Monthly Archives: March 2008

presto! instant house

The four-day transformation is complete, and we now have walls. The picture above is the same part of the house from last week, before sheetrock. What a difference! I think I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Living room, with … Continue reading

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picking up the pace

After 3-1/2 months of infrastructure work, we’re starting a few weeks of radical change. There will be walls and ceilings soon, and the place was swarming with teams yesterday – plumbers finishing drains, Tony & Mauricio tending framing details, a … Continue reading

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a maze of twisty details

There was a computer game in the ‘70’s called “adventure”, where you could get lost in “a maze of twisty passages, all alike”. I’ve felt like I’m lost in a maze of twisted details, but today I stumbled out and … Continue reading

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railings

No, not that kind of railings. Well, maybe a little 🙂 I took some vacation time from my job this week, so I could work on the house. The railing system arrived a week ago, and someone needed to install … Continue reading

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