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Home Ownership – Falling Down
Foliage is coming down faster than a whore on Saturday night. So far I have 28 30-gallon bags of leaves. If you don't math, that's 840 freakin' gallons. This is just the first pass through the back...
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Mutant bug?
I’ve been trying to identify this bug in my basement for several months now. It looks like some kind of mutant grasshopper and jumps around like an ADD kid on meth. But thanks to Hive Logic, I now know...
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The MLS database that holds info on houses for sale really ought to have a field for popcorn ceilings. You can already search for various things like garages, basements, swimming pools, etc. There...
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Good-bye, ranch house. Hello, shirtwaist.
We just finished moving, and have already taken advantage of the front porch and being within walking distance of the grocery store. Next on the list is walking to The Foundry (and stumbling home). We...
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Our house in 1940
This is our house in 1940, thanks to photos taken by the Jackson County Tax Assessor’s Office and FDR’s Public Works Administration. The house was only 30 years old, so the old folks on the front porch...
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Downspouts, interrupted
After only a year and a half in this new old house, I finally got around to disconnecting our gutter downspouts from the sewer system. It wasn’t difficult at all, once I remembered the Rule #1 of KC...
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Home Improv
I inadvertently embarked us on a home improvement project this weekend… Among the many layers of paint in the butler’s pantry are teal, dark yellow, bright yellow, gray, and pea green. Yes, someone...
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Repairing window sash weights
Most of the window sash weights in our 1910 house have been cut, and today we took the plunge to restore one of the windows. It takes some patience, but it is very doable. The process involves...
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The Kansas City Shirtwaist
Real estate blogger Sarah Snodgrass has a good post on the Kansas City Shirtwaist house, a local variation of the American Foursquare style. What is a Kansas City Shirtwaist house? Michelle and I have...
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