October 2, 2005

a new faucet

We got new faucets installed outside, again.

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October 3, 2005

examples of special interior design

When it is time to decorate the rooms of that vintage house, keep in mind the important lessons that one might draw from EUROBAD '74, "an exhibition of Europe's worst interiors of 1974".

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October 6, 2005

a thing that happened in the alley

A camping trailer was recently dumped behind an abandoned house on our alley. Apparently two people were living there, without the consent of landowner. Yesterday the trailer burned...

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October 16, 2005

a leaky pipe outside

We discovered that one of our water pipes coming into the house is leaking.

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October 18, 2005

a distraction

Check out these other wonderful old houses, all of which, I'm sure, also have f*cked up plumbing and termite damage.

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October 19, 2005

perfect plumbing indeed

Three days after discovering the leak, everything is ok.

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October 23, 2005

a bathroom floor!

We pulled out the bathroom floor almost 4 months ago. For some unknown reason, we just stopped there, leaving a giant hole in the floor all summer. With cold on the way, we've gotten motivated to get everything put back together.

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October 29, 2005

link purge

School and real life have taken over again and we still haven't finished cleaning up from the last work that we managed. What's a little sawdust, anyway?

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