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		<title>Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in Eichler houses, mid-century modern and architecture in general, chances are that you will enjoy “Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman” (available from Netflix in streaming). This documentary retraces the work of Julius Shulman an architectural photographer who worked for Schindler, Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright and Neutra. I will admit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2011/03/30/visual-acoustics-the-modernism-of-julius-shulman/</link>
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		<title>Misc objects and views from around the house…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Narrow focus on some objects and specific views around the house… coat hanger in the entrance… door handle… kitchen exhaust fan… skylight above laundry area (I’m missing the great light this was giving)… track lights along the beam in the living room.]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2010/04/20/misc-objects-and-views-from-around-the-house/</link>
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		<title>Bathroom – Before, During, After</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here’s the master bathroom remodeling evolution. Before, in all its glory: Teardown and remodel: and after the remodel: Handsgrohe Axor shower and Porcher sink:]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2010/04/20/bathroom-before-during-after/</link>
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		<title>Kitchen – Before, During, After</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The original kitchen, spray-painted white to hide its misery before the sale: &#160; Tear down: &#160; Final result:]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2010/04/20/kitchen-before-during-after/</link>
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		<title>The End</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Never got a chance to finish this blog and we’ve already moved out of the house… it was hard to leave all this work and ideas behind and we really got to love the place, but we needed something bigger and closer to work and school. Anyway, let me wrap up the story with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2010/04/20/the-end/</link>
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		<title>Squidoo lens on Eichler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry recently started a Squidoo lens on Eichler&#8230; what does that mean? Well, check it out for yourself!]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/15/squidoo-lens-on-eichler/</link>
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		<title>Removing the siding and re-insulating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the electricians and roofers were busy on the roof and inside the house, I was outside, tearing off the old wood siding with my father. The initial plan was to simply replace the sheets in poor shape, but&#8230; we ended removing everything (this is about to become a tradition in this house). It was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/14/removing-the-siding-and-re-insulating/</link>
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		<title>First phase of electrical upgrade completed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We completed the first major milestone today. The first phase of the electrical upgrade: addition of circuits and service panel upgrade is done! We doubled (or quadrupled? I don&#8217;t remember&#8230;) the electrical capacity. We added dedicated circuits to the bathrooms (left the existing one; added one for the new space heater and one for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/13/first-phase-of-electrical-upgrade-completed/</link>
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		<title>If you open your walls…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you open your walls, try to think about what you will be hanging on them later on. I know &#8211; you already have a lot on your mind and decoration is the least of your worries. But an open wall is an opportunity not to be missed. You could save yourself quite some grief [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2006/05/13/if-you-open-your-walls/</link>
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		<title>A house, not a Swiss cheese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Eichler do not have crawl space or attic, owners who needed to add phone and TV capacity had only one choice: to run the wires along the outside walls. After 30-40 years you can imagine why most Eichlers look like a Swiss cheese entangled in a web of cables&#8230; One of the immediate reward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eichler.kimigo.com/2005/09/30/a-house-not-a-swiss-cheese/</link>
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