Renovation Chronicle: Remaking Our Queens Co-op
19.09.11
I’m not handy. One time, I tried to put in a paper towel holder—it wound up listing on an unsightly angle. A small shelf that I had installed in our apartment bathroom, after hanging perilously for months, just fell off. Recently, I somehow broke a night light…taking it out of the socket.
This is all to say that I’m not one of these do-it-yourselfers who could show Bob Vila a trick or two. When my wife and I recently bought a co-op apartment in Forest Hills, Queens, I knew I’d need an architect. I will similarly rely on a contractor, preferably one whose fee wouldn’t require raising the national debt limit. This place, it needs A LOT of work.
Knowing my un-handy chromosome, our first go-round at purchasing a home didn’t involve any renovations. Our row house in Baltimore had been gut renovated before we bought it. And yet, our first night there was still harried, because I, um, couldn’t turn on the boiler’s pilot light. That purchase was about at the peak of the real estate bubble, in 2006. Leaving for New York City two years later, we sold the place, for a loss.
Source: Wall Street Journal (blog)
Don't get burned
05.10.11
Fall brings cooler temperatures and thoughts of warm, hardy meals and perhaps an extra blanket on the bed. Some of us use space heaters, wood stoves or fireplaces to help cut back on the heating bill. If the power goes out, we usually have some candles on hand.
It will come as no surprise then that during the winter months there are more injuries from burns than at other times of the year. Following are some ways to keep from getting burned.
In the kitchen — when preparing those nice hot meals:
Do not wear loose-fitting long sleeves when cooking.
Always keep pot handles turned inward.
Use oven mitts, not towels or flat pot holders to handle hot dishes.
Do not leave food cooking when you are out of the room unless you have a timer set.
Scalds: A hot bath sounds great when it is cold out, but hot water can cause a third degree burn in seconds.
Source: Pocono Record
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