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Tag Archives: Home building
Whose Room Is It Anyway?
With the basement project all but completed, our house now boasts five bedrooms instead of three. (Three up and two down). This was the main reason we bought it as our family needed the space. We have also completed the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Home
Tagged Bunk bed, Children, Family, Furniture, Home, Home and Garden, Home building, Home renovation, Kenyan, life, Living
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Our Kijiji Experience and Smiling Pedro
Some people are leery about using the buy and sell site, Kijiji. I am not. Or should I say we are not. Amie and I use the site with reckless abandon and until our last encounter, happy to brag about … Continue reading
Posted in Home
Tagged Blog, Carpenter, Electrician, Handyman, Home, Home building, Home renovation, Humor, Kijiji, life, Plumber, Tradesman
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That Darn Basement!
Amie and I have lost our DIY mojo. At least as far as the basement project is concerned. We did do what we set out to do but in the end, we limped over the finish line. We didn’t go … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home
Tagged Basement, Decor, Design, DIY, Do It Yourself, Dropped ceiling, Family, Home building, Home renovation, House, Love
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Just Another One Of Those Weekend.
I have another weekend story. This time at least it’s not the entire weekend, just Sunday. Everything was going great, well not so great as Amie and I were spending most of the day down in the basement doing some … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home
Tagged Basement Project, Builders, DIY, Family, Home, Home building, Home renovation, House, life, Mudding and Taping, Tough Mudder
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Making The Man Cave – Part Two
When I last updated the finishing of my our basement, also known as the man cave, we had just finished framing and was running the electrical. Well the cable running is all done and we are just finishing up with … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home
Tagged Basement Renovation, Cave, DIY, Home, Home building, Home renovation, House, life
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Mighty Neighborly Neighbors
This morning, while trying to back out of my garage, I lost what little concentration I had (Not sure how much concentration it takes to do that) and backed the car off the edge of the driveway. In so doing, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home, Life
Tagged Construction worker, Contractor, Driveway, Family, Home building, Home renovation, life, Neighbors, Neighbourhood
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Braving the heights to save $$
Two months ago when we moved into our brand new house, Amie gushed, “Wow! I am happy with everything. I don’t have to change anything for a long time.” In my mind I thought, “Yeah right. We will be painting … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home, Relationship
Tagged Construction and Maintenance, DIY, Do It Yourself, Home building, Home renovation, Ladder, Paint
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Making The Man Cave
Work on The Man Cave is under way. The framing is just about done and I have started running electrical cables. Yes, I am, not the wife, not my friends, not my father-in-law, I am excited! Most of the planning … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home
Tagged Family and Relationships, Home building, Home renovation, life, Man Cave, Recreation
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Our first house project – Garage storage
Amie and I started and completed our first project today. It was nothing too extravagant, just building a garage shelf to put some of our stuff away. It went very well and we managed to stay upbeat and positive throughout. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home
Tagged Design, DIY, Do It Yourself, Home, Home and Garden, Home building, Home renovation, House, life, Tools
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