This Old Crack House

From log house to farmhouse. Farmhouse to townhouse. Townhouse to apartment house. Apartment house to crack house. Crack house to our house. Our house to our home.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

36 Degrees of Doneness

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Glazing windows when it is 36 degrees INDOORS is not fun at all. Especially when you have to cut some glass to replace broken panes while yo...
Sunday, February 26, 2006

Blow Me!

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Since I have been throwing all the corny jokes around about my caulk lately it prompted me to recollect an incident from my younger days whe...
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Friday, February 24, 2006

Suspense! The Meeting.

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If you haven't read my "Suspense" series of articles then you may want to look at the posts made last month that start with th...
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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Got Crack?

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Do you have cracked plaster walls? Do those cracks annoy the hell out of you? Most people who see cracked walls think they have to replace t...
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Sunday, February 19, 2006

Match of the Day

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Let's talk about window hardware. In this place, none of it matches! I don't have enough sets of matching sash locks or pulls to do ...
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Friday, February 17, 2006

Mission Accomplished!

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Here is how the window sashes look now. They are all quite dark but the constant layering of tinted shellac has paid off. They are all dark ...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Mission Impossible! Window repair 101 extended...

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make four window sashes that are painted a shade of beige (the same color as our bedroom...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Who'd a thunk it.....

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You would think that with all these posts lately that I haven't done diddly-squat on the house. You would be WRONG! I have actually been...
Monday, February 13, 2006

Since I am in Dedication Mode....

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I remember this song from when I was a teenager by "The Stranglers". I thought I would post the lyrics here. Then I would pop the ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006

We dedicate this post

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To Home Improvement Ninja Who is about to practice imperialism on a neighborhood scale. Go and watch the "Four Feathers" and read ...
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