Tools at 173: Just Some Artsy Pics
Fun with Still-Life Pictures of Tools
Showing posts from 2018
Radiator Cover Bonus Progress Pics
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Off the Cutting Room Floor I was looking through the progress pictures from the radiator cover and …
Radiator Cover Progress!
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A Theme of Elements In our last post I wrote about the happy little accidents always attendant…
Made at 173: Fixing Mistakes
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Those of you old enough to remember (like me) can think back to the days when Bob Ross created mir…
Starting on the Dining Room Radiator Cover
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Time to Address the Dining Room's Last Ugly Spot As you'll see below, a cover for the radi…
Window Work - What was I Thinking?
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I've done windows here at 173 quite a few times now. I put new windows in the back porch, new …
173 Looking Old-School in Black and White
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I thought it would be fun to look at some pictures of 173 taken over the years, but do it retro-sty…
Hallways: Yet Another Hallway Detail
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Inness' Medford Mass. This past spring the hallways and stairwell were redone - finally. But, …
Ode to the Hemlock at 173
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The Hemlock Will Not Countenance Despair Sometimes the hardest part of gardening isn't planting…
A Few Scrap Wood Projects
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Recycle, Reuse and Some Other 'R' Word In our last post I wrote about a very simple scrap …
Made at 173: Honing Board
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Because You Know...Paul Sellers Sometimes I post about some pretty minor stuff, then again - most m…
Legacy Project - New Floor for the Cold Cellar
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A Little Concrete and Some Scrap Wood Two leftover bags of concrete and a few pieces of scrap wood …
South Side Foundation Repairs
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What a Difference Every time I write the words 'Foundation' and 'Repair' in the sam…
Hallways: One Final Detail?
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At Least Final for Now Three months, four choices, and one accidental discovery later, the upstair…
173 in Bloom - the back yard
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I've been a little delinquent getting back to this mini-series , but here we are! We left off …
173 in Bloom - the side yard
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Now we move onto the Side Yard portion of this mini-series about the various flower beds and gard…
173 in Bloom - the corner beds
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An Apt Description The last post highlights the front yard here at 173 and, while the front yard i…
173 in Bloom: The Front Yard
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Let the Pictures Tell the Story I'm resisting the temptation to do "before and after"…
2018 Summer in Bloom at 173!: A Mini-Series
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Study of an Urban Garden While 173 rests on a rather small city plot, the gardens make it feel like…
Drying Out - The Basement Flood of 2018
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Once in a Blue Moon The mighty Hudson has not breached its banks, and the Normanskill still remains…
Fixing a Favorite Bathroom Doorstop
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Ramblings It All Started With the Bruegger Meister Sometimes the smallest projects carry the bigges…
812 - the Home: Kitchen History!
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From time-to-time I post about my parent's house , the house I grew up in and the house my dad…
Last Post on the Kitchen Trim (probably)
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Cutting the Bottom of the Door - Scary Ninety-nine percent sure this will be my last post on the ki…
Kitchen Floor - Working on the Details
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Meeting Five Doorways When last we met the new kitchen floor was in, but the detail work still had …
Back to the Kitchen
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Time for the Floor No, this isn't a Legacy Project , it's a whole new project that rounds o…
Legacy Project: Re-re-visiting the Fences
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I kinda like doing these "Legacy" posts, they give me a chance to look at the changes at …
Legacy Project: Replacing the Sewer Pipe
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What a Job! A small depression in the lawn led to a three-day excavation, a new sewer lateral, and …
Legacy Project: The Living Room
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Interior From White Walls to Warm Tuscany Looking back at the renovation that transformed the heart…
Hallways: Working on the Details
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Getting Close to Done So I was wrong. In the last post I said there'd be one final post about…
Hallways: New Lights, Outlets and Switches
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Getting Electricals Done New grounded outlets, aged-bronze switch plates, and Mission-style fixtu…
Hallways: Meet Sherwin Williams' Lily!
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Just the Perfect Shade Ta-daaah! And at long last, the hallways and stairwell are painted! A few w…
Hallways: The Ceilings
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Now We're Moving! Things are really moving along with the halls and the stairway now! The trou…
Hallways: Every House Has a Trouble Spot
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I Was Just a Goofy Kid A childhood baseball game unexpectedly became the perfect metaphor for one s…
Hallways: A Bit of Progress
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The Stairwell is Underway I just got to thinking - I didn't include any "before" pict…
Hallways: Getting the Wallpaper Started
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Let's Try Again With the dining room 99.76% finished , it's time to get one last p…
812 - The Home: The Back Porch
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From time-to-time I post about my parent's house , the house I grew up in and the house my dad …
Dining Room Details
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99.76% Done! It's that time again! My class is done (I got an A by-the-way), and spring, …
The Dining Room Built-In: The Reveal
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At Long Last! Done. Finally. Here we are, Super Bowl Sunday...February…
812 - The Home!: A Bit of History
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One of the fun things about house blogging is digging into the history of a place. I think mom and…
The Dining Room Built-In: Baseboards!
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A Damn Close Match! 173 is an interesting mix of architectural styles. The city tax records sho…
The Dining Room Built-In: So Close to Done I Can Taste It!
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Personalizing! I really hoped this post would be the grand reveal, the final post in what seem…
The Dining Room Built-In: Glazing Done!
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Giving it All a Bit of Character Last week, painting of the built-in was completed , except …
The Dining Room Built-In: Painting Done (Almost)
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The Difference Paint Makes! The painting is done! Well, not done done, but kinda done. Al…
Special Edition: Happy Birthday Dad!
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Ramblings Don't Ask! A birthday tribute to my father and the little house where I first lear…
The Dining Room Built-In: Endless Prep
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Can You Believe Even More Prep? In the last post I mentioned all the sanding that had been don…
The Dining Room Built-In: The Tedious Stuff
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More Details! Maybe it's an attention span thing, or just a need for immediate gratification…