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…

                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…

    Next will be to finish off the column base I replaced a few weeks ago, and then to refinish the outer double entry doors. Dr. Doug refinished them in 2014, but the finish failed a while back. They have been flaking for years. I am going to sand them down, and then use…

The human brain is fascinating. It works even when we are asleep. As such, on occasion, when we first wake we might have a brilliant solution to a vexing problem, a warning, a new approach, and so on. I call these an EMA, or Early Morning Awareness. They tend to only work upon first reaching…

          I am soooooooooooo thrilled that I managed to find all these very simple, period-correct gas/electric fixtures, and an entire set of matching Holophane shades (kinda a miracle, really). The great magician, JR of Oregon, fully rewired the fixtures, converting all the gas jets to electric. He is the hero of…

So, y’all know this by now: If Ross does not get something right out of the gate, he will ponder ponder ponder, and fuss fuss fuss, until brilliance is acheived.       So, Ross pondered and pondered and pondered and realized two things: 1): The drapes need to hang higher. 2): There needs to…

                The drapes look terrible with the sofa, which doesn’t matter as the sofa will likely get moved to the Carriage House. And, yes, I need to steam the drapes. The drapes for the center window are being hemmed as they need to clear the radiator. I got…

    The ceiling looked fine. But, in pulling off the dangly bits, I could see that it had been repaired many times previously, and the whole covered with a thick sorta wallpaper. It looks like all the plaster will need to get removed, or reattached to the lath. I had not anticipated this.  …

            I’m not an expert on 1894 furnishing but perhaps an expert will bravely weigh in here? So, can y’all join me in a plaintive plea? Bo, Bo, where are you? Bo, Bo, where are you? The first set…I think…is circa-1904, a decade after the Cross House was built. Which…