Go for World's Best, I flush the poos and bag the pee pees - the pee pees are sometimes too big to go down in one flush.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at October 28, 2009 2:31 PM in response to Cats in the House

Marcello Martinez just matched some baseboard trim and door frames for me and did a great job at a reasonable price.

Contact# 347-612-1909

Good luck!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at September 24, 2009 3:41 PM in response to Help wood moulding!!!!!

The cost was rolled into kitchen reno price. And yes, The duct from the imperial vent liner will run up the chimney.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 17, 2009 4:21 PM in response to Range Inside Fireplace

Please tell us who did the windows...Pretty please, with sugar on top!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 17, 2009 3:02 PM in response to Gut Reno on Gates

"Me want to go to there"

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 17, 2009 12:48 PM in response to Gut Reno on Gates

Puede ser?...Eric Clapton?

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 12, 2009 6:09 PM in response to House of the Day: 20 Grace Court Alley

Oscar: Against All Odds
Golden Globes: Two Hearts, You'll be in my heart
Multiple Grammys solo and with Genesis

Not American

Awesome Drummer

= Phil Collins

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 12, 2009 5:36 PM in response to House of the Day: 20 Grace Court Alley

Engelbert Humperdinck! Yippi kay yey!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 12, 2009 5:09 PM in response to House of the Day: 20 Grace Court Alley

Thanks for the advice, I'm sticking with the weights.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 10, 2009 6:37 PM in response to Window restoration help needed

I got my new custom cabinets from Scherr's and I love them. Great quality, easy to assemble and very affordable - even my contractor was impressed

scherrs.com

Good luck

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 2, 2009 10:15 PM in response to Kitchen Renovation Work Question

Please let us know if you have any luck. We managed (I don't remember how) to get one of them over to look at our facade. Very nice, very knowledgeable. Promised to get back to us...never did, never answered messages. But you are right; they do very nice work. We were excited at the prospect of using them. So it goes...

Posted by: cobblehillcat at July 12, 2009 8:59 PM in response to Costa Brothers Brownstoning

Thanks dave.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at July 10, 2009 10:30 PM in response to Entryway marble saddle

Nick and his crew are currently renovating my parlor floor kitchen and bath and are doing a terrific job. Nick could not be more patient and understanding in helping me to execute my design ideas, since my budget did not allow for an architect. He has been great at working through some of my design glitches and has even thrown in some fabulous ideas of his own. His crew is punctual, polite and hardworking and leave the worksite neat and orderly at the end of each day. If you want to discuss further, or want to come by and have a look at the work in progress, email me @ mhmela@aol.com.

Good Luck!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at June 1, 2009 2:40 PM in response to Transcend Construction

Steve Cymbalsky is great for stuff like that.

Check out his website: Tinkerswagon.com
347-813-9635

Good luck!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at May 20, 2009 12:21 AM in response to recommendation for small project

Cabinets gone.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at May 17, 2009 12:08 PM in response to Free Kitchen Cabinets

Call Nick from Transcend, he's a GC who specializes in masonry and concrete. When I needed to have a fireplace breast gutted out and reinforced, so that a cooking range could be housed within, I got crazy quotes from others who considered the job equal to opening and relining the entire fireplace line. Nick came in and got the job done in 2 days at a fraction of what others quoted. He even did some rear wall patch work for free.
Transcend Construction 347-933-5875
Good luck!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at May 11, 2009 9:49 AM in response to Recs for rear retaining wall?

My bad, it is a Directoire table and not Gueridon. Rdinteriors.com also has one thats even less$.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 31, 2009 11:52 PM in response to does anyone know where I can

This is a Louis XVI Gueridon table, antiques are a fortune upwards of 10K. Allcoffeetables.com has a pretty good repro for $495.
Good luck.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 31, 2009 11:46 PM in response to does anyone know where I can

Circular Stairs rebuilt all of the stairs in my house 3 years ago and they still look great! I highly recommend them.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 19, 2009 7:37 PM in response to Stair feedback

I had 2 vintage sconces electrified at Expert Vacuum Repair on Court Street, price was very reasonable.
Expert Center 718-858-5444

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 11, 2009 9:29 PM in response to Electrifying Vintage Sconces

Slidingdoorco.com makes custom sizes and swing out doors, They have a showroom in the city.
Good Luck!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 11, 2009 4:08 PM in response to Closet doors - looking for help

Posted by IPJ...As in I Prates Junior?

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 11, 2009 2:42 PM in response to Great Contractor -Recommendation

Where did you get the marble countertop? Is it 2 or 3" thick?
Thanks!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 10, 2009 6:58 PM in response to Glass tile 50% discount

Joe Salem just charged me $200.00 per door. His guys are currently stripping door and window frames for me in Cobble Hill - email me @ mhmela@aol.com if you want to have a look.

