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The floor… not as easy as we first thought
Once again, things tend to get complicated. There are about 160 loose tiles that must be fastened down with a hot tar before moving to the sanding stage. And, at R$ 1.00 a tile, this adds up. We’re working on keeping the price down, so we’ll probably make some changes on the back end. The [...]
Look what’s under that carpet!
We pulled up the carpet in the living room, and lo and behold, there was WOOD! We looked into refinishing it and this process turned out to be a third the price of tiling the floor! That was a no-brainer. The guys came and started sanding today. Please pray for them. There are four different [...]
Something to sit on!
Today, they delivered our first batch of furniture! We bought six chairs for our dining room table. We had to leave our other set behind for lack of room. The funny thing is, we haven’t had a chair or a stool or a couch to sit on since we arrived on June 3rd! We’ve sat [...]
Totally a painting day
Today, that’s about all that we did. We bought paint and then painted. Flashback: I remember when I had to paint in Teruel, Spain. Our good friends from the states, Stu and Karen Tant, came with their family and we all grabbed brushes and went at it. We got the place in tip-top shape in [...]
Buying Furniture in Sao Paulo
Well, the crate came. But due to space restrictions, we didn’t have a lot of furniture. We decided to go hunting for some things. After a lot of looking, and some high pressure salesman, we did find a little shop downtown that sold furniture that was made out of… get this… wood! What a concept. [...]
Time to call out the reinforcements!
The mold has been incredible. It’s been a battle finding where some of the odors are coming from. Some is from the carpet, some in the walls, but the big culprit seems to be coming from the closets. They are lined with wood and somewhere between the buckled wood and the walls are areas of [...]
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