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Do odd things happen in your old house, too?
Do odd things happen in your old house, too? Jenny and I have never really felt "alone" here in our home, though we've also not had a whole lot happen that we thought…
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Christmas Fun Stuff
We've been having a fun weekend here at the Jenny and Jonathan homestead. All kinds of stuff has been happening, and now we're about dead tired.
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Middle Bedroom Has Started
Well, we've finally done it--we started work today in the middle bedroom. After I bought the house, I had originally planned on that to be the first room that I restored. At the…
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Living Room Restoration Overview
This post was written for Houseblogs.net as part of a sweepstakes sponsored by True Value. This past December, we finally finished the first phase of restoration in our living room. As many…
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Middle bedroom thoughts, and other house work
So here I sit getting ready to head to lunch, and I find myself with a few minutes to write something. Jenny and I have been working lately on things that have been…
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Floor pictures!
Lots of other updates for today, but this gets a separate post, since the other stuff is generally not house-related. :) Pictures from the final day of the floor installation, last Saturday, start…
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Floor is finished!
Well, the floor in the dining room is finished! This was a crazy project. This is what happens, I suppose, when one thinks that hey, this project can't be that bad. This was…
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Yes, you can install your own hardwood floor
We got the floor started today. Mass came first, then Jenny and I went to brunch at my parents' house to see my sister Sarah (and have some brunch, of course :) ). …
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The floor saga continues
Shortly after my last post, I jumped online to do some quick research and get some prices. We had a few important limitations:Floor should be no more than 1/2" thick. The plywood was…
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The floor is crap
Apparently, someone else had issues with the floor in there at one point, and replaced it with a plywood floor. It isn't bad plywood, but it is still plywood. Interestingly, whoever did this…