Monthly Archives: April 2011

Starting over

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

The beauty, and the challenge, of a gut job like this comes in replacing the 1970s stuff that ended up in the dumpster after two frenetic weeks of demolition work. We have a hole where the anemic gas fireplace used … Continue reading →

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Mostly teardown, with a hint of what’s to come

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

We’re still in demolition rather than renovation mode, but slowly I’m starting to realize how this can work out, especially after we got our delivery of stripped, sand-blasted, painted, vintage radiators which will give us silent heat through the long … Continue reading →

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It’s started

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

A week ago we were the brand new owners of a pretty basic Toronto house. It had a kitchen, two bathrooms, walls and ceilings. All the normal stuff. It wasn’t pretty and it was dated, but I suppose we could … Continue reading →

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More about heat

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

We decided on the boiler. We’ll spend more at the outset, but we’ll hope never to spend again, and we will end up with something that’s both classic and in keeping with what the house ought to be. So then … Continue reading →

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