Joe Salem
Woodzone (718) 755-6527

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 10, 2009 5:46 PM in response to Stripping interior moldings

I bought a Silent Paint Remover, used it for a couple of days... and then hired Joe Salem.
I third Joe Salem.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 6, 2009 6:54 PM in response to paint stripping

wasder, beautiful shot, have you considered selling prints?

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 5, 2009 10:26 AM in response to Thursday Links

Hip hip hooray! Congratulations Mr. B - I would NEVER have had the guts to tackle a fixer upper if it weren't for all that I have gleaned from this awesome site. My Sincerest Thanks.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at October 13, 2008 11:18 PM in response to Closing Bell: Brownstoner Turns 4

311 instructed me to place range outside with recyclables as a bulk item. You need to set up an appointment for refrigerators for free on removal.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 27, 2008 4:07 PM in response to Free gas range

Range gone.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at August 27, 2008 4:01 PM in response to Free gas range

Contact me too.

mhmela@aol.com

Posted by: cobblehillcat at June 29, 2008 1:20 AM in response to Marble Mantles

10:10 I'm having trouble posting photos to forum - email me @ mhmela@aol.com and I'll get them to you.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at June 27, 2008 3:11 PM in response to Bleaching expose beams ?

I bleached the old parquet floors in my home using a 2 part bleach and have not noticed any damage to the wood. If you have never used this stuff make sure everything that can be possibly dripped on is protected and wear 2 layers of chemical proof gloves.

Good luck.

Posted by: cobblehillcat at June 23, 2008 10:19 PM in response to Bleaching expose beams ?

I am very interested in the full mantle. Please contact me to discuss.

Thanks a bunch,
Email: mhmela@aol.com

Posted by: cobblehillcat at May 27, 2008 11:42 PM in response to Where can I sell old marble fireplace mantles

I had all the bumpy walls in my house skim coated except the living room because I thought the walls looked fine and to save $ - after the guys were done all of the beautiful skim coated walls made the living room walls look awful in comparison. I wound up ponying up the dough and redoing the living room but it was well worth it.
I used these 2 really nice guys who do this work for a construction co. during the week and do residential side jobs after 4:00 and on the weekends. Their price was very reasonable and they were eager to please. Email me if you want their contact info: mhmela@aol.com

Posted by: cobblehillcat at May 17, 2008 1:45 PM in response to Is skim coating necessary?

Call Andre @ A&A - When he relined my fp he had to demolish most of the column to do it, so I can't see why he couldn't replace the whole thing using temporary supports.
I like your FP (go figure) so if you are getting rid of those stones and hearth let me know and I'll take them off your hands. A&A's # is listed in the homepage ads.
Good luck!

Posted by: cobblehillcat at May 2, 2008 1:15 PM in response to "Replacing" a fireplace?

This can work well but it is an extremely tricky operation to put in the new supports while keeping the chimney stable.
You need an experienced contractor who understands needling masonry, cuz otherwise you may end up with the entire chimney in a pile in your kitchen.

Posted by: Minard Lafever at August 18, 2009 11:54 AM in response to Range Inside Fireplace

Pretty cool stuff. . .

Posted by: IronBalls at August 18, 2009 3:43 PM in response to Range Inside Fireplace

I guess I'm lucky that I have a similar set-up original to my house, where the original coal-burning range was set into a hearth that now accommodates my gas range.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at August 18, 2009 7:51 PM in response to Range Inside Fireplace

You can sometimes match it w/ several different styles from Dyke's.

Posted by: Arkady at September 24, 2009 3:43 PM in response to Help wood moulding!!!!!

You won't be able to get an exact match of any original molding with anything found at Dykes or otherwise, but you can have a carpenter mill some for you.

Posted by: 1842 at September 24, 2009 3:58 PM in response to Help wood moulding!!!!!

What is dykes?

Posted by: bearn96 at September 24, 2009 4:28 PM in response to Help wood moulding!!!!!

Bill @ Circular Stairs. You can find his # on the message board here if you do a search.

Dykes is new lumber. Nice molding....better than that Home Depot crap.

Posted by: rh at September 24, 2009 4:45 PM in response to Help wood moulding!!!!!

Thanks, all. Off to 5th av pet shop to see what they carry.

Posted by: cmu at October 28, 2009 2:32 PM in response to Cats in the House

Oh, and if you also have a dog, beware: World's Best apparently tastes DELICIOUS.

Posted by: mshook at October 28, 2009 3:41 PM in response to Cats in the House

i have 2 cats and use World's Best BUT i find that they track it all over the place. we have a dark couch and there's beige paw prints everywhere. Its the best clumping though by far.
still searching for the perfect litter.

Posted by: CGmodern at October 28, 2009 3:55 PM in response to Cats in the House