tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77962878176515001252024-02-02T04:06:05.404-08:00Ocean State HomeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16830061066485240956noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7796287817651500125.post-20584483722431712442016-07-10T07:45:00.000-07:002016-07-10T07:45:04.040-07:00Landscaping Part 3 – Adding the Plants<div class="yiv367123794msonormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So about a
year ago I said my next post would be about adding the plants. The truth is, we’ve
now been in the house for two years and we've done a lot around the house since it was completed. During that time we've been making the house our home and have never really stopped adding "finishing" touches. However, while I’d like to start posting about current
things around the house, I feel like I have to finish the whole
construction thing first. Without doing that, I feel like I’d be leaving
chapters out. So here we go, back in time, and on to adding the plants…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Next to the side walkway we had small hydrangeas (I need to find the types) added along with an upright holly near the porch. We selected low growing hydrangeas because we did not want a wall of bushes over the driveway. When blooming, they have a deep purple color. The holly is also slow growing and we keep it trimmed so it doesn't overwhelm the entrance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">At the end of the walkway, we selected a Red Dragon Maple to provide an end of the walkway sort of feel. Since it was planted has bushed out very nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Because the north side of our property runs right along the neighbor's driveway, we wanted to make sure that </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">when snow was plowed, the plants would not be damaged. So</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">, we swept the garden back away from the driveway with a narrowing grass border. This also allowed us to have two sides to the garden. Besides partially burying another rock, we surrounded it with Red Twig Dogwoods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Now that the basic gardens were laid out and the major plants added, it was now time for the irrigation to be installed so we could start growing grass. It was amazing how just adding these few plants, after all this construction work, made the house look like it was time to move in. I know we were more than ready. But the inside wasn't quite there just yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today also seems like the pause before the cold. It gives me time to think about all of the things we've done outside around the house. I think about the many plants that we've put in and what should we add next year. Or what should we move soon so it will be in a better location next year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It also reminds me how we've spent a lot of time outside planting and watering and of course weeding with little time left to blog and share our building story. We've had a great summer and enjoyed every minute of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the season change is coming and that means I will soon be back on line writing more often. I still have more stories to tell and fortunately, unlike time, the stories stand still and yet, are still timely.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But in the mean time, with the still air around me and the feel of cold rain puddles under my bare feet, I'll enjoy the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winter is long over and after a slow spring warm up, we’re finally heading into warmer weather. Today has been spent with torrential rains soaking us but I won’t complain. We need it. I have a lot of catching up to do with the blog so let’s get started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>It takes a lot of research including seeing the plants up close to help decide which are the right ones. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Having a professional Landscape Planner like Brooke from SunFlower Designs helped us a lot.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While the house building continued, we spent time with Brooke from <a href="http://www.sunflowerld.com/" target="_blank">Sunflower Landscape & Designs</a>, designing our landscape plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had also made a couple of trips to <a href="http://www.sylvannursery.com/" target="_blank">Sylvan’s Nursery</a> in Westport , MA to check out the five million, three hundred gazillion plants that they have in order to get an idea of the suggestions that Brooke was making. The planning was now complete and the decisions were all made. It was now time to begin the landscaping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscaping a new house is not like landscaping an older home that has years of growth that just needs to be moved, removed or re-educated. Starting from the ground up (pun intended) is a daunting task. You can do it slowly over time and fight the weeds that inevitably spring up or you can work to get 75% of it done and poke away at the remaining 25% over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We chose the latter. And by choosing to have it done quickly (I really wanted to spend my weekends cutting grass...), we found that not only does it take time to landscape correctly, it also takes money. Lots of money. We have an analogy here on the coast, “A boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into.”</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cold has frozen a 6" ridge of sharp, frozen ice at the end of the driveway left courtesy of the plow driver. Of course, after I finished shoveling. I think they wait for everyone to finish clearing before they go by. And unclear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The snow blower throws the snow to the wind.The wind then catches and blows it all back in my face making me think this must be what the North Pole is like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a temporary thaw. Moving the slush around is like shoveling cold oatmeal. And its three times as heavy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I had to get this Shot of the Icicles on my Neighbor's House.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My gutters are frozen solid with shear walls of ice sitting 6 inches higher than the gutter. Icicles look nice on Christmas cards. Not roofs. Companies are charging around $80 per worker to clear roofs. You'll usually see about 5 of them on a roof. And it takes hours to clear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It Looks Nice. Until the Sun Comes up</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plow driver comes in the middle of the night doing his job. Leaving work for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It wouldn't be so bad if it would melt. But it's been too cold.So it just sits there waiting for the next storm to pile on more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Hydrangeas have all but disappeared.It so cold the snow on the roof isn't even melting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday night, the local weather was saying that we we're going to get another 3" - 6". It's now snowing and I know I'll be shoveling it all before I go to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tomorrow morning there will be 6" of new snow. And now they are saying there will be another storm on Tuesday! That's it. I'm done. I've had enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seeing that we've managed to get this winter's snow all at once, I thought I'd write about it. In two parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's early in the morning and looking outside I see that it's snowing. Again. With half dollar sized flakes, gently coming down. Watching it fall makes me reflect on the snow that we've received over the past month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cold early morning air hits your lungs andmakes you feel alive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The falling snow takes away all the noise making everything peaceful. It seems like you can actually hear the snow land on the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sound of snow crunching under foot where you never heard anything before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first snow falling coats everything with a covering of white changing the way everything appears. It looks like white brush strokes from an artist.</span></div>
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I sit here watching the snow come down on our third Monday with a significant
snow storm, it seems like last spring was so long ago. It was then that <a href="http://oceanstatehome.blogspot.com/2014/05/landscape-planning.html" target="_blank">we started working</a> with Brooke Merriam from <a href="http://www.sunflowerld.com/" target="_blank">Sunflower Designs</a> to design the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Who knew there were so many plants to pick from?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m happy that we hired Brooke because it’s
one thing to change some plants around in existing landscaping. It’s an
entirely different thing to start with nothing and go from the ground up. Wait.
