Quick update on our office (technically called the “all-purpose room”). We revisited the wood paneling I told you about, to improve on the finish. We used more Citristrip to clear any paint remnants, cleaned with mineral spirits, then applied another coat of Restor-A-Finish. The results were worth the effort, though it’s difficult to do it justice …
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Yearly Archives: 2013
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the office
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door film
The glass panel beside our front door is completely transparent. People can see right into our living space, and get a good sense if anyone is home. Later Eichler models used opaque glass for this panel, so we decided to mimic that, while solving the security issue. The sunlight in the above ‘before’ shot means …
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redwood replacement
Just a quick bit of maintenance on the courtyard area, by our entrance. Between each of the poured concrete panels is a thin piece of redwood. These have been untouched for nearly 60 years, and they’re showing it. Some are completely rotten. So, we decided to replace them with new redwood. This was pretty cheap, …
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palette tweaks
After painting the living room wall, we weren’t happy with how the gray looked. So we started from scratch. We did some research, to find some true, pure grays. A few that came up were Sherwin Williams colors. There’s a store in East Sacramento, so we took a trip over. The people at the store …
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patio planting
Our side patio – overlooked by living area, office and master bedroom – is where we spend most of our outdoor time. And it was probably the neatest outside area to begin with. So much so, we haven’t really done anything to it…apart from battle the leaf problem. Until now. Remember those couple of shrubs …
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the claw
As you may have noticed, we’ve cut down a few trees and shrubs. We’ve also collected the odd leaf. Lucky for us, Sacramento City operates a winter street collection for leaves and trimmings, in addition to weekly pick-up of our (always full) yard waste container. And this is the pile we assembled. We were a …
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sacramento union
I ‘borrowed’ this article scan from a fellow Eichler owner’s Flickr pics –hopefully they won’t mind. It comes from a May 15 1955 edition of the (defunct) Sacramento Union newspaper, and announces the launch of our Eichler development, in South Land Park Hills. The model shown looks identical to ours. Needless to say, we paid …
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on the roof
It’s only rained twice in the (almost) three months we’ve been here, and winter seems miles off. But it’s coming. And there will be rain. So, we decided to check on the roof, for leaf build-up, standing water and downspout clogging. Ours is a foam roof –the accepted #1 choice for Eichler Homes. They’re a …
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front plant
Quick follow-up from my front yard update. Nothing to boast about here –we’re just trying to make good before winter. As I mentioned, we marked-off this area with string, then jointly tackled this project with Karen’s dad, while he was visiting. We dug the earth over and removed the roots of two shrubs I culled. …
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