Do it yourself

This may sound to some as though they are communicating with someone with a sever case of hardening of the arteries, but if our finances permitted us to be gone for several weeks during the winter months, we would find it a hoot to go from place to place with our cargo trailer and tools in tact assisting others in their endeavors. I've never met a strange in my life, though I have met some rather strange people over the years. Liz's "Big Old House" sounds like a real challenge worth the effort. My most memorable experience with old buildings was an art gallery made from a converted tea ware house in Newburyport, Mass. The building was constructed around 1740 and some of the beams were salvaged masts from sailing vessels. The strip out and reconstruction of the main floor took nearly two years. When we went back to New England several years ago it was much as I had left it except the other two floors had now been converted in to studios and it is still used as an art gallery. I removed five different ceilings before getting down, or should I say up, to the original beams on the main floor. I'll have to tell you the rest of the story and how it effected the entire town some time. Dale