January 2007


tig painting

Some of you may wonder at the lack of blue tape in the above picture.

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In John Rush’s classic book on remodeling, On Time and On Budget, he states that a designer (and I’m paraphrasing here from my notes, so please excuse the inexact quote) “picking out the correct hardware is going to cost a lot of money in relation to the item’s cost…Homeowners working alone often get confused and pick the safest thing possible or the thing they saw in a stylish magazine…Your renovation project should have an integrated design. Consider hardware and lighting fixtures the final voices added to your house.”

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Picture this.

Scene: Serena in the kitchen putting away some tupperware. Phone rings.

Serena: Hello?

Tig’s voice: Hi. I’m up in the attic.

Serena: What going on?

Tig: I think I broke my fohm

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