Solar Ivy

Check out these solar “ivy” leaves! Solar and wind-power combined that you can add to your house, beginning this October. Read and see more about it at Dwell.com.

Evolution of a Deck

The house we bought in 2002 came with this crazy 3-level deck, part of which—a ramp leading to the sort-of attached garage—was covered by a very sloped little roof.  No part of the deck was really quite large enough to be useful for entertaining or relaxing, so it became kind of a storage space for plants, a potting table, recyclables, plastic chairs, etc.  I don’t think I was able to get my husband to spend more than one or two short spells out on the deck during the entire eight years that it existed!

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Textured!

The tape, float and texture guys finished this morning — it looks great!  I can paint starting Saturday.

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Taped and Floating!

…on air…it took three tries to find a crew of tape, float and texture guys who could (and would?) do our job in our timeframe for our price, but these two guys who came late this morning were fantastic!  Very nice, very professional (as almost all of the workers we’ve had have been), and they did a beautiful job!

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The Drywall is Done!

Woo-hoo! Something else went right!

The insulation inspector came out yesterday, poked his head in the attic, and gave it the thumbs up. Excellent. No having to wait around all day for an inspection before scheduling the next step! Our wonderful general contractor got right on the phone, and made arrangements for the drywall crew to come today.

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