Let me correct that. We started with mud.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Three River Birches along with tall Switch Grasses will help with that.</i></b></span></div>
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guided us along by listening to what we thought we would like and
then provided us with a number of plant suggestions. We knew immediately that we didn’t want any large
arborvitaes in front of the house. I think these are always sold as low maintenance
plants. Too often though, they get no maintenance and wind up being nothing but
thick woody plants. We instead wanted low bushes like hydrangeas, azeleas and red twig dogwoods and different types of grasses. Plus I had my collection of daylillies to spread around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>We went with a lot of low plants like Japanese sedges and Dwarf Fountain Grass. We also added a great looking Hinoki Cypress and Columnar Sweetgum tree.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>and grasses. </i></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Plus we had a couple of large rocks </i></b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>to find homes for</i></b></div>
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we got closer to plant selections she then suggested that we head out to the
nursery to see the plants up close. This was a great idea as it helped us
switch some plants out with others that we found that we liked a little better.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>We figured we could always add it later.</i></b></span></div>
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other great part was that we were able to tag the plants that we handpicked for
our yard so we knew exactly what we’d be planting. The downside is that it is
very easy to get carried away. We picked out a large kousa dogwood that in our
heads was easy to justify the $900 that it was going to cost. I think it was
because we were still in mourning over the one tree, a large kousa dogwood, that
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Lots of low border plants and a great looking Columnar Hornbeam</i></b></span></div>
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nice thing about having a plan was that it was easier to make decisions. I
think if we didn’t at least have something on paper, we’d still have nothing
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>We're happy that we kept a plant area on the inside corner of the patio.</i></b></span></div>
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putting up with my sense of humor – at one point I told her we were ditching plants
and going with a crushed stone yard to keep down the maintenance) and finding
plants that she thought we might like. Now it was on to finishing picking out the plants and start with the planting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had our first real snow of the season early this morning. It left about three
inches of heavy wet snow. Knowing that it was going to turn to rain, we turned
on all of the lights and opened the blinds at 6.30 in the morning so I could go
out and grab a couple of pics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the walls were done being painted, it was time to tackle the floor. This turned
out to be a lot of work. The floors have to first be really clean. With all of the construction going there was a lot of debris that had to be removed. And I don't mean large stuff. There was a bunch of dirt particles and sawdust that had been left behind.</span></div>
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first, after sweeping three times (or was it more?) followed by vacuuming, I hosed the floors
down multiple times with clean water and scrubbed them at the same time to remove the loose
dirt. I used a squeegee to push the water towards the sump pump hole that I had
lined with towels to capture the dirt that was mixed with water from the floor. I didn’t want fines (small dirt
particles) blocking the holes or coating the crushed stone beneath with mud.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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letting it all dry, I used the etching solution, which is mixed with water to
etch the concrete and make it rougher. </span></div>
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time to think. You know, like pondering the great mysteries of the universe like
“will I hit PowerBall soon?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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divided the basement up into sections to make it easier to keep track of the
areas that I had already scrubbed. This is work not to be taken lightly. It
takes multiple deep scrubbings with good rinsings in between. Once it had dried
after each scrubbing, I would rub my hand across the floor to see to see if it
was rough and if there were any powdery residue left behind.</span></div>
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was straight forward on most of the floor. Like the walls, I used the <a href="http://seal-krete.com/" target="_blank">Seal-Krete</a> epoxy on most
of the floor with the exception of the area where my shop is going to go. My
plan is to use the heavier two part epoxy in the shop area because of the
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was quick work with a roller. Like scrubbing, I did it in 4’ x 4’ sections and
would roll it in one direction and then go over it in the other direction to
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Someday we’ll be finishing the basement so this temporary in most of the areas
at best. It took the better part of a day to paint the entire floor but the
results were immediate. The floor looked great and it gave the basement a
finished look.</span></div>
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better half just came by and announced that she was bored. And it’s early. That
means she is going to remember chores that I promised to do. No doubt, the more
bored she gets the more she’ll start to remember those things that I said I
would do long ago. Gotta run. And hide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Holidays,
work, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">life and of course, the Patriots football games (What? We're going to the Super Bowl!) have kept me away. I’ll
work on fixing that. Let me check those PowerBall numbers…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jumping
back in time to shortly before we actually saw completion on the horizon, I
felt the need to go and start to do some work myself. Truthfully, I was bored
and it was too early for yard work (a yard didn’t exist anyways) and I needed
something to do. And my better half had said more than once “You need to find
something to do. Other than bothering me.” So I did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this point, pretty much all of the construction debris in the basement was
cleared out. OK, I did that. It was driving me nuts seeing piles of rubble and
junk wood. And the basement was dry now that the roof had been on for a while.
