Paint, Plaster, and Sweat

Adventures in vintage rehab

Labor Day Weekend: Aptly Named

| September 8, 2009

We worked all day Saturday, all day Sunday, and about half of Monday before knocking off to meet some out of town friends.
My dad tore out the bathroom ceiling on Saturday:

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It made quite a mess.

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It made several contractor’s garbage bags full of mess. Hopefully we can put up new drywall for [...]

Rain, rain, go away.

| August 17, 2009

It thunder stormed all day today, which means I was unable to finish off laundry here at home. It’s supposed to be overcast but not rainy tomorrow, which means that in theory I can paint.
My mom and my youngest brother are coming up to help out tomorrow. Mom’s going to watch the baby, brother’s going [...]

What’s Newel?

| August 11, 2009

Photos of the front stairwell of a vintage Chicago 2-flat, and preliminary discussion of restoring said stairwell.