The Historic District

Those are the same spammers that have gotten in here occasionally - I'm guessing that they are using actual humans (the spam is also a bit more targeted). Even the most well-run board still requires an admin that actually pays attention to it...

Looks like they did upgrade phpBB this week - my login session is being retained now. This one-time attention probably won't be enough, though - running a site requires consistent attention.

I'm in favor of retaining the plaster whenever possible - compared to drywall, it is a luxury material, and loses only in cost (expressed either as the cost of hiring someone, or the cost of your own time). Drywall came into prominence in the postwar boom, when virtually all advances in building con...

1904Richardsonian wrote:St Joseph, in the southwest corner of the mitten.

Nice town. Not too far from me up in Grand Rapids.

Not sure what would have caused that, Jade. The full editor is more forgiving than the quick editor (it even has a "save draft" button), or you can compose longer messages in a text editor and copy-and-paste them into the browser.

Beautiful house. What town are you in?

Our old house (1948) had a bedroom with a chair rail like that. One possibility is to paint different colors above and below it. I have less architectural knowledge than many here, but I'm not seeing the Victorian influences. To me, the open floorplan and banks of windows evoke the Arts & Crafts...

Glad to have you here, Ann! Wise move on the windows; I had a similar revelation when we bought our house last year and I began to do more research into what to do with the windows. You're correct - almost all of the windows on the first floor are inward-opening casements. The only double-hung windo...

Thanks! It was a good weekend, though a bit more stressful than I'd have liked - I'm the assistant organist at our church, and I found out last weekend that our primary organist would be out for Holy Week because of health issues. I spent about 20 hours last week practicing, mostly for the Halleluja...

I think it's fine - it definitely has a unique subject matter.