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Actually, Dan, I think $385 over 150 years would be something like $10 million, depending on what kind of rate of return assumptions you want to make. So instead of leaving your grandkids financial...
@jdog--
i also have a size-doubling table, but its simpler cause its rectangular. Picture a regular small table. Put another table surface the exact same size/shape on top. Attach ...
1) If you buy a seltzer bottle off ebay, don't be a fool and get the kind that is really just meant to be refilled by the seltzer man and is consequently useless. I was a fool.
2) I t...
Don't listen to these haters. Congratulations on getting your first place. You must be pretty psyched to get it all rigged up. Also, even though those panels on your ceiling maybe aren't your fa...
get a sample pot and paint over the hole carefully? it'll look bogus and streaky when wet, but once the paint 'lays down' it'll look better. i have a theory that this has less to do with the dark...
southernwayfarer-- I've been thinking of working on a similar project. My previous DIY light fixture projects have had decidedly mixed success. It doesn't look too crazy to me though. One thing ...
Just a update for the archives in case someone comes across this thread in the future:
1) Home Depot doesn't sell baseboard-style trim big enough to cover normal cove molding. For the...
patrick-- sounds like you are probably right. I think my next step here is going to have to be photoing/measuring the "cove" crap and then hitting up a home depot or a lowes to see what kind of ba...
Whoah. Upholstery dye. I like where your head is at. Plus it would be cool to get my own section added to my landlord's rider: "Thou shalt not upholstery dye any vinyl surfaces".
The main reason not to do wood baseboards was time money, especially given this is a new rental and I have no idea how long I'll be in there. I didn't consider the option of just going right ove...
I have the exact same problem. I've been trolling craigslist to poor effect. Short of building stuff from scratch, I've no good ideas. I've also heard bad things about those ikea units. Doesn't...
I'm moving into a new place and its got this ugly brown rubber stuff along the bottom of the walls instead of trim. It's like what they use in offices and hospitals sometimes. It's a trim simulat...
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Actually, Dan, I think $385 over 150 years would be something like $10 million, depending on what kind of rate of return assumptions you want to make. So instead of leaving your grandkids financial...
the bodum jars with the primary color tops are the shit. they are also really cheap if you go to bodum during one their periodic turbo-sales.
@jdog-- i also have a size-doubling table, but its simpler cause its rectangular. Picture a regular small table. Put another table surface the exact same size/shape on top. Attach ...
1) If you buy a seltzer bottle off ebay, don't be a fool and get the kind that is really just meant to be refilled by the seltzer man and is consequently useless. I was a fool. 2) I t...
Don't listen to these haters. Congratulations on getting your first place. You must be pretty psyched to get it all rigged up. Also, even though those panels on your ceiling maybe aren't your fa...
get a sample pot and paint over the hole carefully? it'll look bogus and streaky when wet, but once the paint 'lays down' it'll look better. i have a theory that this has less to do with the dark...
southernwayfarer-- I've been thinking of working on a similar project. My previous DIY light fixture projects have had decidedly mixed success. It doesn't look too crazy to me though. One thing ...
Just a update for the archives in case someone comes across this thread in the future: 1) Home Depot doesn't sell baseboard-style trim big enough to cover normal cove molding. For the...
patrick-- sounds like you are probably right. I think my next step here is going to have to be photoing/measuring the "cove" crap and then hitting up a home depot or a lowes to see what kind of ba...
Whoah. Upholstery dye. I like where your head is at. Plus it would be cool to get my own section added to my landlord's rider: "Thou shalt not upholstery dye any vinyl surfaces".
What about razor blading the bottom edge?
The main reason not to do wood baseboards was time money, especially given this is a new rental and I have no idea how long I'll be in there. I didn't consider the option of just going right ove...
what are the extra steps? or can I just get different vinyl-compatible paint? It's hideous right now. Its the color of turd.
I have the exact same problem. I've been trolling craigslist to poor effect. Short of building stuff from scratch, I've no good ideas. I've also heard bad things about those ikea units. Doesn't...
I'm moving into a new place and its got this ugly brown rubber stuff along the bottom of the walls instead of trim. It's like what they use in offices and hospitals sometimes. It's a trim simulat...