The Cross House

    While installing the cove trim on the adjoining wall, my brain began to process, as if waking from a coma. Slowly. In increments, bit by bit, an uncomfortable awareness dawned. Slowly. All the while I kept installing the second cove trim. My brain though kept processing. Then, all at once, clarity was revealed,…

Several years ago (3? 4?), Justin dug up the concrete driveway of the carriage house. This left a long trench, about 6-inches deep. Soon, this filled in with weeds but they did not look bad if mowed every week. There were also other small areas needing soil infilling, like the thin stretch of lawn parallel…

    All the issues with this particular window were caused by a downspout missing for decades. Without the downspout, water from the built-in gutter above just splashed onto the window trim like Niagara Falls. And, this is bad.    

In the early 1970s, Phyllis and Louis lived in the Cross House, first in the Octagon Bedroom, and then later the entire third floor. Their landlord was Frank and Esther Toms. I did a post about their third-floor apartment.                         How utterly fabulous to have…

In a previous post Ross Makes A Decision, Linda wrote in, curious about a number of things: Question. The shower situation. Would you put one in the old housekeepers room that will be your future master bath or just put a temporary quick fix elsewhere in the house? ( Like the basement bath? …is that…

So, y’all know that the Cross House received two Heritage Trust grants, one in 2015, and one in 2017. The latter, sigh, is still ongoing. After almost giving myself an ulcer worrying about the December, 2019 deadline, I was given an extension until May, 2020. Then, whew, this was graciously extended until December, 2020! The…

Soon, I will be finished with (drum roll, please) the restoration of the south second floor. The sound you will soon be hearing will be me squeeing. So, what next? It seems prudent to move directly up from where I am now working.                        …

      What does this mean? It means that the reshingling of the second-floor is…complete. A project which has only taken 385 years.