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PolyCottage: February 2011
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Plaster over metal lath. If you own a house with plaster over metal lath, I pity you. I pity myself more, since I've lost more blood and man-hours to The Metal Menace than probably anything else in all of the PolyCottage. Scratched right over the eyebrow with the stupid metal lath. I hate it. What on earth could the people have been thinking who came up with this? I am big on preservation, and I want to maintain the historical aspects of my home w...
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PolyCottage: March 2011
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Saturday, March 26, 2011. So I started doing research on solar post lamps. On at night, off in the daytime. extra bonus that the power doesn't have to be ON at the house for the light to come on. They were all very pricey ($100 and up, before shipping), and I was beginning to despair of finding one to even begin to match the style I was looking for at any kind of reasonable price point. Then I found DM Solar. We installed one, and it looks great and it works beautifully. Sunday, March 20, 2011. My mom we...
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PolyCottage: How to abandon your house, post-haste
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011. How to abandon your house, post-haste. There was a crazy flurry of work there for a couple of weeks during which I was too busy to really make posts - I'll be rectifying that soon, and posting about all of the work that we did. Following the crazy flurry of work, there was another crazy flurry of us moving. So while I can't work on the house, I can. Write about working on the house. A little old house. July 2, 2011 at 5:51 AM. July 2, 2011 at 10:08 AM. August 9, 2011 at 7:38 PM.
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Little House on the Hillcrest: Let the Light Shine
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We're keeping it all in the family. We purchased Grandmother's circa 1938 home and have major plans for it. (She doesn't understand why I want a dishwasher, but I keep telling her it's important.) I hope this can serve as a place to keep everyone informed as to how the house is coming along. Thursday, November 24, 2011. Let the Light Shine. Roof windows are awesome! Hole in the roof for the window. And I mean AWESOME! And yes, I said "roof window" not skylight! 3 And the ultimate problem.that was the...
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PolyCottage: Steel casement story, part 1
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Steel casement story, part 1. We have 9 gorgeous steel casement windows manufactured by Hope's. We have three different sizes/kinds in four areas. They've suffered from many many many years of neglect and many layers of paint that clearly wasn't the kind they needed to keep them from rusting. A shower covers the left half of one, which you can see from the outside, but not the inside. The previous owners were such. Handy folks. I know their. Help from them all the time. I did a...
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PolyCottage: April 2011
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Steel casement story, part 2. In the previous post. I mentioned our first plan of attack was to fix the windows. We definitely had our work cut out for us. You know somethings not quite right when youre happy. To find one of your window panes has been taped in. Steel casement story, part 1. We have 9 gorgeous steel casement windows manufactured by Hope's. The previous owners were such. Handy folks. I know their. Help from them all the time. A friend told me the machine shop at ...
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PolyCottage: So. Much. Progress.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011. So Much. Progress. No, really. My brain hurts. In the last few weeks we've:. Pretty much completely rewalled/receilinged our great room (minus the part were we put the last coat of joint compound on, smooth it out, prime and paint). Restored a doorway opening where someone had decided a door shouldn't be (need to find/make trim to match the rest of the house). Installed three of our beautiful new cabinets, plus the section of our counter top with the sink in it. The floor is gorgeous.
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PolyCottage: October 2011
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Monday, October 31, 2011. This is Halloween, and I am particularly missing my lovely rambling old house today. I called the friend back home who is checking up on things. The Very Bad People have been at it again. This time they have sliced through all the wires coming from the road and actually stolen the meter box. That's right, the meter box that belongs to the power company. Did I put a sign out on my house, saying "cut me apart to little pieces, I'll like it? It's an old, old house.
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PolyCottage: September 2011
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011. We've received many reports back from the PolyCottage from our friend who is trying to mind our business (at our request) while we are out of town. These reports are not so good. Our friend has since re-boarded up the place, and there have been other attempts made on it, but apparently people are mostly dragging nasty mattresses under our back patio and sleeping there. Disgusting. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Robert Brooke and Associates. There's an Elephant In Our Living Room.
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Little House on the Hillcrest: September 2011
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We're keeping it all in the family. We purchased Grandmother's circa 1938 home and have major plans for it. (She doesn't understand why I want a dishwasher, but I keep telling her it's important.) I hope this can serve as a place to keep everyone informed as to how the house is coming along. Monday, September 12, 2011. Here are some pictures. This was right in the middle of clean up/pack up so it is a little messy. Things are finally starting to happen! Sunday, September 11, 2011. So, now that things are...