Note, don’t sweat the puddles that you’re bound to get in the basement during
construction. They will dry. Other than moving the water around to help with
drying, I also picked up all the nails to prevent rust spots. Ya, it’s the
small things in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the unevenness of the colors made the walls look dirty.</span></b></div>
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this point most of the concrete form pins had been knocked off. Thankfully
there were only about 2 dozen left. The other 1,000 plus (I’m guessing) had
already been knocked off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">So standing in the basement after cleaning it, and thinking it looks dark down here with the dark gray-green cement walls. Hmmm, maybe painting it will lighten it up. And I do need something to do. So off to the big box home store I went.</span></div>
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started first by sweeping the walls down with a large floor broom. They had
been up for almost a year so the debris that was attached to them was pretty
dry. You’ll need a mask when doing this because of the dust. The next day I
swept the floor down and waited another day for the dust to settle before
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while tedious, is easy. The paint, which went on very smooth, is one part epoxy so it only requires
stirring. There’s also no trim to cut around so I just rolled away with a
regular wall roller with 3/8” nap and a long pole handle. The heavy nap is useful for all of the air
pockets that are created during the concrete pour. Also, having a cheap brush around
came in handy as well. Honestly though, it’s not worth the bother to try to
fill every small hole. You’ll drive yourself nuts and it will take forever. I also wasn't really neat about the wall meeting the floor either. No need to be. And there just isn 't enough time in the world when it comes to being neat on rough concrete.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coat was enough in my book. The walls looked brighter and they no longer had
that dirty look. And I managed to stay out of my better half's hair. For short amount of time anyways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Year!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As 2014
disappears on the horizon, in reflection, I’m thankful that we’re in our new
house and are really enjoying it. I’ve met a lot of great folks that were
patient and answered my many questions about home construction. And of course
I’m thankful for my better half. She’s the one that has to put up with me every
day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like the
other day, when early in the morning I announced to her “I’m just going to warn
you that I’m going to be really sick by the end of the day. I think I’m going
to have the flu.” Now I’m like most husbands in that we can put up with a lot
of things patiently (uh huh). With the exception of being sick. Then no matter what it
is, when we get sick we convince ourselves that we must be dying and in turn
try to convince our better half’s to agree with us and hang over us in deep
sympathy. Ya, we turn into big babies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She looked
at me with those eyes as only a wife can do and said very concernedly and
sympathetically, “Uh huh, really? Why do you think that?” I answered “Because
my eyes are a little achy and that usually means I’m going to get really sick.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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later, being as compassionate as possible and concerned about my well-being she
said, “Um, how are you doing with being really sick? I haven’t seen anything
yet. Do you think it’s going to be soon?” As only a wife can do. And I had to
smile and laugh. I’m so thankful for her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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back to house stuff with pics and how we finally moved in over the next few
weeks. In the meantime, here’s wishing that you and your families have a great
New Year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16830061066485240956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7796287817651500125.post-32919702742275368872014-12-25T13:58:00.000-08:002014-12-25T13:58:36.837-08:00Merry Christmas - 2014<div class="yiv367123794msonormal">
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Tap, tap, tap… Hello? Anybody out there? Can you hear me? Good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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few weeks since I last wrote. Ok, maybe more like a few months. Almost 6 if you’re really counting. The good
news is, we’re in and have been since I last wrote. And that’s why I haven’t
been able to write. Who knew that moving into a new house could be so much
work? I first thought that the hard part would be packing and moving all the <s>stuff</s>
junk that we had. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all winter long to write about the move. Today is Christmas and there are more
important things to write about. Like, outside of the important religious tone, things
like family, presents and the bacon which my better half made for when the kids
come over for breakfast. Little did she know that leaving the kitchen for a
long period of time was not a good idea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We've come a long way in a year.</i></span></div>
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few weeks, I was determined to have a real tree for Christmas. So we went to a
tree farm with the worst looking Santa who’s ho ho ho’s sounded like they had a
little too much Christmas cheer in between customers. Although I think Duck Dynasty
would have been proud. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Picking out
the tree, a nice 8 footer, was quick. Loading it was not. After paying for the
tree, including an extra charge for wrapping it in twine to make it less wide,
we brought it out to the car. We have an RDX SUV that would fit an 4 foot tree
comfortably. Not so much with an 8 footer. So as I was holding the tree,
keeping the bottom out of the mud, my better half fought with putting the back
seats down as I stood there patiently. Then she spread the tarp. Still patient.
Then she started flattening out the tarp, while I was holding the tree sideways
like an 8 foot sack of potatoes. And of
course patience and weight have opposing forces. Less patience equals more
weight. And more weight equals less patience and into the downward spiral we
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good. Out the door goes the Christmas cheer. My better half steps back and says
“Good luck” with the look that only a wife that can do that pretty much says, “you’re
now officially on your own.” I stuffed the now 500 pound tree into the back of
the car up to the windshield, making it look like it was exactly what I had
planned and away we went.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The little plastic do-hickey they include did not make it easier.</i></span></div>
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tree up was a lot easier. After setting up in the new stand that we bought, and
screwing the supports into the tree, and knowing to how to keep a good thing
going, I turned on the game. Of course the results were immediate. However,
without a lot of convincing (there’s a history with tree decorating here) I was
able to show that she was much better at it than I was. Must be a husband thing.
