January 4, 2005

more demo; a new doorway

Since last week when we took that wall down in the hallway, we've pulled down the plaster and lathe in that section towards being able to insulate. We've also opened another door that had been screwed shut all of this time.

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January 10, 2005

the projects nearby

At some point around the middle of the 20th century, a series of public housing projects were built in Richmond, with most of them being placed in the eastern area of the city. We're 3 blocks off of the Mosby Court projects.

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January 16, 2005

yard fantasies

We met with a landscape architect (because we could).

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January 17, 2005

continuing electrical work

The electricians continue rewiring downstairs.

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January 20, 2005

a snow day

It snowed enough to close the schools and get one of us out of work for the day.

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January 21, 2005

menace! (updated)

Our new porch was being menaced by a fairly large piece of a dead tree.

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January 24, 2005

new house renovation links

In the year+ that we've been working on this house and publishing our site, we've run across some other great renovation sites.

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January 30, 2005

the house work is stalled

We haven't really gotten anything accomplished in a few weeks, and it will probably be spring before we're back on track with this...

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