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Tough Choices
Normally, in remodeling an old house, I like to keep the wood trim more focused on being wood than trim. I prefer mellow stain tones that “pull the grain” and a subtle rubbed effect finish… more →
Reflections by Doc Arnett
Tough Choices
wrote 3 months ago: Normally, in remodeling an old house, I like to keep the wood trim more focused on being wood than t … more →
Faith, Hope and Love
wrote 7 months ago: These old walls have withstood a century of shaking and settling, the rattles of wind and earth. Lin … more →
Of Toads and Timbers
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wrote 11 months ago: Nathan was born near Washington, D.C., two weeks prior to the 9/11 attacks. He is the first-born of … more →
Valor vs. Discretion
wrote 12 months ago: I spent the morning working on the deck on the north side of the house. When I started, it was about … more →
Five Generations of Sawdust
wrote 1 year ago: The high-pitched shrill of small orbital sanders pierces the morning. We tried to fit the soft plast … more →
Well-Grounded
wrote 1 year ago: Stepping out of the car at First and Main in Fort Scott, Kansas, carries some notion of time travel; … more →
Bailout
wrote 1 year ago: On the better nights, traffic is light, I am tired and my mind is clear. Or else, my mind is so fogg … more →
A More Challenging Pattern
wrote 1 year ago: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about an encounter we’d had with removing old wallpaper. Such e … more →
Truth in Advertising
wrote 1 year ago: Over the years of remodeling, I’ve helped strip off old wallpaper more than once. It’s n … more →
Live and Learn
wrote 1 year ago: After my sister, Freeda, and I returned to their North Carolina cabin in the mountains, I helped my … more →
Conquering the Enemy
wrote 1 year ago: The new drain for the new kitchen sink had slowed up considerably of late. Water no longer ran out a … more →
Gutter Check
wrote 1 year ago: We built a new planter around the northwest corner of the house last month, laid in gray blocks keep … more →
Good Investment
wrote 1 year ago: We did it right this time, yessirree. Called up our electric company so they could mark the buried s … more →
Good Help and Good Company
wrote 2 years ago: He expected Kansas to look like the postcards or the pictures from the sixth-grade geography textboo … more →
Autumn Snapshot
wrote 2 years ago: I take a standing break from nailing down the plywood sheathing onto the joists, look out over the p … more →
Making It Better
wrote 2 years ago: One of the great perils of remodeling is tearing out something that you think is in bad shape; you m … more →
Moving in the Right Direction
wrote 2 years ago: Over the years and the four major whole house renovations that we’ve done together, Randa and … more →
Support Members
wrote 2 years ago: I’d noticed a sag in the floor of the kitchen, over toward the north side and the stairs going … more →
Finishing Work
wrote 2 years ago: I remember my first attempt at drywall finishing: Browns Grove, Kentucky, Summer of 1976. While my f … more →
