Posted in The House on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My Tile!
Originally uploaded by Martha Jane the Great
In two days we move into the best house ever.
We have a long list of items to finish up: painting moulding (a never ending job), paint touch ups, painting doors, choosing and installing lights for the dining and living rooms, scheduling a chimney sweep, everything about the yard. [...]
Posted in The House on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Living room
Originally uploaded by Martha Jane the Great
We chose 18×18 porcelain tile from Lowes…looks a little like limestone but mostly like tile. Porcelain (vs. ceramic) is very hard which is great for durability but also makes it heavy. One box of six tiles weighs at least 60 pounds. Gianormous tiles are great to look [...]
Posted in The House on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Martha Jane the Great
An angel?
No, our contractor, Super Dave, hard at work floating and texturing the skylight tunnel!
Posted in The House on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Martha Jane the Great
A popular home improvement projects these days is to remove the acoustic/popcorn ceiling texture from 1970s era suburban homes. This finish was sprayed onto ceilings that were usually not floated and the texture was usually not painted, at least not at the time of installation.
A brief Internet search informed [...]
Posted in The House on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Martha Jane the Great
After a hard day of work…the house is almost painted!!! yeah!
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