Laurelhurst 1912 Craftsman
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Being a blog where we document our efforts to renovate and decorate our 1912 Craftsman fixer in Portland, and share our ever-changing plans.
Fence Started
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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Well, we're moving at a turtle's pace, but we've gotten started on the fence. We went off last Friday and bought the wood. We bought the wood at Custom Cedar Products and I need to rave about their fabulous service. We went in with our drawings and a materials list. After we'd talked to a salesman for a few minutes, the owner, Chris...Motivation Broken
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013
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I ran across a blog post today at Hyperbole and a Half that perfectly describes us right now. I wish I could write so well about my failures. Borrowed from Hyperbole and a Half I feel like I owe you all interesting projects to post about but we've gotten a bit burned out. Even though we hired out most of the hard work, the 2+ years of...Portable Sawmill
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013
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I'm scared of saws, I admit that. So, I made myself scarce today when we had a guy out to slice up our cherry tree. He does this for a living and he said this was really beautiful wood. Jeff seemed to have fun helping. I hid downstairs. I popped upstairs occasionally to take pictures. And now we have a huge pile of cherry lumber....Front Yard Garden
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013
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Jeff and I volunteered to work at the Multnomah County Master Gardeners' Incredible Edibles Sale last Saturday, so we naturally came home with a whole bunch of plants. Jeff has been working hard since Saturday to get the plants in the ground. So far, most of the plants have gone into the garden in the front yard. The temperature...Wisteria Eye Candy
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013
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It's obviously spring in our front yard. The wisteria is awake! I think we got a little burned out on working on the house. We've been working on this project pretty steadily for 2 years and I guess we can deal with some time off. We're still goofing off except for things like laundry, dishes and cooking — boring stuff. I've gotten...More Bedroom Stencilling
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013
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I finally finished stenciling the rest of the linen furnishings for the master bedroom this morning. I'm pretty excited. I made two dresser scarves and a small curtain for the closet. I went ahead and used the iris stencil I already had. It would have been really cool to make my own, but we all know how those attempts went . . . I...Stupid computer games . . .
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- Published on Sunday, 14 April 2013
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Jeff and I must have been channeling our inner teenager for the last couple of weeks because we managed to get totally distracted by an online computer game. The time just sort of slipped by and we barely noticed. But last Friday I looked up the date we started and was shocked to realize how much time we had wasted! Partly, I think we...Cutting Applique Patterns
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- Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013
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So I am done ranting about my new Silhouette Cameo. It is very good at what it does, and what it does is cut paper products. So I'm trying to figure out if I can still accomplish at least part of what I was hoping to do with this machine. I have quite a few applique projects I would like to make. The first one I am hoping to make is a c...New Domain Hiccups
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- Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013
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Some of you may have noticed; I bought a new domain name. I decided to go ahead and continue to use blogger because I'm not quite prepared to use and maintain my own domain (yet). The transition has not been without its hiccups, however; donaleen pointed out earlier my "Blogs I Follow" list was missing. Oops. I don't know why...Silhouette Cameo Won't Cut Mylar
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013
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So I spent a good part of tonight combing through the Silhouette Cameo user manual. I think I can now pretty much say it won't cut mylar stencils, but the information you need to know this is not available until you actually buy the machine. So now I feel like it's my job to make the information available for other folks considering this...
