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The 1950s Metz set is now fully in the room. Metz did high-quality furniture and was unusual in hiring a lot of women and paying them equal to men! This was pretty much unheard of at the time. It is still not the standard. FFS. The curtains are hung! I really love them. They…
Continue ReadingSanta Barb
We debated why the chair is so much taller than its mate. Barb suggested that this was because it is a ‘ladies chair’ and the lack of arms accounted the large dresses of the era. But…
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My online vintage lighting store. My online vintage lighting store.
Continue ReadingAn Important Vote In Kansas
This is a human rights post. Please scroll down if interested. One thing I really loved about Pete Buttigieg when he was running for president was his view on abortion. It was simple. It was perfect. It was…
Continue ReadingDecorating the Dining Room
When I purchased the property in 2014, the dining room was an L-shape, the result of a bathroom being created in one corner. Oh…the horror. I ached to see the room back to its large rectangular shape, and so demolished the bathroom, STAT. But, the room then sat abandoned until 2021 when work resumed…
Continue ReadingUpdates
In April, I did a post about having the HVAC for the third floor of the Cross House totally redone. Bad was transformed into good. And this work…ta-da!…completes all the heating/cooling on the big house. It has been a long and terrifyingly $$$$ odyssey. Then, last year, I documented the huge amount of work to…
Continue ReadingSleeping Kitties
I have written about how, in short order many years ago, I saved three sets of kittens: two sets of five, and one set of four. Set #3 has now fully moved to Florida. In the image above, are the remaining Set #1 and Set #2 kitties. From left to right: Purrmatic (Set #1),…
Continue ReadingPlumb Place: An Update
This is my 12th post trying to save Plumb Place. Today, I attended a meeting of the city council where the zoning appeal of Plumb Place was considered. Eli Fowler made an offer on the property in December, an offer contingent on getting a zoning change. His offer was accepted. In March, the zoning…
Continue ReadingPondering The Carriage House
With all the massive effort in getting the carriage house habitable in 2021…it is now vacant again. Sigh. Having the house mostly vacant for eight years has weighed heavily on me. This is my #1 BMD since buying the property in 2014 (BMD: bad management decision). If I knew then what I know now I…
Continue ReadingBefore. After. Golly.
My online vintage lighting store. Kenny found an old light. He sent me an image. I recognized it as a 1920s surface-mounted ceiling light by Moe-Bridges. But…oh dear. The fixture is was CAKED with bad white paint jobs. Rather than, quite sensibly, passing on it, my heart ached. Could I possibly restore it? …
Continue ReadingBaby Steps.
I have posted many times about my patented Baby Step Method™ of getting things done. In short: Every day, get a little done. Even if you work for just 15 minutes. What happens though is that, with a tiny bit of work daily, shit gets done. It is quite miraculous. …
Continue ReadingRebuilding The Past
I have mentioned numerous times that, before I can move in, I need to relocate my vast lighting inventory to the Cross House basement. But, before I can that, I need to complete ALL work in the basement. This means ALL the electrical, ALL the plumbing,…
Continue ReadingSomething…Surprising
Yesterday, I woke to an email from a name I did not recognize. The subject line: “My new design for your bathroom.” Huh? I thought: Has a reader offered a design for one of my bathrooms? I clicked on the image. WTF? Scroll down… …
Continue ReadingPlumb Place: An Insurance Scam?
This is my 11th post trying to save Plumb Place. I keep hearing that the roof of Plumb Place was heavily damaged in a hail storm and requires a huge amount of $$$ repairs. The first I heard of this was when a bid was offered in December, and by you-know-who. He later reduced…
Continue ReadingPlumb Place: A Positive Update?
This is my tenth post trying to save Plumb Place About a week ago something significant happened. The listing agent for Plumb Place suddenly became response. She stopped telling people offers were not being considered. She began returning calls. She even showed the property! Gadzooks! And by all accounts the receiver, Kevin Flott, has…
Continue ReadingPlumb Place: The Bullshit STILL Continues.
This is my eighth post trying to save Plumb Place. This past Friday, Michael wrote me: Today the realtor replied to me that, because one person has been trying to buy this for several months, “the seller feels somewhat loyal to them”. I was in utter disbelief. Seller feels loyal to one offer?!?! If…
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