The Historic District

If they complain they aren't level , blame the level. If things are cut to short, its an error in the pencil , never the guy behind it. There's an old saying ''It's the Indian not the arrow that makes the difference". another is "a poor tradesman blames his tools" ...........Yes my w...

I thought I'd send one last kitchen renovation post. Our breakfast bar chairs came in this week and they are so wonderful. White oak like the cabinets and the finish and color match perfectly. Made by an Amish an Amish furniture maker, but sold through a Deutsch Furniture in MN. My wife is thrilled...

The cabinets were made by a local cabinet shop of our design. If I was going to renovate our kitchen today with what I know I'd go to Crown Point in Claremont, NH. Our cabinet shop was the worst, but because they were local I went with them even though I heard bad things. Well, I should have listene...

What difference those will make with your front door. Beautiful!

I thought I'd send one last kitchen renovation post. Our breakfast bar chairs came in this week and they are so wonderful. White oak like the cabinets and the finish and color match perfectly. Made by an Amish an Amish furniture maker, but sold through a Deutsch Furniture in MN. My wife is thrilled ...

cooks hill ski.jpg We've always owned farm properties that required field mowing, so every so many years I run into a hornets nest close to the ground. Where we live I mow the three acres of fields with a walk behind Gravely tractor our property is also the sledding hill for town so the hills are s...

I like how the storms appear to fit in the jam rather mounted on the surface.
The white band that breaks the yellow is a nice decorative feature.

NH, your carriage house looks amazing, nice colour choices. I see some stalls under the back side, may have been used to keep the horses. Is it a drive through or does (did)it have a turntable for turning the wagon around. Thank you. It's great to have the barn match the house finally. The drive un...

phil wrote:what a beautiful building !

Thank you. It has some really nice detailing, like rounded rafter tails that don't show in the photo.

Buy her a fan. Our carriage house is a shared studio/shop space. My wife has her studio for art and I have a shop for welding, woodworking or whatever kind of mischief I feel like getting into. Sometimes I use some pretty stinky stuff in there. I have learned to have the exhaust fan on most all the...