The Historic District

Well, it's down to the wire. My punch list is getting shorter, and my realtor is trying to settle on a listing price. We know we're going to get multiple offers, so we are going to show the house for only a week, and not consider any offers until the end of the week. One of the last couple of major ...

If I were in the same situation, I would definitely try to buy the house, if at all possible. Even if you sold it later, you could still make the necessary changes (to code, of course!) that would benefit Beebe before you sold it. And if you could rent it or even offer it on Airbnb (if your town all...

Earthy sweet=sugar-sweetened dirt?

Here in East Tennessee we have reached our average yearly rainfall of ~48" already. It's August 17. It was 87 degrees today. I can't even imagine winter. "Winter is when you wish it were as hot as it was in the summer when you complained of the heat." However, there are a couple of su...

James, I think this is probably what it looked like:

I have not had experience with it, but I would think it would be at least as durable as porcelain, and definitely more so than ceramic. Do you plan to seal it? If so, that will probably be the only maintenance on it. I think it sounds lovely.

Those are really pretty, James. Your guess sounds as good as mine.

NHGuy, what a nice building! I like the colors you chose.

Ron, why a tin shed?

The subject of wallpaper removal is never irrelevant!

I wonder if a fake owl would work? I know they can be used to deter woodpeckers and some other critters. But definitely not as cute as Stewie!

Ron, isn't that the way with windows, though? I always felt like I needed to have windows in every stage, just so I could have something ready to work on when I had to stop and wait for something to dry. These are gorgeous.