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Posted on 2008-05-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Four days ’til our final inspection. Our last two tradesmen (for [phase 1A][phases]) were out today–masonry and HVAC. Kevin McKeever is our mason. He came out yesterday to salvage as many of the old bricks from our original chimney as … Continue reading →

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Remodel update

Posted on 2008-03-07 by Jim Vanderveen

I’ve been pretty busy at work *and* home since Christmas, and I can’t find the USB cable for our camera. Both things have kept me from blogging as much as I would like, especially regarding our remodel. But a few … Continue reading →

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Christmas break

Posted on 2007-12-23 by Jim Vanderveen

I’ve got a week and a half off for Christmas, and one can only socialize *so* much. We’ll be spending considerable time working on our remodel, of course. Speaking of the remodeling project, I noticed that I haven’t post much … Continue reading →

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More appliances…

Posted on 2007-12-17 by Jim Vanderveen

Our [hood][] is wired up, so we have lights on our fancy new range! I was so pumped about the range in my earlier post that I forgot to mention that we got our washer and dryer hooked up again. … Continue reading →

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We have a stove!

Posted on 2007-12-16 by Jim Vanderveen

At long last, our [range][] is installed! Barb didn’t waste any time putting it to use. We’ve got the hood mounted to the wall, but it’ll be few days before that’s hooked up. Our HVAC installer will be out on … Continue reading →

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Wed. progress

Posted on 2007-12-13 by Jim Vanderveen

Louie, who did our gutters, came by yesterday and installed the last of our downspouts. Rick was also out yesterday afternoon and got the kitchen tiled, including all the appliance bays. Lots of finicky corner- and edge cuts, plus he … Continue reading →

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Kitchen faucet’s outta here!

Posted on 2007-12-07 by Jim Vanderveen

We got our faucet out of the kitchen finally. The guys are plugging the hot- and cold water and sewer lines right now. We’ll cover it up and I’ll post some pictures when we’re all finished. Posted via Jott Pictures … Continue reading →

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We passed!

Posted on 2007-10-30 by Jim Vanderveen

We passed frame inspection! Woo hoo! Lots of things are going to happen pretty quickly, now. Insulation goes in tomorrow (Wed). Drywall starts Thursday. Our plumber and HVAC people are also scheduled to be on-site Thursday to hook up the … Continue reading →

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39 days til Thanksgiving

Posted on 2007-10-15 by Jim Vanderveen

Barb took a couple of well-earned days off from our remodel and went to the [Pacific International Quilt Festival](http://www.quiltfest.com/activities.asp?id=7) with my mom on Friday and Saturday. But I wasn’t working alone–J and Andre did a bunch of work for me … Continue reading →

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Remodel/addition at six months

Posted on 2007-10-12 by Jim Vanderveen

Construction started on our remodel/addition project six months ago, today. We were hoping to be finished by now, but at least the end is in sight! I’m almost done with the wiring (*finally!*), and we’re just about ready to jump … Continue reading →

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