They want help. So we do. Then they tell us to stop. I don’t get it. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And it doesn't fall over!</i></span></div>
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to today, it’s 60 degrees in New England (so this is what Christmas is like in
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and UPS. Strangely, the tree doesn’t have even a hint of a balsam smell. None,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that Hurricane Arthur has blown by us leaving a bunch of rain behind, I thought that this would be a good time to write about the underground rain system that I installed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it comes to rain water, you have to think of your roof as a large parking lot that collects a boatload of rain. This all has to go somewhere and you don't want it running down the side of your house or along your foundation where it may seep into your basement. This is why they invented gutters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gutter folks showed up and after they took all of the measurements they started making the gutters. Because they are made out of aluminum, they start out with a large roll and shape it using a gutter shaper. OK, I don't know what it's really called but it sounds good. While the gutter is being rolled out, they insert the gutter hangers every couple of feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, I'm not worried about freezing because in the winter, rain is called snow and these aren't snow pipes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note in the picture above, the tire marks runing across the pipe end. This is another good thing about using Schedule 35 pipe. Its flexible and forgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this is the part that I'll do after the grass starts growing. My intent is to create rain gardens that will allow the water to seep back into the ground while still remaining far away from the house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rainwater drains worked exactly as I had hoped. We had a gazillion inches of rain left behind by Hurrican Arthur and none of it went in the basement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So our 4th of July was spent watching the rain come down and carry away some of top soil but it was OK. We were also moving things into the house and planning our first night there. So it could rain all it wanted. We didn't care, because our home was now ours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">One day I received a call from better half and she said they're starting the back deck! <span style="text-align: center;">But they are using pressure treated wood. Isn't it supposed to be mahogany? A quick check of the contract determined that she was right.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We called the builder but for whatever reason they let the contarctors finish the deck. A few months later, it was being removed so they could build the "mahogany" deck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Meridian (our builder) hired DJ and his crew from <a href="http://www.dezeilstra.com/" target="_blank">D. E. Zeilstra</a> to come in and do all of the finish work including redoing the deck that the other contractor did incorrectly. The first thing that they did was to rip off all of the pressure treated wood.</span></div>
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One of the areas that we were uncertain about the design was the back door of the garage. We thought about steps and maybe even a small deck. We decided that a small platform tied into the stairs of the deck would work perfectly.</div>
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The deck, balusters, posts and railings are all mahoganey. We decided to have a white fascia board trim it off around the edges.</div>
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DJ topped the Posts with Copper Caps which gave it a nice finished look.</div>
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We couldn't have asked for a better job on the deck. It was exactly what we had designed and came out even better than we expected. We kept it on the small side (12' x 10') for just when it was she and I using it. Our plan was to use the large patio down below when we entertained. While the mahogany added to the cost, we wanted something different and we really like how it came out.</div>
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So you may remember my story from last year (<a href="http://oceanstatehome.blogspot.com/2013/08/i-must-be-crazy.html" target="_blank">I must Be Crazy</a>) when I found a bunch of pavers for sale on Craigslist. I figured I could save a bunch of money if I hauled them all to the new house and built my own patio. The two wonderful ladies who were selling them, Helen and Linda, just smiled and never said anything as I toiled away during the hot summer moving them. I think they were smiling because they knew I was in fact, crazy. Certifiably.</div>
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After watching Henry and his crew from <a href="http://oceanstatehome.blogspot.com/p/contractors.html" target="_blank">Pereira Brothers</a> and the work that they did with the side wall and walkway along with the amount of time it took, not to mention the beautiful job that they did, <strike>we</strike> my better half, decided there weren't enough weekends in the next century for me to build the patio. And that I was out of my mind to think that I could get something that large built before we moved to assisted living. 40 years from now. She made me tell Henry go for it.</div>
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The first thing they did was to set the grade using a laser level and moving and compacting the gravel around that we had brought in last fall. I tried to convince my better half that I needed a laser level. And a tractor to move dirt. She responded with Henry has that stuff. You don't need that. </div>
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If you look closely, crossing diagonally across the picture, you can see the strings that cross the patio which will guide the depth of the pavers.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Installing the First Piece of Granite</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Counter Top to the Left of the Stove</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Installing the Left Side of Sink</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Heaviest Piece was the Corner End that has an Overhang</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sort of a Chocolate Brown made up of Different shades.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We Went with a Delta Lewiston Touch Faucet.</b></span></div>
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picking up everywhere. Yay! Hardscaping and Landscaping are going on outside
and the finish carpenters have set up on the inside. The floors received a
second coat of poly and have been covered with Rosen paper to protect them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But nothing
says “Light at the end of the</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> tunnel” more than seeing the granite delivered.
