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		<title>It doesn&#8217;t take a boy scout to tie a good knot.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really good with rope. In case you were wondering. (wink) I got to put my rope skills to good use replacing one of the sash cords on my window. The weights were neatly tucked away in their pocket. The remaining old sash cord was still attached to the fallen weight. It&#8217;s really important to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My girliest tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;d have ever thought I&#8217;d be using the mirror I carry in my purse to help out on a house project? I wanted to make sure I removed all the paint from the inside of the parting bead because the moving window sashes would eventually break away the paint and release lead into the home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Past the block! Back to work!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Admitting you have a problem is the first step toward getting over it. In my case, blogging about having rehabber&#8217;s block helped me re-focus my attention on the things that have been holding me back. In the case of my window restoration project I kept running into setbacks with the hardware and the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rehabber&#8217;s Block?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey readers, Do you ever find yourself losing motivation mid-project? Find yourself staring at the window frame you&#8217;ve been meaning to sand for six months and just can&#8217;t bring yourself to pick up the sandpaper? Do you find yourself stymied by that one little distasteful part of a project and seek out every possible distraction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;This house just goes on and on&#8230;&#8221; DSMRC Meeting, April 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month we were thrilled to be invited to tour the grand mansion at the corner of 21st and University in Des Moines. Owners Aaron and Michael bought the house in 2009 and have been converting it back from being a commercial building as a former funeral home and retreat house into a single family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you can do one big one you can do five small ones, right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not if you&#8217;re me. I successfully glazed three large single pane windows with no problems. But put a single five light window in front of me and something&#8217;s bound to go awry. Here&#8217;s the window sash, all prepped and ready to go. Linseed oil&#8230; good, good&#8230; Putty worms, sticking nicely&#8230; Lovely bed of putty for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s my favorite kind of donut?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Glazed, of course! In my last post (A Spa for Window Sashes) I stained the window sashes and prepped them to start putting the glass panes back in. That process is called glazing, hence my stupid donut joke. But really, glazed donuts are my favorite. To further prep the wood I applied a 50/50 mix [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ournewoldhouse.com/whats-my-favorite-kind-of-donut/</link>
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		<title>A Spa for Window Sashes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post (Are your sashes slotted?) I mentioned that I had Shull&#8217;s strip the paint off my window sashes in their dunk tank. They did a great job but as with any paint removal project, I had some sanding to do. Here&#8217;s how they looked when I got them back: I sanded them&#8230;. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ournewoldhouse.com/a-spa-for-window-sashes/</link>
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		<title>Are your sashes slotted? Would you like them to be?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I left off in my last post (Window Prep Continues) I had removed the glazing putty and taken all the panes of glass out of the sashes to prep them for stripping at Shull&#8217;s. I hope to do a more full-length post about Shull&#8217;s, but in case anyone needs to know, here are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting spring early</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had spring fever bad these past couple of weeks and I decided to start some seedlings early for my vegetable garden. The only place I can do that is in the basement but my basement&#8217;s awfully cold. So I built a makeshift heat tent to help hold in some of the heat from a [...]]]></description>
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