shopping local

Today we went shopping for a mantle for the fireplace. We took advantage of the great weather, and went to Waikiki Beach. Not that one, but a beach down at the park at the end of the peninsula. There was a lot of wood to choose from:   and  While we were there, we contemplated bringing [...]

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‘Bye ol’ Blue!

So, I thought I’d put up a pic of the painting to date.The red is really bright ( good!) when the sun hits it, and I love that there is almost no blue left ( its my least favorite color ). I’ve gotten a little more of the trim done, but there’s still a lot left – the railings [...]

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take that!

 Gone with you, ugly fireplace! This is what’s left of it: And this is what we have to show for our couple day’s work: . A concrete block wall!We hung visquene from floor to ceiling and taped off any openings around the whole area. The dust in the rest of the room was almost nil, [...]

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one more year

I love looking at markers. Where were you a year ago today? I like that about livejournal in that you can go back and see. I like to be able to count/see/measure change from any given point.         Today is Richard’s birthday. I’ll give him a couple of small gifts and take him to dinner. Last year [...]

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No going back

 So, after several hours we ended up with this:  .  I hate it when Richard is wrong! ( he thought he could demo the whole thing yesterday )There were many buckets of rubble, lots of rocks, and a big mess. We laid out dropcloths, hung a curtain around the area, put a big fan in [...]

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one big project. yipes.

We aren’t going to paint until the new doors and windows are done ( which I think will happen next month ), so its on to the next thing on the long to-do list.Yesterday we began to deconstruct the fireplace surround in the living room. We had high hopes that a sledge hammer and chisels might [...]

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Where’s Spring?

I’ve been in Seattle for over a week now, and at this point I’m missing the better weather at the beach. You can’t say that too often, but it does happen now and then. Here it is raining, hailing and even snowing some. Yuck. I drove in last Wednesday to help Ryan do some work on his house. [...]

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