We (OK, my better half) picked out this great looking granite from Brazil that is called
Tobacco Brown. I’ve seen a lot of blacks and whites and beige’s and so on in
kitchens, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a brown and it looks fantastic! It
contrasts nicely with the white cabinets and will look great with the stainless
steel appliances that we’ve picked out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I just happened to be there (right, it was on
purpose) when the folks from <a href="http://www.stonetekinc.com/" target="_blank">Stone-Tek</a> arrived with a truck load of granite. I
can say I’m glad I didn’t have to carry any of it. Fortunately they were able
to pull up to the front stairs with truck so they didn’t have to carry the pieces
up a bunch of stairs. The large pieces look extremely heavy and there were a
lot of groans as they were carrying each piece in and sliding
them into place. And because they used a laser for the layout, each piece fit
perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once the
stove is delivered they’ll be back to finish the back splash and the wall behind
the stove. The plan is to have a large piece of granite behind the stove that goes up to the
vent hood to protect the wall from cooking grease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We’ve looked
at the counter tops a million times and from every angle possible and each time
it brings a smile to our faces. I guess you could say we really like the look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><strike>Thousands</strike> Millions of Plants to Choose from.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">While work was picking up on the inside it was time to
start paying attention to the outside and the landscaping. Henry Pereira from
Periera Brothers, who was working on our wall, suggested that we reach out to
Brooke Merriam from Sunflower Designs in Bristol, RI (</span><a href="http://www.sunflowerld.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #196ad4;">www.sunflowerld.com</span></a><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">) for our landscaping design. It was the perfect
suggestion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Our first meeting went fabulously. We walked around
the house and Brooke asked all kinds of questions about the types of plants
that we liked, what did we want to do with each section (sides of the house,
property lines, privacy, etc.) did we prefer low maintenance plants (yes!) and
so on. She asked all the right questions and made great recommendations. We knew immediately we had the right person for
our landscaping. Brooke is an expert and patient and tuned into what we like.
She also laughed at my corny humor. That alone gets her many points.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hiring a Landscape Architect is the right thing to do
if you’re a novice gardener like I am. I’m great with day lilies, irises and
hostas. The rest, not so much. There is a lot to know about the right plant for
the right location, soil prep, watering, where to buy, when to plant and so on.
While my better half is better versed in this than I am, having someone help
with channeling our thoughts to paper makes it all worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Brooke also suggested that we visit a couple of
nurseries to take a look at the various plants to get a better idea of some of
the recommendations she had made. Given my limited knowledge of plants and
bushes it was an excellent idea. So off we went to Sylvan Nursery in Wetsport,
MA (<a href="http://www.sylvannursery.com/">www.sylvannursery.com</a>). We should have brought a picnic
basket (Hey Boo Boo). If you should ever go to a nursery, be prepared for a
long day. Food and water are a necessity. Maybe even a tent. There’s a lot to
see and you’ll find yourself wandering from end to end and then back again. You’ll
see one tree that you’ll mark and then you’ll find another tree that you like
so you have to go back and unmark the other one. Once you find it again. We
learned a lot and will probably go back again to see the plants one more time
before finalizing our decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So now the fun begins. Brooke quickly provided us with
a preliminary plan along with a preliminary plant listing. This is going to be
a lot of work. And there needs to be a lot of thought given to our landscaping.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We’ve watched the inside of the house go from concrete
to wood frames to sheet rocked walls to paint and actual rooms. Now we're going
to help the outside evolve from patches of weeds, dirt and mud to rooms outside
with walls, pathways, patios and gardens and lawn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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working on the wood wall, Henry from Pereira Brothers and his crew continued
work on the stonewall on the side of the
driveway and the walk way leading to the side door. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We’ve
recognized that because the street in front of the house doesn’t have any
parking, the side entrance was really going to be the main entrance for guests.
So we’ve put a lot of focus on this area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The stone
from Pennsylvania came in on pallets wrapped in chicken wire. Apparently, even
with all of the stonewalls that we have in New England, those are really
boulders that farmers have dug up through the years. The type of flat stone
that we wanted isn’t found in the area so it’s pretty common to have it shipped
in from PA. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of work. Stone by stone. They really are skilled at constructing walls. While I
would have been spending hours looking
for just the right stone, they used their rock hammers to chip away until the
rock fit the spot just right. They would slather on mortar and then place the
rock on top of the wet mortar tapping it until it was set perfectly. And then on to the next stone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the top of the stairs were finished with bluestone to provide a nice entrance.
In addition to putting low voltage walkway lights on the lower stairs, we added
a couple on the risers here as well. We’ll put these on some sort of timer to
go on at dusk. That part still needs to be figured out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were being completed, Mike from Stone Age Masonry returned to finish the stone
veneer on the garage and tie it into the wall. He capped the veneer off with
blocks of bluestone to shed the shed the water so it wouldn’t get behind the
veneer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once the
wall and steps were completed, Henry brought in a load of gravel for use under
the walkway. They then put sand on top the gravel. This was leveled off and
tamped down. Then came the Techo-Bloc Aberdeen slabs (large pavers) (<a href="http://www.techo-bloc.com/">www.techo-bloc.com</a>). The walkway
is a little wider than we originally planned, but Henry suggested that we match
it with the width of the steps so that it would flow better to the landing at
the top the wall. Otherwise it would have narrowed only to be widened again
over a short distance. It was a good suggestion because we like the way it
looks and we can add planters to narrow up the appearance if we need to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ever have
some work done on your home that you were just tickled with? Well, this is one
of those areas for us. The wall, stairs and walkway came out perfectly and we
think it really adds a lot to the house. It’s a great place to welcome guests
to our new home. We can’t wait to dress it up even more with flowers and
bushes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Landscape Planning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week as a vacation week from work. The word “vacation” was the only part of it
that was a vacation. But it was still a good one. I enjoy the break that
working outside provides. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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provided that. Most importantly, I was good and didn’t make the folks working
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kinds of questions, I managed to get a coat of paint on the shed’s trim work.
