The Table Is Set…AGAIN
In February, I posted about have some friends over to dine at the Cross House. You might enjoy rereading the post. It is a lovely read, and offers background. We all met again at Dr. Doug’s house in May. And again last Tuesday at the Cross House. Louis and Phyllis…
Continue ReadingA Nuclear Bomb
This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down… Late today, a political nuclear bomb went off. A new poll in Iowa, from the gold standard of Pollsters, Selzer, has Harris leading Trump. Yep, Iowa. A state Trump carried…
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My online vintage lighting store. For ages and ages, I had listed a 1920s strap-style chandelier. It had not yet been restored and looked pretty grim. I realized that the poor dear would likely never sell as such, so I gently relocated the chandelier to the Magical Transformation Chamber. Wanna see the after? …
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My online vintage lighting store. It has been rewired and with new sockets. But they sockets were candelabra-sized. Meaning: too skinny. The true horror though that it had been spray-painted in a dull gold “hammer’ finish. Two arms were wobbly, too. And the ceiling canopy was wrong. In short, it had been “restored”….
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
Continue ReadingThis made me laugh
This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down. What’s particularly effective is that Trump has actually said all this bullshit. It boggles my mind that anybody would consider him…
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
Continue ReadingMaking Things Shiny Again
I think when people restore a house, a priority job should be to make sure the entry looks as good as possible. I think it is a feng shui kinda thing. However, as time has aged me it also aged the doors. The western sun beats the doors and the finish began to fail…
Continue ReadingThe Culprit. Again.
The rot to the columns (even more to the left) could NOT be from water traveling from the right side. This further confirms my belief that THAT issue is from a second leak… The water damage to the right is, as far as I can tell, old damage….
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This is a political post. If interested, please scroll down. A few days ago my friend PK called me. “I’m at the edge of a cliff. Talk me down!” “What’s doing on?” “New polls show Trump gaining…
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My online vintage lighting store. With my new mission in play…get these fucking orphans listed for sale!…I hauled out the desperate fixture and got to work on it. First, I took it fully apart. This revealed that it was by Puritan. Oh! Then I soaked it in soapy water and scrubbed it…
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
Continue ReadingIntroducing My New Lighting Line…
My online vintage lighting store. Note the ‘lites’, as in lights. I think I’m gonna make a million bucks! My online vintage lighting store.
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
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I’ve posted about the water issue inside the main beam holding up the west porch. Somehow, water is getting in, draining down through a hollow wood column (rotting away its base) and now damaging a second column. This. Is. Bad. I have been on the hunt for how water is getting in. And to this…
Continue ReadingI RELINQUISH MY CRAZY CAT PERSON CROWN
For most of my adult life, I was a 3-cat person. That doesn’t make one an official Crazy Cat Person. But, as y’all know, a while back, I saved 3 sets of kittens, a total of 14 new cats in my life. And, thus, earning me the crown. One set of five I found in…
Continue ReadingRevealing Hidden Bits
Even though I now have access to the inner parts of The Problem, I still cannot see any obvious leak. This is quite vexing! So, on Friday, Godsend Eric is gonna help answer this question by standing on the porch roof and pouring water on the roof…
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