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Hi Folks, To all of you who had known about the Vincent house and our restoration of it and for those who followed, supported and prayed for me with my health issues, I want to say thank you. The disease progressed a lot in the the last year. scar tissue formed in my lungs and destroyed them. By Apr...

Welcome Dan! Your place is a beaut! I especially love that bathroom! How do you like those drawer-dishwasher things in your kitchen? Chris Chris, The drawers were about the only option due to the limited space. They have a smaller capacity but with two we have the ability to alternate back and fort...

Don M wrote:Hi Dan,
Everything looks great on your super house. Please tell us more about your guest house project. Don

Thanks Don!

I'll write up something on the guest house and the combining of the two properties soon. Still working on a dining enclosure and a bit of landscaping there.

Banner (Dan)

What's a "door sale" - are you selling doors? I need doors! Best wishes - may you turn a corner on the ASS and get back to better health very soon. Kashka-Kat, I actually am selling a door. I do think you should buy it! http://www.thehistoricdistrict.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=173 Thank ...

Hi Banner, Great to see you here at "The Historic District"! So was the Psycho Door a prop built for the movie set or was it an actual antique door from a real house obtained for the Psycho set? Inquiring minds want to know! Don Don, It's really hard to say. What I can say is the carpente...

Thanks for the warm welcome here at The District. I do look forward to spending some time here with you all. My summer has been a bit crazy as I am undergoing an induction drug therapy. I'm taking a form of chemotherapy and am on strong doses of prednisone and other immune suppressants. My lung cond...

Very cool read! I think you added some information since you posted it over at wavy glass - so now I've read it twice. Would you share more - were you able to enter the psycho house at Universal Studios? Or just get a photo in front of it? What did the people over at Profiles in History say when yo...

Hi fellow old house lovers, I spend a fair amount of time searching Craigslist for antiques and old house parts, sometimes for toilets, butt that's another story . About a month ago I was looking around on Craigslist in the Antique section. While there I saw a very large Walnut Victorian door for sa...

Hi, I moved over here from another forum by the advice of one of your members and an old friend from another forum. I'm about 8 years into the restoration of the James Vincent house, a NHR property in La Crosse, WI. Much of the most critical work has been done but the projects never end. That's okay...

Hi fellow old house lovers, As some of you may know I spend a fair amount of time searching Craigslist, mostly for toilets butt that's another story. About a month ago I was looking around on Craigslist in the Antique section. While there I saw a very large walnut Victorian door for sale. The ad tit...