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big mistake

Posted: Friday, December 28th, 2007 in home improvement | 5 Comments »

We had this old non-functional chest freezer in the garage. It had been sitting there when we moved in and I was finally getting ready to haul it off when I had a brilliant idea.
I had been wanting some storage close to the lake. I could sit this down by […]

studio update

Posted: Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 in home improvement | 3 Comments »

Several readers have asked me for an update on the studio remodel.
Well, throughout the holidays I found time for a little work here and there. And today saw the installation of a new attic stairs.
Previously we just had a little 16-inch square hatch in the ceiling. You can make out where it […]

CFL blues

Posted: Saturday, January 6th, 2007 in home improvement | 14 Comments »

Did you see that WalMart is going green? They are pushing compact fluorescent lights now.
Me, I’m still behind the times. I have tried a few in the last couple years, but mostly they either did not fit in the fixtures or they looked funny.
After seeing An Inconvenient Truth I went out and […]

studio update

Posted: Thursday, December 14th, 2006 in home improvement | 2 Comments »

Thanks to everybody who commented and left ideas about the studio floor.
We still have not purchased the flooring. In fact we haven’t accomplished a lot since the last update. There has been illness and holiday shopping and socializing. And even a little bit of gardening.
There has been one breakthrough on the […]

floor, assembled

Posted: Friday, December 1st, 2006 in home improvement | 12 Comments »

Remember my picture of flooring materials a couple weeks back?
Well, now they have been assembled. We got it all installed before the big freeze. Maybe it is not perfectly level, but will we really notice?

 

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