Archive for November, 2009
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
What do a dog, a snake, and a chinchilla have in common? They're featured among the delightfully woeful finalists in the DIY Drama Contest sponsored by True Value Hardware.
I have certainly had my share of unwelcome drama during my own house projects, and reading the DIY Drama finalists provoked plenty of ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
The adirondack chair I built last spring spent a lonely summer in the front yard awaiting its mate. With competition for my attention from summertime activities and other house projects, however, the second chair has sat for weeks half-assembled in my garage.
But now, with winter's snow a daily possibility, completing the ...
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Another loose end to be tied up with my bedroom project is replacing a short section of wiring for the switch to the kitchen overhead light. As a side benefit, I will have to take down the horrible kitchen pendant light I've wanted to replace since I moved in. Here ...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
As I mentioned in my last post, our family is proudly too cheap to pay for cable or satellite television. But the same can't be said for my house's previous owners. All along the side of the house is strung a cable TV wire that has been disconnected from the ...
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
When my house was built in 1923, the builders couldn't anticipate the wiring demands of occupants 86 years later. I am gradually separating circuits and updating electrical wires, but wiring for telephone and television is also outdated.
For the TV, our too-cheap-to-pay-for-cable household has used a set of rabbit ears on ...
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