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Comments (332)Hey team! I desperately need help. There are no stone masons in the area of my cabin, apparently, so I have to design my front steps myself. There is a quarry that will cut and deliver custom sized stones, but the excavator who dug our foundation will have to place them. That means minimal site prep and accuracy. For that reason, I thought to do just two stones, the bottom one big enough to support the entire top stone. As you can see, the front is very simple, and could use the beauty of some really great steps (and I'm thinking one long window box on the left and another around the corner to the right of the porch), but the ideal size is killing me. Should they be really wide? Wider than the door trim? If the top step is almost at the height of the door, should its run be longer than a standard run? so you can easily step out onto it before descending? The height from ground to sill is 17", the width including trim is 43" I could do 1-2 much wider stones as the base, creating a step that goes unnecessarily in all directions but gives a wider look to the entry, or I could make both stones the same width, whatever that should be. HELP! I"m embarrassed by how it looks unpainted: it will look MUCH better all painted the same dark brown (see the partially painted side for reference)....See MoreAny Other Lamp-oholics Out There? Let’s Share our Beauties!
Comments (63)Marilyn_c — I’m not sure what isinglass is, I’ve heard people call different things isinglass, so I’m gonna look that up now. I would need to see closer pictures of your find, but it looks like slag glass to me. I’ve read that pink/red (if it’s slag glass) is rare. Circa 1850-1870 (just an amateur guess from a dark picture). I love the period and style! Great find!! If you ever have the opportunity to take that lamp to antiques roadshow, they may give you some interesting news. Someday I’ll take my grandmother’s lamp to an antiques dealer and see who knows what about it. She didn’t know how old it was or who made it....See MoreWe’ve done “Getting to know you” threads now let’s share how much you
Comments (59)When my kids could not all gather on my actual birthday, they did a Powerpoint presentation of my gifts over Zoom. It was fun to see what they picked and why. As much fun as actual gifts really. Between that experience and this thread I have a new idea for next year. Someone has ads out this year that talk about gifts being a way of being "seen;" that gifts show the recipient that the giver knows and understand them. The best gifts show that someone is really paying attention, in essence. And what is most satisfying is that connection, as much as the actual tangible gift. I mean, who didn't get a little hit of serotonin from being "given" a gift on this thread? I know I did. So I am going to propose that next year, our family do three types of gifts: 1. stocking stuffers 2. donations to charities that we think the recipient would want to support 3. virtual gifts, with a very large budget (maybe 100k ?), that are presented as powerpoints,or even those folding boards... kind of like the lottery slogan, "all you need is a dollar and a dream." I shall propose this!...See MorePSA — ❄️for residents in snow areas — let’s share tips❄️
Comments (25)Years ago when I was helping my folks, they had an ”ice rink” driveway. I bought some rubber ice cleats called” Stabilicers” that stet hed over my light boots. Perfect. Ace Hardware or LL Beans or other. These are the spike type. Earlier I had tried a type with a steel roller like design and found them dangerous (for me) if I walked onto a floor. The spike type are easy to slip off when you enter a floor area. DH got a late start and did not begin using the snow blower (25” path 2-stage Honda) until after 2PM when the snow had become dense. He doesn’t listen to wise wife. At 7 AM, the snowing had stopped and the newly fallen snow was light and fluffy.It took him much longer to clear the driveway. That snow blower is excellent, but a tad too heavy for me. I have a little Toro 2-cycle gas single stage, but a tad too light duty for our rough gravel driveway. It would be good on a pave walkway or deck. I would let him leave to snow until April, but I need to be able to get out and two more storms are coming. Thanks for sharing your good tips and ideas....See More- 5 years ago
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