly brown and tan aluminum, triple track storms that didn't work).

After on the right (beautiful wood windows, wavy glass and years of more work to do!)

There is still lots to do before they really shine---scraping, filling, sanding and painting; but the dramatic difference in the look of the windows when we ripped off the ugly triple track storms and aluminum trim is amazing. The architecture of the windows is visible once again: the depth of the frames, the detail of the wood trim, the reflective quality of the wavy glass.

I can hardly wait to do the windows in front and uncover this house's face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mother of the Year

"I'll be a grown up when I drink beer and then I'll get hair on my butt". "And wine too, both of them!" - Viv, age 2 1/2

 

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A Little Green Goes...Not Far Enough

Before/After

Another domino project completed! Now that the huge wooden flower box and vintage park bench are painted, the trim on the house looks terrible by comparison. Here we go again...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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