Transitioning from city life, to life in the Burbs as parents
March 3, 2020 Leave a comment
Gravel driveway no more. After dealing with a gravel driveway for a year and half, so excited park the cars on this baby, we have to wait 2 days. The girls will get to ride their bikes and no more muddy cat footprints on the cars.
Want to thank our friends at THD and Coats of Armor for getting the done for us.
February 21, 2020 Leave a comment
I don’t take enough before pictures, but this 100 year old sidewalk was buried under brick pavers for some reason. It is not complete level, but not bad enough to cover..
Read more of this postJuly 19, 2019 Leave a comment
I want to give a big shout out to Stephen at fixpocketdoors.com
One of my favorite things about this old house are the original parlor doors. 8 feet of solid wood. When you close them you almost can’t hear anything else.
Due to settling, one of my doors came off track after trying to put it back into the pocket and became stuck about 95% of the way open. I have seen some many home improvement shows that would have just cut into the wall and turned them into barn doors. I wasn’t going to do that. I bought the home to have the Parlor.
After trying to trouble shoot, I thought it was best to contact a professional and not ruin the hangers.
I reached out to Stephen. He got back to me very quickly. After getting the trim out of the way, Stephen helped me figure out what type of hanger I had. Dix Noiseless Parlor Door Hangers and how I might get it on track.
The biggest issue was the “interference fitting.” It is supposed to keep it from going off track, but in my case it was keeping it off the track.
After some shimming the door and a long screw driver I was able to manipulate it back on to the track. That is the simplest version of the story. I am not going to give away all of Stephen secrets, I would just say if you run into the issue, reach out, he is very happy to help.
January 10, 2019 Leave a comment
One of my last post back in 2011 I visited Taylor. Well now in 2019 I live there. So far I would have to put it up there with the second favorite place I have ever lived. I don’t know if anything will dethrone Los Angeles, but I will try my best to make it happen.
More stories soon to come, been a while since I have been excited to talk about living in Texas.
August 10, 2014 Leave a comment
Texas is just too hot not to be able to take a dip. A lot of people have asked me what the process was like. After taking a couple bids we decided to go with Anthony and Sylvan. One of the biggest concerns when it came down to it, was who wasn’t going to charge more once they started digging.
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Hipsters In The Burbs 