Archive for the 'bathroom' Category

Going against the flow
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Zang work weekend 1

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

This past weekend, Rob and Ellen traveled to Denver to help Clare get the Zang house ready for move in. We both arrived Friday night around 8:30. We stopped by the house on the way back to Clare’s apartment so that Ellen could get a look at it. It was a very comfortable temperature, since [...]

Shelves mostly built

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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cabinet and shelf base My last project in the long saga of the downstairs bathroom was to build some shelves where the washer and dryer used to be. The main reason for this is because we moved the laundry tub to the next room (which we now call the utility room). To do so, I [...]

The writing is off the wall
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Painting the bathroom

Monday, April 28th, 2008
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Goodbye orange paint! Last weekend (the 19th and 20th) we painted the bathroom. This is one of the last steps in our bathroom re-model, and one we had been very much looking forward to. I think one thing we have learned is that if we ever rent out a place, we will not let the [...]

The bread trick
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Pipes pointing into the utility room

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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This past weekend my parents visited, and we tried to keep them entertained by doing fun things like going to some waterfalls, and visiting a local winery. We were trying hard not to rope them into doing any work, but Saturday afternoon they made the mistake of asking us what projects we would be working [...]

Phase 3 is complete
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Grout is down. Toilet is back in

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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New vanity, tub tile, floor tile, and floor mat We finished putting the floor tile in the bathroom on Sunday, which needed at least 24 hours to cure. So we went to work like normal on Monday. I didn’t think I would have enough time to grout Monday night, so instead I put up the [...]