March 5, 2006

a great many photos of the area

We have in the past posted photos from around our neighborhood, which people seemed to like. We've found an easier way to share our pictures, though, through a neighborhood photo group on flickr. If you like old houses in all sorts of conditions, you might like check it out.

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March 7, 2006

bookswap (mouse and tools)

A recent swap with has landed us what looks to be an amazingly useful book.

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March 12, 2006

towards having a (prefabulous) tool shed

Sometime soon, we're going to need a tool shed. In a move away from anything old or having that particular kind of character, we're planning on building something that will require minimal fiddling to have standing and solid, but won't be a plastic eyesore.

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installing a porch door

Six months after opening the last door downstairs, we've opened the last nailed-shut door upstairs.

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March 13, 2006

getting a quote on some balusters

The balusters on our front porch are all long gone, replaced by sturdy if not attractive 2x4 rail. We're starting the process of fixing this by putting in for a quote on what it would cost to get the balusters turned.

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March 19, 2006

part of a privacy fence

We put up part of a privacy fence and mooshed most of what was the front yard into the back.

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March 21, 2006

a modern house by architect Robert Stewart

We went on a tour of a contemporary house designed by architect Robert Stewart. The house overlooks the north bank of the James River and the canal and is for sale for price for which you could have bought merely 7.85 of our house (ie not quite an entire city block).

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March 27, 2006

another Richmond house renovation site

We've recently been turned onto this renovation on St. James Street in Historic Jackson Ward. Our next house will be a brick house.

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March 30, 2006

Hopewell, Virginia

We've had great experiences visiting some of the nearby smaller&older cities around the region (like Petersburg, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina) and checkin' out their old houses and urban areas. We went to Hopewell, Virginia, over the weekend looking for something similar but either it just wasn't there or we missed it entirely...

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March 31, 2006

replacing a missing balustrade

We've bought a balustrade to replace our missing hallway balustrade upstairs. Now we have to find time to install it...

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