Category: House
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Goodbye, Condo
My condo sold last week. I bought it near immediately following the divorce, it served me great for a year and a half until I found Rebecca, and served a friend of mine well since then as a furnished rental. It was a good little space with excellent neighbors and an outstanding location. I didn’t […]
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Plywood monitor stand
I’ve long been fascinated with woodworking. This past weekend I tackled an incredibly simple project with some scrap plywood from some shelving I put into one of our closets (I don’t consider that a woodworking project since there was zero polish involved). This was a great first project because my tools are limited and it’s […]
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We bought a house
In the Piedmont neighborhood. Nestled between the major bike arteries in to and out of downtown (both of our commutes), walking distance to groceries, one of the best parks in town, Woodlawn, and 5-10 minute bike or car from Alberta and Mississippi. 2400sqft above ground, 1000 below. Rooms for days – 4BR, 2BA, office, workshop, bike room, gym, […]
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Squeaky floor remediation
My new place has old floors. Some are 70 years old and others look to only be half that, but suffice to say, they’re old and they squeaked like crazy. It was so bad that I was self-conscious about walking around late at night. At times I’d even choose to wet the bed rather than […]
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Shiny new fingerprint collector
Sometimes it’s better to cut your losses. Our existing stove had a quirky computer. It’d somewhat randomly read a sensor error and not work for hours. I took it apart last year, cleaned up connections, tested all the obvious items (it all checked out), and the issue was resolved for about six months without having actually […]
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New Roof
One of the items flagged on the initial inspection of our house was that the roof had to go. We eked another two years out of her, but the company we had received a proposal from had an opening (we had been procrastinating otherwise) so we jumped at the chance. New roof in Portland winter? […]