outside archive
July 21, 2008
dry run for the rain barrel
I finally made it out southside to Roofing & Supplies for the some downspout. Like Siewers, this place has a specific range of items that are both exactly what we need and difficult to find elsewhere. And its a big plus that the store is on a funky section of Hull Street.
July 14, 2008
painting progress
All of the area under the porch has the first coat of pink. Somehow this took 5 days (before)(before that, even)… (and, yes, that wall on the right still has the shingles.)
July 12, 2008
melting paint off of old doors
We’ve got two front doors, both of which are fairly detailed and also covered in 100+ years worth of paint. Ronni has taken it upon herself to get these clean as the rest of the front of the house gets some attention.
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July 11, 2008
green lawnmower for sale $45
Older model Brill Lexus reel/push mower. Used on-and-off for a few years, and is in good working shape. Want it?
July 7, 2008
the first pink of summer
The first coat of color went up today on the front of the side wall, the big payoff for a while. Another coat should go on tomorrow and then after that I’ll repeat the process on the bump out along the same wall and then the front of the house.
July 5, 2008
pause for rain
They called for rain so I stayed off the house. It stayed dry until 8PM though, and I lamented losing the day. Yesterday ended with all of the wood in place, and now I’m just left to do the final prep work to get ready for the painting.
July 3, 2008
the neighbors will like this one
Picking up where we left off almost exactly 3 years ago, the last 2 days have been spent working on the siding on the most prominent corner of our house. This is the first work that we’ve done in a while that can be seen from the street. Thankfully we’ve definitely gotten better at putting up siding.
July 1, 2008
a new old-fashioned handrail
We put in a handrail at the front steps because the city said that we had to. It took us 2 tries to get it right.
June 30, 2008
towards the great pinking of July
School was out almost 2 1/2 weeks ago: we’ve taken our vacation to California and Portland, I’ve done my volunteer web dev for the season, and so finally today was the first real house work day of the summer. Tomorrow begins what should be the most productive 5 or 6 weeks that we’ve had around here in some time…
May 4, 2008
apparently we’re slumlords
The city sent us a letter last week informing us that the condition of our house does not meet code and that we have 30 days to fix the problems or face fines (we are not alone in this).
May 4, 2008
making the porch more beautiful
A simple idea that we’ve talked about for a long time and finally put together: getting some kind of curtains on the upstairs back porch. Our view definitely benefits from a soft gauzy overlay…
February 17, 2008
new dirt towards spring
The part of the backyard that used to be behind the fence and in the alley that we reclaimed last spring has finally been given a layer of topsoil and seeded. Getting the dirt has been an on&off project for easily the past 5 months, somehow.
