Measure twice, attach once

This is pretty much a Sergey project, since it required major building and drilling action. The first part also took a good part of the weekend.

As I mentioned, we did a lot of research before going for it. As a visual person, this guy helped me lots. Also, DIYdiva provides excellent, detailed overview of putting up drywall here.

 

first up, we took the opportunity to add some insulation surrounding the gap of the AC duct work.… Read the rest

Here we go

Part II of the A/C project is covering up the duct work. We were quoted around $1k. Obviously I though that we could at least try to do it ourselves. The worst that happens is we spend a bunch of money on materials. I don’t necessarily think that our time would be wasted per se, as learning what is involved in the job would at least allow us to talk to contractors intelligently (and maybe convince me that we should hire people to do this professionally).… Read the rest

The Kitchen Cure

We have had our wheels spinning a bit between the fireplace and the damn dryer that may never get its (gas) hook up.

so, naturally, we thought to hell with it all, we’ll just redo the kitchen. we are sort of serious. we are going to be coming into obama money (the $8k homebuyers credit) which could help us quite a bit with that. my imaginations wheels are in high gear, although right now i am overwhelmed with all the options and considerations.… Read the rest

A tip of the hat

First let me just say that PoP, a DC blog about DC, is awesome for taking questions from readers. We have submitted two, and both times recieved awesome feedback from his readers.

Now, to the matter at hand. As per suggestion from PoP readers, I was able to get in touch with Sergio, the chimney/ fireplace expert. He has a top hat!!! i just can’t get over how awesome/knowledgeable he was and he has a top hat!… Read the rest

Happy 3-day weekend :)

we will be checking out the situation (sorry couldn’t resist) in Jersey Shore and then capping the week off in Philly. As always, I will try scour a few house/design related finds. In honor of that, i’ll be checking out design*sponge guide to philly

if anyone has further suggestions on where i can find some cool stuff in philly, please drop us a note!

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I had realized awhile ago that I learn best from a lecture, then from reading with pictures and w

I had realized awhile ago that I learn best from a lecture, then from reading with pictures and worst all, is all text. thankfully the internets is an amazing resource when it comes to how-to videos. including gardening videos. after some research, I stumbled on this nursery providing videos on roses. this one is especially useful for first year of my roses. stay tuned for training climbing roses, and pruning climbing roses installments this winter/ early spring.… Read the rest

Yay for rain water!

rain, rain, you can come back now!


Hey-o,so we got our rain barrel installed today. Apparently it won’t help that much with flooding issues. But at least it will gather 132 gallons of water for my future garden and roses.

You can see here for more info on the DC government Storm Water program — the cost is minimal $30 instead of $300 — and if you don’t want to wait 6+ months, you can install one yourself and get a rebate from DC Green Works, the company that installed our barrel.… Read the rest

Thank you to friends from near and far for coming to the VIB housewarming! it was so

Thank you to friends from near and far for coming to the VIB housewarming!

it was so good, we are afraid our deck will have a hard time recovering… )

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So, this happened.  At a housewarming party in DC.

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