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It is extremely convenient that both of our major renovation projects right now are in Gladwyne (like 2 minutes apart) which happens to be a 10 minute drive from my house. I talked about the master bathroom remodel we are doing two weeks ago (see this post here,) and today I thought I would share about our other project. It's a doozy. A historic home… pretty sure the oldest section was built in 1690… in need of a complete gut job. We have been working on designs for months and now demolition has begun. It's pretty awesome to work on this kind of project and I'm really looking forward to the transformation.
{The Oldest Section of the House}
As most old houses go, this one has seen a lot of renovations and sadly was stuck somewhere between the 80's and plain dilapidation. This is the kitchen. Not exactly fitting for a historic home, right?
Before hiring us, our clients worked with a team of architects for several months on plans for the remodel. Items to be revamped included a new grand front staircase, major wall removal (including a chimney removal,) kitchen, master suite and 2-3.5 bathrooms. When we came to look at the project, the first thing I zeroed in on were the plans for the kitchen. The kitchen is the heart of the home and my opinion its the most important room when remodeling a house.
Here is the original design plan. Note where it says "New Door" A- that is the main entrance for the homeowners.
Reviewing other people's design plans is always a little tricky. I didn't want to insult the architects or poop on a plan that my clients' were really happy about. But, the fact of the matter is that I thought I could design something better. I thought the kitchen felt RRRRREALLY far from the family room. Also there was no mudroom, no pantry and I didn't like how the entry door split right through the work area- cutting into travel zone from fridge to sink to cooktop. And then there was the breakfast bar… that eating area was also far from the kitchen. The peninsula eating area with one sided entry felt way too contemporary to me. I would want a kitchen that had all of the modern amenities, but also felt right at home in a very old home. Luckily my clients were open-minded to new ideas and they let me play.
Here is the future "Breakfast Area." The fireplace and wall will come out and open up to the family room.
And here is my kitchen design that our client's approved…
We plan to move the kitchen into the former "breakfast area" making it more centrally located and closer to the family room. The back wall, which housed the range in the original plan will be closed off and turned into a mudroom/ pantry.
As I mentioned above, demolition began a couple of weeks ago. The wall with chimney is now gone! Hello family room.
Seeing the space opened up was amazing!! Now our client is re-thinking a few things. Do we relocate the bathroom above the kitchen to allow for a cathedral ceiling? Do we spend the extra money to lower the kitchen floor to make it level with the family room? Do we remove the back stair to allow for a slightly larger kitchen space? These are all up to our clients, but we will be there to make adjustments as needed.
This project will take several months, so no quickie reveal anytime soon. Nevertheless, it's a fun one for me and Dad


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Are they sold out or getting more? seems like its been out forever. im thinking about those since it seems like a solid track frame, granted you get what you pay for. id just need to swap out some parts.
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Senegal: Casamance residents warn of attacks' impact
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"We found only his shoes, traces of blood and some of the produce he was gathering," said Lucien Gomis, president of the rural community of Boutoupa Camaracounda, about 20km southeast of the main city Ziguinchor, where the 28 June attack occurred.
Casamance, site of one of Africa's longest-standing conflicts, has for years lived a relative calm spotted with bouts of violence. The latest escalation ? with violent carjackings, lootings and attacks on farmers ? has residents worried about the economic fallout.
"This new rise in violence poses serious problems for those of us who have to go to the fields for our livelihood," Amadou Diémé, a farmer who lives 15km west of the main city Ziguinchor, told IRIN.
"Today, going to tend to our crops we are overcome by the dread of these armed groups. Because of this for now we limit our work to areas near our homes. If this continues there is the risk that most of our fields will not be cultivated this year, and that would worsen our already difficult living conditions."
Poverty levels in Casamance are among the highest in Senegal at more than 60 percent, with nearly half of households vulnerable to food insecurity, according to a UN World Food Programme (WFP) 2007 study.
While Casamance has considerable agricultural potential, the insecurity and erratic environmental conditions threaten food security in the region, according to WFP.
Diémé said villagers are afraid to go to orchards to pick fruit as well. "At this rate we will lose the mangoes that will be ready for picking soon."
In reaction to the renewed violence the government in mid-June ordered a 7pm to 6:30am curfew on two main highways in Casamance.
The head of a transporters' group in Ziguinchor, Abdou Badji, said the curfew is disruptive and a longer-term solution should be found.
"This curfew slows down considerably the region's economic activity," he told IRIN. "We cannot come and go as in the past. If you have a breakdown on the road, you risk spending the night there."
He said he knows of many families, along with children, who have spent the night on the road between Dakar and Ziguinchor.
"Granted, this measure [the curfew] is to assure people's safety, but the truth is the armed attacks continue daily," he said, adding: "What is needed is to reinforce security on the roads so people can circulate freely at any hour."


