Two More Weeks
With the exception of trees along the front sidewalk, our landscaping is complete. We have a tree in the side yard that will shade the...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Mar 23, 2008
- 1 min
Easter Bunny
The front facade of our house is simple; its primary features are box columns and triangle knee braces reminiscent of 1920s...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Mar 16, 2008
- 1 min
Shiny or Spiny
Perhaps we were previously unobservant, but Friday we noticed the power turned on in our house for the first time. Shiny kitchen...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Mar 13, 2008
- 1 min
Monday, April 14
We have a closing date, just a month away, and only four months total build time! Guess we need to figure out how to break our lease…
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Mar 12, 2008
- 1 min
Yellow? Don’t Fret, It’s Calumet!
The inside of our house miraculously changed colors today. By lunch, the windows, trim, and fixtures were taped up, and at the end of...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Mar 11, 2008
- 2 min
Usual House Update
Since the last post, my parents came to visit and see the house for themselves. Despite the fact both my dad and I had cameras in hand,...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Mar 3, 2008
- 1 min
Plastic Coated
They’ve finally taken the protective film off the windows, so we can actually see outside from inside. What a concept! We’ll have a...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Feb 26, 2008
- 1 min
Bummertime
We’ve got front steps, interior paint, and tile. The paint is… yellow. When we first saw it, we thought surely there had been a mistake....
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Feb 19, 2008
- 1 min
Lines and Borders and Trim, Oh My!
Today, sidewalks down both sides of our house were poured. Near the front corner, it seems a rather large bird ran in a curving line,...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Feb 16, 2008
- 1 min
Sheetrock and Cabinets
Quite a bit has happened over the past 10 days. The sheetrock was installed, taped and bedded, and textured. I’m glad Timothy talked me...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Feb 5, 2008
- 1 min
Fiberglass Subconscious
Surrealists rejected modern architecture’s “overrationalized technological realism” and “right-angle past” in favor of the “soft tactile...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Feb 1, 2008
- 1 min
The Voice (and Smell) of Color
Our house has been painted!!! The siding is prairie dust with flint gray shingles and china white trim. First, the large expanses were...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Jan 29, 2008
- 1 min
Graffiti
Our house is covered with graffiti. Some of it refers to unfinished projects, others to minor corrections or repairs that need to be...
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Timothy Brummett
- Jan 23, 2008
- 1 min
Water, Wires, and Wit
It’s been bleak, cold, and rainy here lately. Although we have tar paper on the roof, it’s not exactly water tight, so the inside of the...
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Timothy Brummett
- Jan 17, 2008
- 1 min
Movin’ on up to the East Side
The roof, the roof, the roof is on… well, it’s not on fire, but our builder is. We’re a week a head of schedule.
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Jan 13, 2008
- 1 min
Our Evil Twins
Yesterday we met our evil twins. (Or perhaps we’re their evil twins… ?) They’re a young couple without kids but with three cats. I...
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Elizabeth Brummett
- Jan 12, 2008
- 1 min
One Month Later
Our house has been under construction for a month now, and we’ve got a week’s worth of photos to show you at once! We really have to...
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