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Inchin’ Along

       

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Before. After.

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Inchin’ Along

     

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Before. After.

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Inchin’ Along

 

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Inchin’ Along

              While things seem very bad pretty much everywhere, in a small city in the middle of America, something is just a tiny bit better. This makes my heart sing.    

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1950 Lightolier

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Convertible Lights

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Stairhall Niche…Revisited.

               

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NOPE

This is a political post. If interested please scroll down.                                                 Trump claimed that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities were: “completely and totally obliterated”. NOPE. Trump claimed that there was a ceasefire between…

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A Kitchen Timeline

I purchased the Cross House in 2014. The kitchen was mostly a gutted shell. And I had no idea what an 1894 kitchen looked like. None. Zero. Zilch. Had I vast sums of money I would have embarked upon creating a kitchen right away and would have likely ended up with something sorta kinda somewhat…

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No Kings

This is a political post. Please scroll down if interested.                         She’s also, IMO, working hard to justify Trump’s destruction of democracy in America. This is what MAGATS do. They rationalize every horror, every bit of injustice. MiChielle is also wrong. Since the founding…

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Inching Along

   

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Handsome Dan is Screwing up. ARGH!!!!!!

          This was my first indication of alarm. I have been watching every episode since he purchased the chateau during, I think, the Covid lockdown. Then Dan recently pulled down the only remaining plaster ceiling and plaster cornice remaining. Why? Then he recently pulled out the only remaining wood wainscoting and…

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Renewing Lincrusta

                   

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Inching Along

     

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Before. After.

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Before. After.

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Resuming The South Hall

  I did a lot of work on the hall in 2022 and had planned to finish the work but then got slapped with a Completion Notice for the Carriage House in early 2023 and that consumed my life for the rest of the year. Now, as I stare in abject wonder at the recreate…

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