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The Construction-Themed Holiday Shot. (At this point, we'd been renovating our loft space for the last 6 months and one of these seemed appropos.) Dzija with googles and expanding foam insullation, Amy with extension cord, Barlow with dry-wall gun and helmet, me with cordless impact nail gun.
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Dzija stands in the clean spot that was left underneath the last sheet of plywood.
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...she got in a little bit closer and...
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The ceiling in our loft was covering layers of peeling paint that would constantly flake off and fall all over everything. We had no choice but to scape the entire motherfucking ceiling. By hand. Dzjia prepares to start on the ceiling in what will become his room.
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Scraping left us covered in dust and muck. After Amy helped vacuum off my arms...
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BONEHEAD MISTAKE #2: In order to fit two levels inside, we needed to make the first floor ceiling's shorter than code...which meant we'd need to trim about 8" off of all of the pre-fab door we bought. I took my door off the hinges, measured it and cut it, only to realize that measure from the wrong side. So when I re-hung the door it looked like this.
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Barlow taking a picture of me in my room from his room.
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BONEHEAD MISTAKE #1: Amy measures a piece of plywood that will become the subflooring of the second level...
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Peekaboo!
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She makes the right cut but accidentally cuts her desk in the proceess.
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First person on the second floor! First person on the second floor!
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Amy's arm and the rest of the framing support for the second floor.
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Barlow in the kitchen (taken from the living room above my bedroom).
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With the framing of my room complete, I cut out the floor plate so that I can hang my door.
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Here's the workshop that we setup in the "front area." See that giant stack of 2' x 6's...they were all handed up through the windows one at a time. Ughh.
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The gang hanging from the first joist-header we put in (in my room).
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Barlow stands in what will eventually become his room.
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Dzija and I building the ceiling of Barlow's room (which will also eventually become the floor in Dzija's bedroom).