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Entries from December 2008

New lights from EQ3 for the media room and spare bedroom

December 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

We found pendant lights that we really liked at EQ3. We purchased two of them. One for the new media room / den and the second for our spare bedroom (both of which previously had a hanging light bulb so we were very much in need).

We’re happy with the look, quality and price. […]

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Tags: Lighting

At long last the new media room / den is finished

December 31st, 2008 · 5 Comments

We’ve finally finished all of the finishing touches in the new media room / den. We’re thrilled to have that project done and crossed off the to-do list. As a reminder here are some photos of the room before we demo’d it and rebuilt (it was the old second floor kitchen for the […]

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Tags: Media room

Disappointment with our KitchenAid Architect Series Range Hood

December 21st, 2008 · 12 Comments

In our previous posts where we described our new kitchen we mentioned that we had chosen KitchenAid Architect Series appliances. This is our second full set of KitchenAid appliances as we had purchased them for our old house as well.

In general we have been very happy with the appliances. They are very good […]

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Tags: Kitchens

Life back to normal - the sewage pipe saga is over

December 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The guys from Absolute came back as promised on Wednesday. They dug out the trap that was underneath our front porch and replaced it. They added a venting system that now allows for the city or a private company to come and stick a camera into the pipes to inspect for damage.

The total […]

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Tags: Basement · Plumbing

Moving to next steps on the sewage back-up

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Today I made contact with the company that was recommended to me by the city worker who came yesterday to help. The name of the company is Absolute Draining & Plumbing.

Andrew came by today exactly on schedule. He called ahead of time to let me know he was on his way. It’s […]

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Tags: Basement · Plumbing