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Threshold Madness Continues
Threshold, post-stain/ pre-poly: Post-poly, first coat: After a light sanding, we’ll apply another coat, then sand, then a final coat. Then, marble threshold! Tagged: bathroom, details, refinishing,...
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Shower Deets, Part I
You may have heard, we’ve moved our shower facilities to the second floor! Here’s some squeaky clean details on our modern spa Victorian shower. > “Exposed Twin Thermostatic Shower Valve, with a wax...
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Shower Deets, Part II
A shower so sweet, we installed two. (Okay yes so that was always in the plan) Here’s the scoop on the second ‘south’ shower… Suspiciously similar to the ‘north’ shower: Rain type showerhead… But this...
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Tub! Filler!
The story of our tub filler install, in four photos. 1) 2) 3) 4) Don’t worry, the quik-grip isn’t part of the final install… but the water’s flowing! Which means… we’ve completed our tub/ shower...
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Time To Template
Templating the toilet! Obviously we have already had the most important parts ready to go for a while now… Water supply and the waste pipe (covered with plastic/ duct tape): Mark it out Drill baby...
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Toilette Glamour Shot
And of course a detail shot of the fabled dual flush mechanism itself: Happy day-after Earth Day! More toilet info here Tagged: bathroom, details, toilet
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It’s Supposed To Rain Tomorrow
So it was high time to get the giant wall hole closed up. Here’s the window at the beginning of the night… It’s giant: Here’s the nailing straps, ready to go: Use lots of caulk: Lift window into...
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Weekend Window Charette: Design
Megan of McElf Studio, the lovely glass artist we are working with on our stained glass living room window, was in town this weekend with a trunk-full of glass samples and an incredible wealth of...
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Weekend Window Charette: Color / Texture
We didn’t stop at design, we also spent quite a bit of time developing a color palette with the boxes of glass samples Megan brought: As you can see, the bay windows were great for examining lots of...
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Dining Room Details
We spent a good part of today working out details for the dining room wainscot and trim including a few tricky transitions around the passage to the kitchen. We also decided to order some addition...
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Finishing Touches…
Kelly finished painting the ceiling border and took down the masking tape this weekend so we are now working on the finishing touches in the Living Room! Our rewired, eBay special, antique Victorian...
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Countdown To Thanksgiving… Window Edition
We’re hosting our first Madison Square Thanksgiving for our families in just 5 days, and believe it or not there’s a lot on our to-do list besides grocery shopping. For instance, finish up the living...
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