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little home improvement

it’s coming to that point where we are working on the little things on the home to make life better. after replacing our chandelier, i decided that we really need a dimmer switch to operate the new track lighting.
after checking out home depot’s dimmer switch selection, i must say that i’m pretty disappointed with [...]

replacing our chandelier

the house that we bought many months ago came complete with the original chandelier in the dining room. this chandelier was a cheap, dated one that looked ugly. we swore that we would replace it and we even registered for one at lowes. well, many months have passed and we bought the [...]

new microwave installed

the microwave that came with the house was an over the range microwave complete with an exhaust fan. it was the original microwave that comes with the house, aged about 9 years. it just stopped heating things one day and so the hunt for a new microwave began.
since we got a stainless steel [...]

over the range microwave

our microwave is broken. a microwave is a COMPLETE black box to me. yes, i know, it uses microwaves to heat the food. yes, i know that the microwaves don’t actually heat the food, but rather does some kind of voodoo magic where microwaves are pointed at food and the food absorbs [...]

wireless networking in your home

i love it when a plan comes together.
one of the biggest challenges that i’ve faced after moving into the house is figuring out how i was going to handle the networking needs of my house. this poses a much greater problem than one would think after your consider a few things:
1) the house [...]

how to buy a vacuum

i have recently purchase a new house and with that comes a slew of responsibilities and needs that i have never thought of before. i’ve been doing a ton of research on all sorts of things that i never cared about and for all of that time spent i want to have something to [...]