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	<title>This Decrepit Victorian</title>
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	<description>To Restore a House in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia</description>
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		<title>dry run for the rain barrel</title>
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I finally made it out southside to Roofing &#038; 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.



This lets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/21/rain-barrel/</link>
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		<title>pretty in pink</title>
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Everything on the front of the house that is to be pinked has gotten the first coat, upstairs and down. Four pieces of siding had to be replaced up top, but that kind of thing is straightforward at this point. The next step is a 2nd coat of pink, and then either the trim or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/17/pretty-in-pink/</link>
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		<title>painting progress</title>
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All of the area under the porch has the first coat of pink. Somehow this took 5 days (before)(before that, even)&#8230; (and, yes, that wall on the right still has the shingles.)
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		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/14/painting-progress/</link>
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		<title>melting paint off of old doors</title>
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We&#8217;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.


She is using the new heat gun and making good work of it, though [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/12/melting-paint-off-of-old-doors/</link>
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		<title>green lawnmower for sale $45</title>
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Older model Brill Lexus reel/push mower. Used on-and-off for a few years, and is in good working shape. Want it?
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		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/11/green-lawnmower-for-sale-45/</link>
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		<title>moving to the front of the house</title>
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On-and-off rain today made the decision easy: work on the front of the house under the cover of the porch.



The walls here have *many* layers of paint, some of which is completely peeling. Much of it, though, is cracked but well-adhered. Today was test to see how much scraping/sanding had to be done so that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/09/moving-to-the-front-of-the-house/</link>
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		<title>the first pink of summer</title>
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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&#8217;ll repeat the process on the bump out along the same wall and then the front of the house.



Two lessons from today:


It is terribly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/07/the-first-pink-of-summer/</link>
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		<title>pause for rain</title>
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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&#8217;m just left to do the final prep work to get ready for the painting.



Getting the fascia board up was just enough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/05/slowed-by-the-threat-of-rain/</link>
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		<title>R&#8226;Home appreciates the genre</title>
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The summer issue of Richmond Magazine&#8217;s R&#8226;Home has a nice article on a southside ranch home-improvement blog. The article suggests a few other related sites, including our humble production, Bill Chapman&#8217;s Enon Hall, the house blogging central that is houseblogs.net, and our friends over in Jackson Ward.
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		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/05/rhome-appreciates-the-genre/</link>
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		<title>the neighbors will like this one</title>
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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&#8217;ve done in a while that can be seen from the street. Thankfully we&#8217;ve definitely gotten better at putting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lestercat.net/house/2008/07/03/the-neighbors-will-like-this-one/</link>
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