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Chin Technique for Sofa Table Assembly
There are a few handy man jobs Sena lets me do around the house. They tend to be chores like Knock Down Furniture assembly. The most recent job was a small sofa table. You know, usually the companies send you a cheap tool to put things like this together. This time they didn’t enclose a…
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Unboxing The Lucid Mattress Topper
Remember the Zinus platform bed and mattress (bed in a box) story? The mattress was a little on the firm side for Sena, so she ordered a Lucid 3-inch gel foam topper for it. We got it. It’s a memory foam mattress topper, with cooling gel and aloe infused with a plush cover. It was…
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We Hung a Wall Clock and Survived
Today Sena and I hung a wall clock. It was not just any wall clock. We got tired of hearing the darn ticking noise on our old clock. Sena got a non-ticking silent wall clock made by a company called Plumeet. I could not find a video that showed exactly how you use the provided…
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Knock Down Furniture Will Knock You Down
There are many names for ready-to-assemble furniture, including flat pack furniture, or knock down furniture. We’ve never bought IKEA furniture, but it’s the same kind of thing and there are a ton of memes about it. I kind of like the name “knock down furniture” because it best explains how we feel sometimes after we’ve…
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Zinus Bed in a Box Assembly Notes: Bring on the Liniment
Well, we spent all day Friday the 11th assembling the Zinus Omkaram 48-inch Upholstered Navy Platform Bed, Full. We also ordered the Zinus Support Plus 14-inch Hybrid Mattress, Full to go with the bed. I posted a short slide show in my post Friday. I made the YouTube video yesterday. The mattress reinflated up to…
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All I Want is a “Big-Ass Neuralyzer”
OK, we gave up on the wedge concept for eliminating or even mitigating the snoring problem. We bought an “extra bed” for those nights when sawing logs gets above the decibel level gets above pain level. We didn’t have to spend thousands of dollars because we got a DIY project. We figure it’ll be far…
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An Old Dog’s Approach to Replacing Electrical Outlets and Other Thoughts
Since retirement, I’ve been very gradually casting about for another identity now that I’ve given up my professional identity. It doesn’t come naturally. I’m definitely not a handyman, although I’ve been learning a few skills. For some reason, a large number of our electrical outlets didn’t hold power cords tightly enough. They were either cheap…
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Journey to the Center of the Snore
Sena and I snore. There, I said it. We’ve been snoring for years. It’s been getting a little worse for a while now and we’re finally exploring ways to deal with it. I snore by puffing out my cheeks and blowing, and Sena snores by blowing the pictures off the walls. The separate bedrooms option…
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The Art of Picture Hanging
We’re hanging pictures at our house. You need the right tools for this and a good sense of proportion, the latter of which I lack. You also need a picture, which should be rectangular. I’ve included a snapshot of what you should have on hand. The spackling compound is essential, because I guarantee you’ll mess…
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