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Watertight and shining bright

Posted Nov 10th, 08 at 2:18 pm by RubrikGreen
Yay! New roof!!

If you've been following this saga, you'll know we waited for "a while" for the shingles to come in. Well, it was worth it.

The roof went on Oct 29-30. It took 4 men 2 hrs to remove the old shingles entirely, down to the plywood. Then a different...
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More delays, but then again, more time to plan

Posted Oct 17th, 08 at 4:46 pm by RubrikGreen
anybody reading previous entries knows that I wanted to start the kitchen revamp this year -- but we're on hold for silly little reasons like "new roof".

Pfft.. "Mid-October" was the 6+ week delay estimate for the manufacturer to get a new run of shingles done. Guess...
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IKEA pantry drawers in pre-existing pantry - Yay!

Posted Sep 28th, 08 at 10:12 pm by RubrikGreen
Updated Sep 28th, 08 at 10:25 pm by Tigratrus
It took me so long to figure this out, and I wish I'd figured it out Long Long ago...

Our pre-existing pantry is 24" wide, by 86?" tall, 24" deep. Some big-box store thing. One evening, the thought finally occurred to me: "Hmm... is an IKEA pantry drawer the right...
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It's summer 2008 already, huh...

Posted Jul 22nd, 08 at 2:40 pm by RubrikGreen
Mm-hmm. The male partner, who promised to call the roofing people... what... oh... THREE months ago? Four? Has he called? He did tell me it "will be done before August". *sigh*

In the meantime, I've been doing some other stuff - repainted the dining room, top-coated the...
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Wine cabinet ideas

Posted Jul 1st, 08 at 1:48 pm by RubrikGreen
Been a long time, eh sports fans?

Kitchen remod. still on hold. STILL need to get the roof done (but we *did* look at shingles and make a choice. California Shingle in San Carlos, for anyone who cares... GAF/Elk "Cool Colors" laminated asphalt, in white)

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