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This blog has been dormant for a while and is likely to remain inactive, but here are some updates for those devoted subscribers who followed along during the major renovations undertaken over a decade ago. First, as noted in the … Continue reading →

I’m declaring completion on a modest revision to our floor plan, the conversion of an unused shower stall into a cedar closet. It has been over seven months since starting the project, and it would be entirely reasonable to ask … Continue reading →

I have written previously about the “runway lights” that graced the main stairway and provided a whimsical (if not outright comical) accent. Someone had taken the trouble to install and route the wiring to a series of colored lamps along … Continue reading →

Cut once. I need to make a variation on this aphorism. “Measure everything, order once.” I had completed my mini-stairway, the training set of four steps at the upper section of This Odd Staircase. I had learned how to cut … Continue reading →

As mentioned, one becomes skilled by making mistakes. I recall advising my son that to become skilled at skiing (windsurfing, skate-boarding, roller-blading, break-dancing, whatever the current sport), one must fall a hundred times. I wasn’t really eager to make that … Continue reading →