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Coming Soon … Chorizo and Saucisson Sec sausages!

  • July 6th, 2007
  • Posted in blog

And so it begins… Suze and I started work on some of our first cured sausages today. We made ten pounds of sausages for curing including Spanish Chorizo and Saucisson Sec. In about 20 days we'll know if we have a toxic nightmare or porcine goodness!   You can follow the progress here[ READ MORE ]

DIY: Trash Can Cold Smoker

  • June 28th, 2007
  • Posted in blog

When I announced my idea to build a cold smoker I got a lot of strange looks from family and friends. There is, of course, the logical reaction: “if smoke comes from fire, how can you have cold smoke?” There is also the layperson’s reaction “ why do you need two different kinds of smokers?” [ READ MORE ]

Class of 1997 – VES 10 year reunion

  • June 10th, 2007
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What a great weekend! It was great to see everyone who was able to make it – really reminded me how rewarding my time at VES was, both in terms of friendships and experiences Unfortunately I'm not sure my camera was as enthusiastic as I was as many of the shots are totally unusable. I [ READ MORE ]

Work Weekend ’07 and new home renovation section

  • May 30th, 2007
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This last Memorial Day Weekend marked our 3rd annual Work Weekend. We were reminded of just how long we've been at this renovation thing… The good news is that we are  nearing the end…really…seriously this time…I mean it The modern touches in the bathroom and new TV nook in the bedroom made some of the [ READ MORE ]

Master Bathroom

  • May 30th, 2007
  • Posted in House

The master bath was phase 3 (of 3 and 1/2) and its now (mostly) done. We chopped off about 1/4 of the orignal attic-come-2nd floor. We already had some plumbing from the existing half bath which we used to feed a new shower and his and her vanities. At this point in the we were [ READ MORE ]

Dining Room Before and After

  • May 30th, 2007
  • Posted in House

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Dining Room progression

  • May 30th, 2007
  • Posted in House

UPDATE: Our dining room was finished well over two years ago, but it has taken me that long to get a a good picture. Below is the finished produt. The dining room was phase 2 (of 3 and 1/2). We removed the original screen porch, keeping its roof and slab floor. Since we wanted a [ READ MORE ]

Kitchen Before and After

  • May 30th, 2007
  • Posted in House

You may have seen the time line of the kitchen here This is just a simple before and after… Just like all of the pictures, you can find more here on flickr [ READ MORE ]

Kitchen in progress

  • May 30th, 2007
  • Posted in House

The kitchen was our first phase of the project. Before the ink was dry on the papers we were digging in with sledge hammers and saws. Dad and I took an entire week off work and dedicated it to the project. Some might call this the beginging of the end… our modest plans quickly snowballed [ READ MORE ]

Bedroom before and (almost) after

  • May 30th, 2007
  • Posted in House

Its been over 3 years since we bought our place. We are now deep into sate 3 and 1/2 of 3 (the master bedroom). We’ve taken the entire 2nd floor of our A-frame Cape Cod-style house and turned it into a nice master suite. We chopped off the far quarter of the room and expanded [ READ MORE ]

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