Comments on: Progress is Made in the Kitchen and Living Room http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/ Amateur Adventures in Home Improvement and Repair Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:21:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: A New Tool and New Motivation. Back to Work on the Wallpaper. | This Old New House http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-27 A New Tool and New Motivation. Back to Work on the Wallpaper. | This Old New House Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:14:36 +0000 http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/?p=56#comment-27 [...] to see what they had in stock. Oddly enough, they have done away with DIF (the stuff I spoke about in an older post) which is a fairly widely recognized brand, and started carrying Piranha brand products. I noticed [...] [...] to see what they had in stock. Oddly enough, they have done away with DIF (the stuff I spoke about in an older post) which is a fairly widely recognized brand, and started carrying Piranha brand products. I noticed [...]

]]> By: Annie! http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Annie! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:09:48 +0000 http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/?p=56#comment-17 Guys, the place looks great! I am still working on fixing up the condo, which I thought was hard work, but when I see what you are doing to a whole house, I suddenly feel like what I have to do isn't so bad. I refuse to have a house warming until the condo is my version of presentable, so I am thinking about a May housewarming/bday party. Can't wait to see you guys! Hope its soon. xoxo Guys, the place looks great! I am still working on fixing up the condo, which I thought was hard work, but when I see what you are doing to a whole house, I suddenly feel like what I have to do isn’t so bad. I refuse to have a house warming until the condo is my version of presentable, so I am thinking about a May housewarming/bday party. Can’t wait to see you guys! Hope its soon. xoxo

]]> By: Dad http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Dad Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:51:16 +0000 http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/?p=56#comment-10 House is coming along well Joe & Gretchen, I know it is a lot of hard work, (we've been doing it for 18 yrs!). If you need help with anything at all just let me know, we'll get the ice maker set up as soon as you are ready! We are close by stop by anytime! House is coming along well Joe & Gretchen, I know it is a lot of hard work, (we’ve been doing it for 18 yrs!). If you need help with anything at all just let me know, we’ll get the ice maker set up as soon as you are ready! We are close by stop by anytime!

]]> By: 1/32nd of the Living Room Wallpaper is Done! http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-6 1/32nd of the Living Room Wallpaper is Done! Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:54:02 +0000 http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/?p=56#comment-6 [...] nicely, and is drying a solid white color. It looks pretty good. I’ll wet sand it tomorrow (thanks for the advice JCC), and add another layer and we should be ready to paint. I also patched up the spots I missed with [...] [...] nicely, and is drying a solid white color. It looks pretty good. I’ll wet sand it tomorrow (thanks for the advice JCC), and add another layer and we should be ready to paint. I also patched up the spots I missed with [...]

]]> By: maa http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-5 maa Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:28:31 +0000 http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/?p=56#comment-5 Sent a link to this site over to my brother - one of his comments was that the "Known in California to cause cancer" warning is on just about everything you normally buy at hardware stores...my xmas lights, for example, have that warning on them. So don't worry too much about that stuff. While I'm dispensing unqualified and unrequested medical advice, let me add that if Gretchen is or may potentially be pregnant, she must not use Propecia and should not handle crushed or broken Propecia tablets Sent a link to this site over to my brother – one of his comments was that the “Known in California to cause cancer” warning is on just about everything you normally buy at hardware stores…my xmas lights, for example, have that warning on them. So don’t worry too much about that stuff. While I’m dispensing unqualified and unrequested medical advice, let me add that if Gretchen is or may potentially be pregnant, she must not use Propecia and should not handle crushed or broken Propecia tablets

]]> By: jcc http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4 jcc Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:10:11 +0000 http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/?p=56#comment-4 A few tips (which you may already know) for cutting down on drywall dust: -If possible wet sand using a damp sponge. Use a big bucket of water a a few dense sponges. After the joint compound dries, rub it with the damp sponge as if you were lightly sanding. Be easy with it, you don't want to take off too much mud. You need to change/ wash them out when the pores of the sponge fill up and change out the water when the sponges won't wash out anymore. This doesn't work well with setting type joint compounds though. -Close off the room completely and use a box fan in the nearest window to suck out the dust, this does make a mess outside but you can put a standard fiberglass ac filter on the inside of the fan to collect some of it. -Clean up often. When you sand the dust tends to fall quickly but moving around, opening doors, and running the AC tends to stir it up. When I dry sand I keep the shop vac close by. Good luck on the house! A few tips (which you may already know) for cutting down on drywall dust:
-If possible wet sand using a damp sponge. Use a big bucket of water a a few dense sponges. After the joint compound dries, rub it with the damp sponge as if you were lightly sanding. Be easy with it, you don’t want to take off too much mud. You need to change/ wash them out when the pores of the sponge fill up and change out the water when the sponges won’t wash out anymore. This doesn’t work well with setting type joint compounds though.
-Close off the room completely and use a box fan in the nearest window to suck out the dust, this does make a mess outside but you can put a standard fiberglass ac filter on the inside of the fan to collect some of it.
-Clean up often. When you sand the dust tends to fall quickly but moving around, opening doors, and running the AC tends to stir it up. When I dry sand I keep the shop vac close by.

Good luck on the house!

]]> By: KateR http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/progress-is-made-in-the-kitchen-and-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-3 KateR Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:51:09 +0000 http://www.thisoldnewhouse.com/?p=56#comment-3 Hey man. My husband and I are probably going to end up doing something like this too when we eventually buy a house. I only wish we could buy his stepgrandmother's house, but it's worth like $700k and his stepdad needs the money to pay for her retirement home bills! Heh. Anyway, we're web and print designers too. I can't wait to see what you end up doing design-wise. Hey man. My husband and I are probably going to end up doing something like this too when we eventually buy a house. I only wish we could buy his stepgrandmother’s house, but it’s worth like $700k and his stepdad needs the money to pay for her retirement home bills! Heh. Anyway, we’re web and print designers too. I can’t wait to see what you end up doing design-wise.

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