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1. First I started with cleaning out the room
2. Disconnected the radiator and moved it outside the room.
3. Patched holes and cracks as good as possible with wood filler. (whatever brand)
4. Sand floor. I started with a medium-grit paper, since thats the one I had laying around. Next time I would use a more heavier [...]

Marimekko

02Dec08

I have been looking at the Marimekko fabrics for months. I really want some curtains been made from a Marimekko design. One think i can’t and thats sewing, im trying to find premade curtain with the Marimekko fabrics but that seems not goin to happen. So one of my missions is to figure out how [...]

Steam Radiators

07Nov08

It has been quite for a while and fall has begon. This means time to clean the furnace and test our steam radiators (from 1936). I try to find information on how to balance steam radiators and since its a dying technology there is not much info out there. We have hissing and overheated radiators [...]

Tree Surgery

26Oct08

So this weekend we had a little accident with one of our huge trees in the backjard. After a afternoon of heavy rain and wind a treebranch broke of the tree and fell in our neighboors driveway. We called the tree to remove the broken brances.

Project started out with only painting the walls…

Before i even know i had and empty bathroom and was replacing almost everything. When i have time i will write down what i did. It involved Ikea countertops, rustoleum metal finish, krud kutter and a new toilet. Here as some before and after photos, minus cleanup.
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