Category: House
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Eighteen Months (and more) Later: Life with Nest
Due to what’s probably the collision of boundary-pushing architecture and city fire codes, I had some less than great experiences with smoke detectors in the condo I lived in before I got the house. The smoke detectors in the bedroom and hallway (which was right off a bathroom) went off whenever I so much as…
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A long-overdue update – it’s been a beautiful weekend
It’s not that I’ve forgotten that I have a blog with a readership of…maybe, in a good week, 1 (plus about a thousand bots)…but I may have realized that my last post to this thing is almost 18 months old. A lot has changed since then. This post isn’t meant to cover the contents of…
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Room Complete*: Living Room
Two months after closing on the house, I am ready to declare the living room update complete. Here’s a couple of before shots: This room was one of the first rooms I took a paintbrush to, largely because there was no wallpaper to deal with and we could move things around with relative ease. Two…
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Kitchen Remodel, Phase 1: Complete
Gather round, my children, and let me tell you the tale of a month-long saga to purchase and install a range, a microwave, and a dishwasher. First, some background. When I bought the house, I knew I wasn’t buying it for the kitchen it had, but rather the kitchen it could have, after I had…
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And, And, And.
This afternoon, after much procrastination, I finally finished moving myself out of the condo. My keyring is a couple of keys lighter, and I only have one garage door remote in my car now. Now that I’m down to one place to deal with, I need to sit down and map out what I want…