Even though the wood was pre-primed, I used the primer and paint all in one
combo from Valspar figuring a second coat of primer couldn’t hurt. I’m not sure
I would use the combo again. I don’t know if it was the brand or what it was,
but it went on like thick wallpaper paste. While the coverage was good, it was
just difficult to apply smoothly. But check goes that assignment box.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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completed the painting, I started on building a retaining wall on the side of the garage.
Along the way we plan on adding a fence and I’ll need an 8’ gate to fit my
trailer through. However, there is enough of a slope on that side that I needed
to step down the grade by using a retaining wall. Once done, we’ll be adding a
pathway along the top leading to the back yard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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made out of pressure treated 6x6’s, is not as elegant as the stone work going
on near the side entrance, but it kept me busy and out of everyone’s hair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Brothers) took care of cutting into the hill with his equipment and I went to
work. First it was setting a good base of gravel to keep the timbers level and
prevent them from sinking. Setting the first course has got to be the hardest
part. Everything has to be level, plumb and straight or else all of the other
courses will be off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are heavy and moving them around by my self was difficult to put it lightly. My
back was beat, my muscles ached and as I worked I swore that next time I’d hire
someone half my age to build one. It took two days with the second day working
in the pouring rain and resulting mud but I got it done. What’s next?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is breaking and the doldrums are too. Work is now picking up pace.</span></div>
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our mason’s workload, he’s asked another mason to take over the work. This was
difficult for us because the original wall was started last November until the
cold of winter set in. Now we had to lay everything out again and explain what
we wanted for hardscaping. Half of the problem was remembering what we wanted
to begin with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we’re in good hands with Henry Pereira from Pereira Brothers of Warren, RI. If
you could picture this cigar chomping guy showing up with his crew going gang
busters and finding out that Henry really knows his trade. He has helped re-plan the wall and walkway to
really fit the slope of the land and help save us money. He’s also the kind of
person you’d want as a neighbor. So any trepidation that we had of switching
masons in mid-stream is long gone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coming along fantastically and we couldn’t be more pleased with the work and
how it looks. But I’m under the gun for time and need to make it to the
electrical supply place now so the pics will have to tell the story today. I’ll
add more later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jinxed us. Last time I wrote, which was weeks ago, I said there was light at
the end of the tunnel. Well, somebody turned out the lights.</span></span></div>
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house can be a test of patience and an exercise in frustration interspersed
with short periods of joy and excitement. And like the stories we read in
Junior High School (now renamed to Middle School so I guess kids won’t feel
subservient as “Juniors”…) about sailors taking their ships into vast doldrums,
our house is sitting smack dab in the middle of one of the biggest doldrums
ever seen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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makes it even more difficult is that we are so close. So very close. But not
quite there. We’re waiting for subs to show up and finish their final role in
this great performance. It’s become agonizingly slow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">After the
first coat of poly went down and they laid the Rosen paper to protect the
floors and left booties to be worn over shoes, I swear everyone in Town walked
through the house without the booties on and made a point of avoiding the paper
like an OCD person avoiding cracks (apparently called Trypophobia but I also saw a reference to Plumberphobia</span>)<span style="font-size: 11pt;">. So
somebody came in to clean up. Somebody that had never handled a broom in their
life. Ever. Most of the dust and dirt was moved from one side of the rooms to
the other. The rest was left in curvy patterns of broom bristles on the floor. How
clever. Argh! Does it ever end? The only good thing is knowing that before the
next coat of poly goes down, they are really going to have to clean.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the tile folks came in and started on the bathrooms and laundry room. I wish I
could have been around to watch and ask questions. However, that’s the reason
they do their work when the owner’s not around. So they can get their work done.
Setting tile may look easy on all of those do it yourself shows. But just think;
you’re taking this large, square, heavy, flat rock and dropping it onto a layer
of wet mud. And you have to make sure that its level, at the same height and
lined up with the others. And then you have to repeat that fifty times. Well,
being linear (PC for anal) I know I could never do it. Just making sure all of
those lines were straight would send me to the Med Farm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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raining here. That dreary, cold kind of rain that makes it seem proper that I’m
writing a poor, woe is me blog entry about the house. I can’t do anything. It
will be a good day to read, watch a movie and make some popcorn. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Building a
house can one of the most frustrating things that you can ever do. It seems
that there are points of sheer speed when you can see progress every day. And
these bursts of progress are often interrupted by dead stop, no work, no
progress moments that last for days and at times, weeks. Like intermissions in
a long play or movie. This was one of those intermissions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While we
were happy with the speed of the floor install and looked forward to having it
stained and polyurethaned we were unprepared for what happened next. And so was
our Project Manager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They. Went.
