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February at the Gallery
With a few mid-winter warm days lately, we have certainly gotten into the Valentine’s Day spirit. Here’s a few Valentine’s Day notes:Valentine’s Day is celebrated every February 14 and has its origins that are both ancient and romantic. The holiday is thought to have originated from the Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration held on the 15th of February. During this festival,…
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Brick Wall Part 4 - Time to move on to the next project.
Greetings everyone and Happy 2025. Since it’s below freezing and snow is on the ground, I thought it would be the perfect time to finish up the blog post on the brick wall project. I finished up the final brickwork and limestone caps. I wired up the outside sconces and everything works. Time to do a little preliminary landscape work. The first load of dirt to start the elevations needed for…
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Celebrating 78 Years at Nance Galleries
Another year. For our little gallery it’s the 78th year of our Nance Galleries journey. After the frenetic holiday season it’s nice to have some calm and serenity return. As a small business here in the Midwest, we’ve seen a lot of history over the nearly eight decades we have been around. We have seen the peaks and valleys of being a small business in America. Many of our colleagues – both…
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Final Summer Update: Brick Wall Progress part 3
So where was I? Last time I checked in is was almost Spring. That season r has come and gone and now we have the final day of summer – so it’s about time to update this misAdventure. Were were working on the brick wall – and progress has been made. Of course, I have to make things a little more complicated with electrical and lighting. It drives my wife crazy, but she has learned to accept my…
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The Brick Wall Building pt 2
I am certain that some have given up on me – my infrequent posts must indicate my slow demise. Yes, it is true that in a few days I will have existed on this planet for seven decades, but I’m not quite finished with this old house quite yet. Now where were we….on, yes – the brick wall. As a refresher, I decided to build a brick walled courtyard Japanese garden. So first up is finishing the brick…
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Brick by Brick - Building the Garden Wall
More bricks - all in a row.
We continue the adventure of building the brick wall for the Japanese Garden. We’ll start with the stuff I need – 2 tons of mason sand, wheelbarrow, mixer and now I wait for the weekend mason to show up. This is Jason – he’s one heck of a brick and stone guy. He was the guy I used to help get the limestone on the house. He does these ‘side jobs’ on the weekends. I kept him busy all summer. The…
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Well, Hello - I'm Still Here
I'm back renovating again,
I thought perhaps I could just start this blog post and pretend nothing has happened. But being absent for more than a year might need some explanation – but I have none. As I approach 70, it would seem that maybe the old body had just given out – and it seemed that way for a while. But after a trip to the doctor and some diagnostics and treatments, I’m a peppy as ever. So let’s get this…
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This Place Called Earth
Wood engraving from 1911 atlas. It has been awhile since I’ve updated this newsletter. But with the new year I have promised my wife, Francia, that I will be more organized and write much more in the future. I hope that you will enjoy these diversions. Years ago, many in fact, I used to write these newsletters from the gallery quite often. Back in the late 1980’s I would sit down and compose…
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Working on the Old House #21 Attic Windows
Working on the Old House #21 Attic Windows
Now that our retail gallery has made it through another holiday season, I can get back to the old house renovations. First we tidy up the rear stairs – we left off here. The raw red oak treads were cut and fitted. The air grill was installed. We turn our attention to the trim areas at the top of the steps. We cut in the stair skirting to allow the base to slip into place. A little fitting and…
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Working on the Old House #20 The Floors
Working on the Old House #20 The Floors
We’re getting this old house back into shape. I just can’t seem to cut corners and just get it done. I suppose I’ve had enough experiences with old houses that needed some love and no one gave it to them, so this one is getting a little floor love today. We start by finishing any door casing trim that needs details or resurfacing – like this kitchen doorway to the dining room. I back-banded to…
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Working on the Old House #19 Exterior Spruce Up
Working on the Old House #19 Exterior Spruce Up
Well, we continue to get this place ready for the next owners. I hope they’re paying attention, whomever they are. We’ll do a little repair and painting and make the outside a little more presentable. We’ll start with a little power washing. You haven’t seen the back before. Several years ago I decided to have zero grass in the back yard. So I had a concrete patio poured and then had one of the…
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Working on the Old House #18 Bathroom Final - for now
Working on the Old House #18 Bathroom Final – for now
Well, I have to get busy on the blog to catch up – I’m nearing a deadline ordered by my wife. Quit playing around with this house so it can be sold. So we’ll speed up these posts, as the potential buyer needs to know what’s behind the paint and carpet. We’ll paint the bathroom with some really nice paint – Benjamin Moore Aura bathroom paint in Italian Ice Green. I had this picked out for our…
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Working on the Old House #16 Bathroom Break
Working on the Old House #16 Bathroom Break
I know that some of these posts may seem tedious, but this is what’s necessary before I can get to the pretty stuff. This will be someone’s new starter home – I want them to enjoy this little place as much as I and my brother before me – we have a family connection to this old home since 1975. As we leave the kitchen renovation for a while, we head back to the only bathroom in the house – Let’s…
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Working on the Old House #15 Final Kitchen (for now)
Working on the Old House #15 Final Kitchen (for now)
Well, the time race is on – I plan to have this place for sale in a couple of months. I’m a little farther ahead than the blog indicates, so I’ll try to post a little more frequently to catch up. Back to trimming out the sink area. I want to preserve the wallpaper wall and because there were originally upper cabinets the wall paper was absent. I did a mock design up by using some of the same T&G…
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Working on the Old House #14 Still in the Kitchen
Working on the Old House #14 Still in the Kitchen
Well my fellow renovators, time is slipping by and I have much to do. So let’s get with it. We left off with the butcher block counters installed. Now we start to make a hole for the new drop in sink. With a couple of cuts with the jigsaw, we have the opening – and test fit the sink to make sure. Sink fits and now we’re ready to work on the two side counters that are on either side of the…
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Working on the Old House #13 Countertop Start
Working on the Old House #13 Countertop Start
Well, the heat is on – outside for certain – and on me to get things done. So let’s get back at it. We’ll start by getting the sink and faucet in house, so we can make sure we get the measurements right. I have Kraus sinks at home and really like them. This kit comes with the sink and faucet together. I opted for a single bowl deep sink – I have this style at the Misadventures house and find it…
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Working on the Old House #12 Color Fail - More Cabinets
Working on the Old House #12 Color Fail – More Cabinets
We’ll kick this weekend’s post off with a faux-pas. As I cleverly decided to add a little two-tone drama in the kitchen. So I painted up a pair of stock cabinets to go with the new uppers – and put them in place along with the old retro stove – and it went terribly wrong. Well, it looked OK on the little paint swatch, but it just didn’t work out. It’s not you, it’s me. So out comes the…
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