Category: DIY
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Backyard Renovation, April 2009
Knowing I’d have to rent a “Bobcat” (a small bulldozer) to grade, or flatten, the backyard, kept me from really starting the renovation. The flagstone sat behind the house, weeds growing around it, bunnies and snakes taking up residence…until some new neighbors moved in several doors down! Tony and Lindsey, a young couple who completely…
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Backyard Renovation, March 2009
The renovation was something of a distant pipe dream until I spotted an ad on Craigslist for flagstone. “We just moved to a new home in Colleyville and our back yard is all covered in flagstone. We have two kids and two dogs, and we really need grass out there. My husband has stacked up…
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Backyard Renovation, part 1
When we bought our house, we renovated it from top to bottom. EVERYTHING was torn out except for the bricks on the fireplace. Carpet, light switches, doorknobs, lighting and plumbing fixtures. Everything. The house cost $131,000USD, which is pretty cheap for an urban area in the US. Something that size in suburban Los Angeles or…
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My DIY Plumbing Adventure
I am completely renovating the house that my partner and I just bought, and am 80% finished. Right now I’m working on the master bathroom. The big garden tub that came with the house is the only thing I left in the bathroom, I gutted everything else. But the tub had BRASS handles. Brass is…