On. VACATION! So the floor sat. Unsanded. Unstained. Unfinished. And we were
unhappy. Very unhappy. Now I’m sure somebody told our builder, Meridian Custom
Homes that they would be away. But they didn’t tell our Project Manager, who
also happens to work for Meridian. So all the sub-contractors that he had lined
up, were unlined up and went off to other homes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You see, the
tile guys wouldn’t come in until the hardwoods were done. The cabinet guys
wouldn’t come in and install the vanities and wrap up the kitchen until the
tile guys were done. The granite vanity and counter top company wouldn’t come
in until the cabinets were installed. The painters wouldn’t come in for the
touch ups until the countertops were installed. And the electricians wouldn’t
come in to install outlets and switches until the paint was touched up. And so
it goes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But now the
floors are installed, stained and covered with the first of three coats of poly.
Rosen paper has been spread on the floors to protect them. And the tile that
has been sitting in the garage since February can now be installed. And we can
get the subs all lined up again. And keep our fingers crossed for no more
vacations while they are working on our house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I have to
admit, as frustrating as it was, with the floors in, they look great! We’re
happy with the way the stain looks in contrast to the paint that Mrs. OSH
picked out. The floors were the last bit of large construction. Now we can
start on everything else. Yes, we’re really seeing light at the end of the
tunnel now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This helps the floor to float as the humidity changes.</b></span></div>
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excitement continues. Once the wood floors had sat for a few days in order to
be acclimated with the humidity of the house, the installation began. They started
by putting Rosen paper down over the sub-floor and then the oak floor over it.
It will help reduce squeaks and help the floor to move a bit as the wood swells
and shrinks as the humidity changes over seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was
amazing to see how quickly it went down, moving along rapidly from room to
room. Once the wood is all down, they’ll sand it and then stain it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While the
floor was being installed they stained the front door and we were thrilled to
find that the color is perfect. Another plan well executed. I’ll provide more
on that on a future blog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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during that time, they installed the hearth and mantel around the gas
fireplace. We like the way it looks and it’s already one of the focal points of
the room. More on that later too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the
floors moving along, the door being stained and the fireplace now looking like
a fireplace we feel closer to having a real house instead of one full of
sawdust and wood and plaster. We can now start to think about moving in. Of course
there is still a lot of work to be done, but we can at least start to see that our
dream is finally turning into reality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We knew it was time to pick out a stain for the floors so</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>She picked up a piece of oak panel from the local big box and used that</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>to compare stains and shades.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>She tried Cherry and even mixing Cherry with other stains</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>She tried Weathered Oak and Early American</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>(and what's up with Google? It keeps flipping my pics.)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And Early American and Cherry</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>of the type of wood that we were using. So I ran over to <a href="http://www.lumberliquidators.com/" target="_blank">Lumber Liquidators</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>where they gave me a few unstained pieces of white oak to use. Free.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This color test came out much better because we were using actual flooring.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It was exciting to go over and find that the flooring had been delivered.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It was from a company in Virginia named Ten Oaks</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see Stuart Virginia stamped on to the backside of the wood.</span></b></div>
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exciting to stop by the house and find that the hardwood flooring had arrived. It
wasn’t just the fact that the wood had arrived, but it was knowing that this is
the <b><u>last</u></b> phase of major construction.
Once this is done the only work remaining will be the installation of all the parts
that make the house go (outlets, lights, switches, faucets, etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like any
decision with house building, selecting a floor and the color stain is not
something that you want to do in haste. We were originally going to go with
Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors in the main living areas and carpet the bedrooms. But after
looking at stains and worrying about the dark wood showing every scratch and
not to mention the impact on our budget, we decided to go with white oak. White
oak is the old standby but it’s found in many houses with hard wood floors.
Sure, there are many beautiful exotics available; they were just beyond our
budget. The upside to using white oak was that we could now afford to do the
bedrooms too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also
decided to go with the unfinished boards and have them finished on site. I
wouldn’t hesitate to go with the prefinished pieces if doing an individual room,
but see we were doing the entire house, we felt it was a better route to have
the floors finished as part of the install.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs. OSH
experimented with the actual stains on a piece of oak paneling. Colors on a
company supplied card just don’t cut it. You really need to stain wood and
bring it on site to get a better feel. We weren’t sure the colors were accurate
so I ran over to <a href="http://www.lumberliquidators.com/" target="_blank">Lumber Liquidators</a> where they gave me some sample pieces.
Free. It may sound simple, but I was impressed that they gave me the pieces.
