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Monthly Archives: April 2006
Stairs: Before and After
So here’s the hardwood stairs project when I started it (simply removing carpets to install new ones, realizing that there was gorgeous hardwood there) and after it (stripping, sanding, staining and refinishing).
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Surge Protection from Power Trips
Sometimes, our personal opinions surge and we bandy them about. Favorite colors, the perfect movie, the right book, the concept of what “pops”, the proper way to cook—on and on. Opinions are a pretty common thing until one person has the power to enforce their opinion. For example: You pay me to paint rooms. You [...]
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Painting the Town
Stop. Do not go to your local paint shop. You are not ready. You might have your tools all set up and your finishes all picked out—but your missing one of the most important details: what brand of paint to use.
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Tired and True
Tiredness comes in several forms and are more easily embraced than others. What are the levels of tiredness—let me list the ways.
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Satin, Semi-Gloss: Which Paint Finish Do I Choose?
You planned your room design with care. You spent countless hours poring over color swatches and room décor magazines. With organized folder, selected swatches and cash in hand you step to the paint counter at your local shop and present your genius before the store clerk, fully expecting his showers of praise. Instead, with a vacant stare he asks a question that makes your quivering mouth look like a gasping fish out of water: “what kind of finish would you like?”
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American Idol and Train Wrecks
This post has nothing to do with train wrecks. Train wrecks are horrible things. When over fifty tons of steel and glass are hurled down feeble tracks at speeds as high as one hundred and sixty miles per hour towards a wall or a similar oncoming vehicle, everyone should be scared. Or horrified. A similar [...]
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TTFN New York
I cherish the mosaic of people who became part of my life: my family (who I hardly see but constantly think about), my college buddies (whose one year get-togethers feel like we’re still in school), my work friends (who I lunched and hung out with every day for seven years). All of them came together [...]
Posted in home, sweet nothings, town 5 Comments
Master Bedroom: Before and After