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- Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Tour of Lights
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10864
Re: Tour of Lights
A few neighbors have mentioned the Corona beer TV ad which, by the way, is the longest-running Christmas commercial. If it brings a smile, then I consider my mission accomplished. The palm is Sabal palmetto , which is native to the southeast US. Those are the leaf bases, which persist for a few year...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:14 am
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Tour of Lights
- Replies: 3
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- Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: Antiques Emporium
- Topic: Knapp "dovetailing"
- Replies: 1
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Knapp "dovetailing"
About 60 years ago, my mother pulled into the driveway with a piece of furniture sticking out of the trunk of her 1953 Oldsmobile and a sheepish look on her face. "Oh, jeez," my father teased. "She's been out trash-picking again." My mother described the small cabinet as a "commode," intended to hol...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:42 am
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: What I did at my house today...
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Re: What I did at my house today...
Awaiting staircase pictures.
Skim-coated the dining room ceiling yesterday. Sanded (it looked like the surface of the moon) and primered (it looked smooooth - go figure). Ceilings are awkward to work on!
Skim-coated the dining room ceiling yesterday. Sanded (it looked like the surface of the moon) and primered (it looked smooooth - go figure). Ceilings are awkward to work on!
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:06 am
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Thornewood Antics
- Replies: 95
- Views: 284354
Re: Thornewood Antics
Since you asked... 2608 Ceiling has final skim coat and will be ready for sanding and primer tomorrow. I smoothed out the awkward gap between the picture rail and ceiling, and gave it a good vacuuming. Walls will need an additional skim coat. I needed inspiration, so I went and picked out paint for ...
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:29 am
- Forum: Park Avenue
- Topic: What's happening in your garden?
- Replies: 346
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Re: What's happening in your garden?
Autumn is when the sasanqua camellias begin to bloom. The sasanquas are similar to the far-more-popular Camellia japonica , but with smaller leaves, smaller flowers, and a subtle but wonderful fragrance. Here is variety 'Leslie Ann,' which I bought at Mobile Botanical Garden's plant sale last year. ...
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:08 pm
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Thornewood Antics
- Replies: 95
- Views: 284354
Re: Thornewood Antics
Long overdue, I'm turning my attention to the dining room restoration. The room had been serving as my window restoration station, and storage for a lot of materials. Of particular note is the condition of the ceiling. I scrubbed the left half with TSP, then scuffed with coarse sandpaper, to achieve...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Thornewood Antics
- Replies: 95
- Views: 284354
Re: Thornewood Antics
Thanks, Ron. Ever since Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island painted their church building exterior a vanilla ice-cream color (chosen as a result of a chemical analysis of the earliest layers of paint they found) and I saw that mellow color against the blue sky, I was hooked. In this hot climate,...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:12 am
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Thornewood Antics
- Replies: 95
- Views: 284354
Re: Thornewood Antics
One down, eight to go at the front of the house. 2603 This is the dining room window, and the last window restoration of the season until the weather warms up again in the spring. The color is not quite as vivid as the phone camera and afternoon sun make it appear. It's a rich and pleasant (to my ey...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: District Common
- Topic: Is Florentine Glass still produced?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6575
Re: Is Florentine Glass still produced?
I meant at my house. Ah. So you haven't thought of a use for it there that you find acceptable to you and/or the historical district overfolks. Got it. ;) I know I posted this in "Thornewood Antics" but I'm so pleased, I'm posting twice. I found a use - traditional privacy for a bathroom window. 26...