Chronicling my adventures restoring and updating a quirky old Philadelphia rowhouse
Hi everyone! It’s October and I’m writing my first post of the year. There’s been a lot of awfulness that I don’t want to write about this year, so I’ll just give you the bare minimum. My mother-in-law bought a house. We spent half of 2020 in Florida, mostly helping her. I have no love…
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Not really. I’ve put a moratorium on a few things including working on other people’s houses and clothes shopping since I bought the Crooked House. And another pair of work pants just fell apart this week. So before we talk about actual work I have a story that’s too good not to share. I was…
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This weekend I got about half as much done as I had hope to. How many of you are surprised? Believe it or not, the Irishman is. You see, everything in the house is so crooked and wonky that he underestimated what he was up against. Scribing and cutting 2×3’s into wedge shaped shims everywhere!…
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A week or so ago I got really frustrated with this project. Since then, I’ve done a lot. Easter dinner, several rock climbing sessions, quizzo, a quick trip to Newark (Delaware). Lots of time with friends, lots of beer. What do these things have in common? None of them has anything to do with the…
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