Monday, December 28th, 2009
From my history resarch, I know that there was a fire in my house a few years after it was built. One fire is plenty for any house, so I have been making improvements recently to make sure fire safety here is up to snuff. Along with the new firelogs ...
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
Every year when the weather turns cold I order a load of cord wood to burn in living room fireplace. But I have been slow to fill my firewood rack this year, so I decided to try some of the engineered logs widely available in hardware stores, grocery stores and ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
A couple people commented on my Christmas post to ask about the quilted wall hanging in our living room. In response, I promised to put some close-up pictures of the quilt on the blog for Jeanne, Elsie, and you to see.
The quilt was a gift from Ms. Bungalow ...
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
With just a couple finishing details left to complete, I lit the first fire in the paint-free fireplace last Friday, December 8. Since then, I’ve wrapped up all the finishing. The brick is real and it’s spectacular!
Here’s how I handled the last stripping and finishing details:
Last Thursday night ...
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Monday, December 5th, 2005
At this point, I’m getting down to the little details in the fireplace paint stripping project. For me, this is the time when the temptation to cut corners is greatest because the project’s conclusion is so tantalizingly close and deadlines loom so large.
So far I am holding firm to ...
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