I know. You are thinking: It looks the same. It is not. If you click on the images you will see that I added another coat of primer to most of the siding. It looks more…solid now. I also began the final stripping of the entry trim.  

Yesterday, I again mentioned trying to figure out how to pay for the leaded-glass window which goes above the big west window of the Carriage House. In June, David made a generous donation to my GoFundMe to help with the window and I have been holding that money until I could come up with the…

    The unpainted siding got a coat of turpentine mix!!!!!!!! Above large sash (left) I primed the OSB panel. A leaded-glass panel goes there. It has been restored but I cannot pay for it as yet. The small sash (center) I removed for restoration. It should be back next week.    

  The L-shaped patch of unpainted? It has remained unpainted for months, causing my neighbors…no doubt…to think WTF? The cause of this delay was my testing high for lead poisoning. Thus, I have been avoiding all work that might cause additional damage to my body. Hence, too, my new-found love of vinyl. To finish the…

  Yes, you are thinking: Huh? But this is an extraordinary development. For, it is step one of…drum roll, please…THE CREATION OF THE MAIN PORCH LATTICE! OMG! OMG! My whole body is atingle. The cardboard will be used to create templates of the curved portions of the porch. Then, Dr. Doug can make the ‘backer…

…scroll down…                                         Had somebody told me a few months back that I would, one day, become terribly excited about getting my hands on vinyl trim I would have laughed for days. And yet… Life is…

Having hit a brick wall (see previous post) I have been looking for OTTD (other things to do). Today I vacuumed the basement of the Cross House. Few things bring me greater pleasure than vacumming. As I happily worked away I spotted something amiss. Scarily so.     Emporia is not alone with drought causing…

This is day 120 of resolving the Violation Work. I have been possessed by the Violation Work. Then I ran into a brick wall. A wall involving the total lack of vinyl J-trim being available in the entire universe. For, without such trim, I am dead in the water installing vinyl. And I never never…