While we’re in public service announcement mode, let’s also do one about electronics recycling since that turned out to be an ordeal at the end of last year. The Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority (CRRA) has set their collection schedule for the year, which is available online. This Saturday’s collection will be in West Hartford. Gather your electronic junk, and plan your schedules accordingly. Gates will be open from 9:00 – 1:00 at the West Hartford
It’s time for a public service announcement for everyone that either uses their fireplaces or has an oil burning furnace – now is the time to think about scheduling your annual chimney cleaning. What, you said you don’t have your chimney cleaned every year? Fortunately, it’s never too late to start this important home maintenance activity! Burning wood or oil creates residual chemicals in the exhaust that stick to the inside of chimneys. They build
Josh Winkley, of Maple Tree Cabinetmakers, likes the challenge of designing for a space. And as previously noted, we are design challenged. So working with Josh was critical to the kitchen turning out as well as it did. From our point of view, the basic process was pretty painless. We told Josh the kinds of things we liked and disliked, and talked about some of our priorities and ideas for the space. He asked a
I am something of a design disaster. It’s not a stretch to say that I have poor interior decorating skills. So when it came to picking out the peripheral items for the kitchen remodel, it was something of a challenge. Knobs. Paint color. Tile. Lighting. I’ve made bad picks before and was going to need guidance, that was for sure. Tile was the first choice that needed to be made, as that had the longest
Every once in a while renovation projects take a giant leap forward, completely transforming in a single day. The kitchen project made a leap last week, and then made another one yesterday. They’re exciting – really exciting – because they are obvious progress, and because they look so good. But let me back up a little bit. The team had been methodically working to get the space put back together for a while. Plumbing, electrical,