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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: August 2010
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Monday, August 30, 2010. Friday, August 27, 2010. Hey all.its been a hectic week as we prepare to MOVE IN this Monday [8/30/10]. The house is mostly done.touch ups still to come.the kitchen still needs some lovin.but Mr. Pepco is scheduled to come on 8/30 to give us juice, so we're coming in right behind him. Sunday, August 22, 2010.
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: The Grand Opening
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Monday, November 8, 2010. WellI can finally say that we're "done". Though you're never really done.we've gotten rid of all the dust and cleaned the joint up enough to make it presentable. So now its time for you to come and check us out. Email me at: terrance3000@gmail.com for the rest of the details. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: September 2010
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Thursday, September 30, 2010. So, we've finally moved in! Crazy really crazy. its kind of hard to believe b/c when i take a look around I can still see each corner of the place in its former condition as clear as day: the moldy carpet. the massive holes in the rotted floors. the bombed-out kitchen. the NASTY basement. An old house has so ...
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: January 2010
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Thursday, January 28, 2010. Demolition - Phase 2. Here are some new photos. Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Demolition - First Photos. Here are the first photos from demolition.about two days into the process. Man, these guys move fast! New pictures are here. Add a 1/2 bathroom. New roof [the current roof has a huge hole in it]. So, we're supp...
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: Settling in....
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Thursday, September 30, 2010. So, we've finally moved in! Crazy really crazy. its kind of hard to believe b/c when i take a look around I can still see each corner of the place in its former condition as clear as day: the moldy carpet. the massive holes in the rotted floors. the bombed-out kitchen. the NASTY basement. The DC Court of Appe...
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: March 2010
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Saturday, March 27, 2010. This week we're continuing the re-build of the interior. the floor beams have been replaced [mostly.some are actually in good shape for being 100 years old] and new sub-floors have been installed. next, the 2x4s went up and you can get a sense of what the space will look like. here are pictures. This phase: they'...
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: May 2010
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Friday, May 28, 2010. A few weeks back, we had some unforseen [but not entirely unexpected] problems pop up with some unwelcome guests at the house. A residual effect of the drug and crime epidemic was squatting. nothing much to it: if a house is vacant, you can just bust into it and make it yours! Pretty cool.[i guess]. Reason being: whi...
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: April 2010
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Thursday, April 29, 2010. But, finally, as of yesterday, we had all of our permits on display [we had them officially approved 2 weeks ago]. And here is the picture of the window with all of our "paper" in it. DCRA cant touch us now! Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Let There. Be. LIGHT. I'll post some photos in the next few days. Next we took ...
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: Full Circle
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Wednesday, September 15, 2010. This past weekend, I had an unexpected meeting.and it was kind of cool. A car pulled up in front of the house and stopped to look. I didn't think much of it, but after a minute or two, I decided to go out and see if I could help the onlookers. I showed them all the new things that we did with the place and y...
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1st & Q St NW: A Rehab Story: November 2010
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1st and Q St NW: A Rehab Story. A Blog about my rehab of a 1900s Victorian in the Truxton Circle/Shaw Neighborhood of DC. Other random thoughts may be included as well. Friday, November 12, 2010. Ok ok ok.one more thing. We had one more project to do and decided to call in a specialist to get it done. the mission: to create a bar in the dining room [no, we're not drunks, just thirsty]. We needed a contractor to create a custom built-in cabinet who would:. Work long days [and into the night]. We saved som...