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Entries from February 2009

Replacing the drain in the basement before the renovation begins

February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Because of the sewage back-up scare we had around Christmas time we are going to replace the basement sewage line before we start to re-build down there. We just feel like it is the prudent thing to do despite our lack of desire to bear the cost. In addition we need to add […]

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Tags: Basement · Plumbing

Adding built-in bookshelves to the new den / media room

February 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Our friend Ben started working with us today. We’re excited about what we can accomplish over the coming weeks.

We can’t go any further on the basement until our drain guys (more to come on that once work begins) rip up the basement floor to fix the sewage line and add drains for the new […]

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Tags: Media room

Basement demo begins

February 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

On holiday Monday we began to organize the basement. We have a lot of stuff down there (we’re always amazed at how much stuff we accumulate and neither one of is a pack rat!) It was a long process to properly organize all of our tools, sports gear etc… In addition it […]

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Tags: Basement · Demolition

We’re about to embark on a major push forward - reno phase 4

February 14th, 2009 · No Comments

We’ve been in the planning stage for our bathroom / laundry room renovation for some time now. As you know it takes a long time to source all of the right fixtures, tiles, cabinet maker, lights etc… Added to which this is currently our home’s only full bathroom so we are trying to […]

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Tags: Bathroom · Laundry room · Basement

We’re featured in this month’s Financial Post Magazine

February 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Our renovation story is featured in this month’s Financial Post Magazine. It’s bundled in the National Post today or you can view it online here.

Obviously it’s kind of fun to be featured in such a high profile print publication. Dan (the author) found us by leaving a comment on this blog which is […]

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Tags: Media