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I'm sad to say that my wife and I got a real case of harassment over the weekend.
We had just left our house, and pedaled about 1/8 mile to a stop light just past a gas station. From the parking (about 60 yards back) we hear "Get those F$ing bikes of the road!", probably a few times over. It was pretty upsetting to the wife, so I gave the guy the bird and when the light changed we pedaled on thinking that was all there was to it. Just up the road at another stop light we see this guy pull his car over, get out and start yelling profanity towards us at the top of his lungs! (we don't have the right to be on the road, always in his way, we didn't pay for the road, ect...) We stayed put at the red light we were at, and thankfully a few of the cars stayed at it that must have noticed what was going on. He kept waving us over to brawl (or whatever he was wanting) and started walking towards us at a few points. If there wasn't traffic between him and us, he may have even made it across the road if he weren't bluffing. I got the phone out and called 911** while the wife flipped on sailor mode (terrifying to be screamed at by a 100 lb woman I imagine), and when we started to ask for his license plate number he bailed pretty quick. I gave dispatch his description, make and model of his car, and to our good luck his plate number, so hopefully if there are any more complaints it'll be logged. It seemed like a pretty long ordeal, and scared us both pretty bad. It didn't do much for my "commuting is as safe as driving" opinion to the wife either. After it was over, we continued on and actually had a pretty good ride.
** A small rant about the police - If it comes off as too crude / dismissive feel free to edit / send a message and I'll revise.
My attitude towards police is generally more negative than positive, but I do understand that each officer is an individual, and as a group there will always be people who are good and bad at their job. Anyhow, while on the phone, dispatch said a car was coming asap, which was good, because I really didn't know if the guy was hell bent on a confrontation or just blowing off some steam. Time went on, no cops. He left, we waited to give an officer some more info about the event, no cops. We waited about 15 more minutes for an office to show, and nothing. It's a good thing a cop wasn't needed, we would have been SOL. I made it very clear we were being severly harassed, and I gave the exact location we were at, accurate to probably 1/16 of a mile. After the whole ordeal, we rode past more cops in the area than I'ver ever seen to date. Setting at a gas station not more than 2 miles from where we were was two cops, parked in the chatting configuration. We went on, and just a few more miles down the road, two cops were parked in the corner of a college parking lot, chatting it up. We even passed one more a little ways down the road. The most aggravting thing is I called the PD to follow up after the ride, and it was noted that the cops went there, but couldn't find us. Total BS, unless they showed up more than 15 minutes after the event, in which case their uselessness is even more embarassing.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to get it off the chest.


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Transforming Care at End of Life: A Conversation with Dr. Ira Byock
Levine, Carol, Aging Today
Dr. Ira Byock is a renowned palliative care physician and advocate for patients with advanced illness and their families. He is the director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., and the author of 'Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life (Riverhead, 1998) and The Four Things that Matter Most: A Book about Living (Free Press, 2004). His latest book, The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care through the End of Life (Avery, 2012), builds a powerful case for compassionate and skillful care through the end of life.
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