Tag: house
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 15
So the original intent of the post was to show you before and after photos of our driveway and front yard as the final items to have been renovated before winter set in. Here they are: The more entertaining photo, however, is of a tree that crashed into our backyard…
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All is Well with the Mole Family
We are extremely fortunate in that Frankenstorm left us relatively unscathed and that we had plenty of warning that it was coming. Much of the weekend was spent preparing for an extended time without power. Jim, who was in Tokyo, changed his flight and got back Sunday night (instead of Monday afternoon). We were all…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 14
Technically, I suppose we aren’t the Mole Family anymore, as we have moved above ground (shading our eyes from the vicious daylight). But since this is a story of our continued renovations, I feel it justifies the heading. Our driveway and front yard are now what’s being renovated (for the most part—there are still parts…
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(Almost) Completed Renovations
It’s been a while since I’ve done a house renovation update, and I wish I could say that no news is good news… We still aren’t done with the renovations <sigh>, but there is progress. We have moved upstairs, as all of the bedrooms and bathrooms are about 99% finished. Each bedroom now has its…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 13
There is flooring (and paint)! So, lots of exciting things have been happening inside our house (lots of exciting things have been happening outside our house, too, but that’s not the subject of this blog post). First, this is a photo of the master bedroom sitting room, and you will note that there is wood…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 12
The entertaining thing about the renovations (if living in the basement for 5 months and counting can be called entertaining) is that there are surprises every time we go upstairs and look at the progress. Of course, this is primarily because we have no idea what any of the colors or tile or flooring is…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 11
We have drywall on both floors! We have paint on the upper floor! I will post photos soon, but one dry-walled room looks very much like any other dry-walled room, so unless you have dry wall obsession, it’s not that interesting. Most importantly, we have tentative move-back-in date(s)!! It looks like we will be able…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 10
We have drywall! Well, on the 2nd floor, we have drywall in all of the bedrooms. (The main floor still looks like marauding hordes of Vikings have gone through it.) I have been told by those who know these things that once drywalling starts, everything else falls into place very quickly (painting, flooring, etc.). I…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 9
We were evicted from our basement in mid-March as Mr. Le needed to work on the HVAC and electrical systems and have them inspected. (You know that you have sunk to a new low in home renovation when you can’t even stay in your own basement.) The eviction was originally scheduled to be for 2…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 8
Brick for the new additions laid. Siding for the new additions in progress. New-fangled windows installed in the addition. Replacement of old-fangled windows by the new-fangled windows almost complete. The exterior is in good shape. The work is mainly focused now on the interior, starting with the HVAC and electrical systems. The geek in me…