Lower Phinney Project

Furnace Project

Sasha — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:23:00 GMT

When I purchased the house I knew I was going to have to replace the furnace. The old one is from the 1930's and didn't run very well. It would turn on for about 40 seconds and then turn off again. That and it's the old type before they used blowers so...(read more)

The floors are done

Sasha — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:08:00 GMT

So most of the floor work was completed a few weeks ago. But we finally got the trim painted this weekend. The fresh coat of white on the baseboards and new quarter round really makes the fir floors shine. Now we just need some furniture so we can use...(read more)

Freezer Extraction Project

Sasha — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:09:00 GMT

Among other tasks completed this weekend, the biggest was getting the old, 1940's deep freezer out of the basement. It's a Sear/Kenmore Coldspot freezer. There's a Sears Archive advertisement for a similar one here . Note, however, that the one I had...(read more)

A house is always a project

Sasha — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:22:00 GMT

A month ago I got the keys to my first house. Like all new owners I have a large list of projects in mind (we have them posted on the fridge). The first thing I took on was the floors, in the hopes of being able to entertain the next weekend. Ha! The...(read more)