Trim and Paint
We’re making some progress, finally. The house is starting to look like a house. The plasterers (stucco) guys came a week ago, so that is done. I am painting the […]
Category Archives: Remodeling
Hell Week
I had hoped to write this blog in some kind of chronological order, but the timing of my schedule vs the timing of the project doesn’t always sync. I do […]
So This Happened…
The drywall got delivered about a week ago. Yep, about 100 sheets sitting in the driveway. Now I need to bitch about California for a minute. First, the house has […]
Slipper Logic
I discussed working with our Spanish tile roof and installing the new skylights in my last post. But there were a few other details on the west-facing roof that needed […]
Let There Be Skylight
I’ve been dreading the work that needs to be done on the roof since before this project started. This is the first time I have ever owned a house with a […]
A Room With A View – Part 3: The Leak!
After writing my last post about the nine-foot patio door we installed in our master bedroom, I am unhappy to announce that it did not survive the first of the […]
A Room With A View – Part 2: The Door Itself
Across the rooftops of the neighbors below is the best view we have. Fortunately, or unfortunately, it’s from our master bedroom. This is great for summer evenings, enjoying a glass of […]
The Final Pour?
OK, where did I leave everyone hanging. (And sorry for the time between posts, I had a deadline on a communications project that ate up most of my time over […]
In Which I Get Even More Tired Of Concrete
I’m kind of done with concrete. The late, great comedian Mitch Hedberg does this riff on pancakes that pretty much sums up how I’m feeling about concrete right now. (BTW, Hedberg […]
Figure It Out
A lot of people are shocked when I tell them I am doing this project myself. We have a friend (a coworker of Eve’s) that gets a little shaky when […]
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