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The snow has thawed. Hibernation is over. Keep in touch for updates.

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Over this winter I added some baseboard heat to out apartment. There was only one real radiator in there and it was not heating the apartment properly. Luckily the linoleum that we used on the floor was not glued down, so it was pretty easy to get under the floor. I put heaters in the kitchen and in the bedroom. Long gone are the days of plumbing with copper. I used this new “plastic” stuff called pex. No more soldering.

The next project we did was finally finish the bamboo flooring in the laundry room. I had to tear up to old linoleum and sub-floor. Got the project done in an afternoon. Sweet.

Now we are doing a bit of kitchen remodeling. We decided that the wavy breakfast bar had to go. No one ever used it becasue it was too low. So we tore it off and raised a new one above the height of the kitchen sink. A long with this we are going to redo all the countertops with granite tiles and Katie is going to change the color of the cabinets and kitchen yet again.

Stuff on tap for this year.

Finish upstairs(add bathroom, heat, and master bedroom)

Finish siding rest of house.

and what ever little projects we can fit in.

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