Deconstruction Phase 1
First of all, let’s get on the same page here. We’re talking deconstruction as the opposite of construction, sort of like adding a little bit more to destruction. It’s a word Baz came up with....
View ArticleShower Deconstruction Phase 2
Where did I leave off? Oh yeah, I had just finished busting up the last layer of the floor and got down to plywood. Naturally, it’s time to work our way up. But first a bit of investigating. Since...
View ArticleDecide this wall’s fate
Keep in mind that your answers mean life or death to this small dividing wall. Your decision could determine if the wall remains in our home or ends up by the road in a pile of spindles and old wood....
View ArticleShower Deconstruction Final Phase
We left off with the shower looking like this: But of course there’s more to be done. I mentioned before that there are some air conditioning pipes in the way of us raising the shower ceiling. The AC...
View ArticleThe partial wall comes down… partially
In this previous post, I asked you to decide the fate of the partial wall between our dining area and living room. Votes are in and the wall won by a landslide. Voters overwhelmingly chose in favor of...
View ArticleThe Sky is Falling!
Not really, but the ceiling texture was. One of the issues with our house was that there were a couple of spaces that looked like this: The old popcorn ceiling texture was falling down in a few spots....
View ArticleBest completely unintentional improvement we’ve made
When we took you on this tour to introduce you to our little house, you probably didn’t pay much mind to the bank of cabinets hanging from the ceiling. Look there, to your left, almost out of the...
View ArticlePatching up my handiwork
Remember when I gleefully destroyed those dated old spindles? And in the process left three ragged holes in the ceiling of our kitchen? Danny informed me that I made the mess so I could clean it up,...
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