They now have a future customer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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testing many samples we decided to go with the Minwax English Chestnut. We
think it will give us the right shade of dark, but not too dark. It will also show the grain of the wood nicely. The only thing
we didn’t do that might not have been a bad idea was to cover the stains with a few coats of poly because this can darken the wood further. We were OK with a slightly
darker color though and didn’t bother. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The painters
have wrapped up the interior painting and cleaned up their gear and moved onto
the next house. The ceilings, walls, trim work and doors are all done and they
look great. Of course, I was so enthralled by it all and how it looks I just
didn’t take enough pictures.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’m glad we
decided to stick with a few primary colors until we move in and get a feel for
each room and the lighting. I found that with walking from room to room or even
looking at the walls in any one room, the shades of color seem to change. What
makes it even more interesting is the Collingwood, which we used in all of the
main living areas, seems to take on a different color as you move from the
hallway to the Living Room to the Dining Room. The amount of natural light
coming in really makes a difference. Who knows, we may never need to repaint any
time soon.</span></div>
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part that paint really makes interesting is how you can now start to see the
character of the house and every room starting to come through. All that
planning. All that swearing (yes, I’ve had some moments) seems to be paying
off. Having it go from a piece of paper to a plan to something that you can
touch is awesome and makes it all well worth it. Most of the time.</span></div>
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next? The floors should be coming in and I expect that part of the project will
take a couple of weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you may have seen in the last post, everything was masked off. Once that was done they spray painted primer on all the walls and ceilings. With everything masked off, this made for quick work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stopped by after work one night to see how the paint was progressing. They were using a sprayer to do the ceilings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The air was thick with latex paint spray. The painter wore a respirator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the primer and ceilings were done, they went to work on the wood trim. Again, having it masked off enabled the painters to use a sprayer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even the doors were sprayed. I liked the idea of spraying the trim and doors because it gave the woodwork a smooth, even finish. That's hard to do with a brush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bottom half with the wainscoting was sprayed white. The upper half will be painted Collingwood like the Living Room and Kitchen. We may change that once we move in and get a feel for the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even the oak treads were masked off so that they could paint the stair trim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next step was to paint all of the walls using an 18" roller. This made for quick work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was thinking that "I need one of these". Then I thought, "maybe not". Mrs. OSH will then have my weekends booked if she changes her mind about the colors.</span></div>
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everything is masked off the painters (DJ Rasmusson Paint Restoration Co.) are
making quick progress. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First it was painting primer over all the drywall to
provide an even background color and give the paint something to stick to. Then
they painted the ceilings using a sprayer which I’m guessing saved them a ton
of time. After they were done with the ceilings, they went on and painted all of
the trim work in place. They are painting the walls so this doesn’t hurt
anything doing it this way. They also spray painted all of the doors giving
them a nice smooth, even coat. Now they’ve broken out the rollers and started
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Benjamin Moore - 2118-60</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Like a
long-ago memory, this light, misty shade of gray-lavender is soft around the
edges.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>This color
is part of the Classic Color Collection.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Is that like a Classic Car? And who names these colors?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Steeped in
tradition, the refined, elegant colors of the Historical Collection deliver
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prep has started with the nail holes being filled with putty to be sanded
smooth later. Last minute electrical outlet additions have been installed and popped
screws and random holes in the sheetrock are being filled and sanded. Also,windows
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can be difficult particularly in a new house. Having never spent a night or a
full day there as the sun shifts through the windows we decided to play it
safe. Not to mention the fact that the builder gave us up to four colors (not
counting the white trim) to choose from made it a little difficult. Each additional
color was going to be an additional cost of $250. I’m not sure if they do that
to keep it from getting too crazy with colors or just a way to make additional money.
I’m guessing it’s probably a little of both.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Really? Like I had any say at all.) decided to go with Benjamin Moore’s
Rockport Gray for the Master Bedroom, Silver Lake for the Master Bath and Misty
Memories for the guest bath. For the rest of the house we decided to go with a neutral
Collingwood. I don’t think the fact the same color will be used throughout the
remaining rooms will be as noticeable given the different levels of lighting in
each room and hallway. Plus the dining room will be white on the bottom half
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half and I (OK, mostly me) have been looking for months for the right light for
our dining room. We have a beautiful hand blown light picked out from <b><a href="http://www.nichemodern.com/" target="_blank">Niche Modern</a> </b>but it’s a bit more money than we want to spend at the moment. We
noticed though that they have factory sale in April so our plan is to do a road
trip.This means driving about 5 hours, spending money on gas, food and a hotel, and then saving some
money on the light. Ya, it will probably even out, but it will be cool to go to
the factory to see how they are made. And save some money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meantime, we need a light. Now I’m a Craigslist hound and have been able to
discover some pretty good finds along the way.
Unless you type in the word “chandelier” in the Craigslist search bar.
You’ll get thousands of chandeliers. Most are ugly which is why they’re being
sold to begin with. So in the interest of sharing, I’m posting the pics of a
few of the special ones. If you find them attractive, don’t be insulted that I don't. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I no longer have room for it. Call xxx-xxx-xxxx. New price - great gift for Christmas</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it needs to go back in the box. And sent back overseas. And fall off the boat...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Based on the date on the picture, after over a year of trying to sell it, I think they need to just wrap it up in that cloth. And throw it away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not sure I would want something that looks like a cremation urn hanging over my dining room table. Put it back into storage. For another hundred years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a reason for free. I wonder if it will fit in the trash can behind it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh good the price has been reduced! And it's "Gorgeous"! Um, no it's not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showstopper? Unforgettable? There aren't enough words in the dictionary to describe this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After lots of searching this is the one we found and are going to put up temporarily. It's a heavy brass chandelier with six lights and it's not at all like the pendant that we want but we need something in the mean time for lighting. I like it and I think it will look good until we get the <a href="http://www.nichemodern.com/" target="_blank">Niche Modern</a> pendant that we really like. And for $100, it was a "good find". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although Mrs. OSH really did not want a brass one, I think she half believed me that brass was making a come back. And </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I convinced her it will work until our road trip which I promised to make.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sure she won't forget that promise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy your weekend.</span></div>
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