Being A Rock…

 

“Listen to silence. It has so much to say.” Rumi 

The importance of now being a rock is my greatest responsibility…

Yours truly,

Nicklas 

Staying Strong…

 

I’m not going to say anything more… but staying strong is hard…

Yours truly,

Nicklas 

Well I’m Always Busy…

Life for sure can through a lot at you! Since last I spoke here’s 10 new thing:

1. I’m still work on my porch…
2. I’ve buried a pet; my sweet little Niche (she was really young and it was very unexpected) …
3. Had  a brick thrown though one of my windows from a neighbors roof job (I’m so glad my stained glass side door was still boarded up from my porch job!)… 
4. Had to close for a week due to how the film industry is due to the pandemic…
5. Helped deal with my grandma in and out hospital stays, and now nursing home recovery (long story)…
6. I redecorated my Drawing Room (I finally brought out the crystals)…
7. I started to build my master bathroom vanity out of old oak I had laying around…
8. I brought out some of my fall home decor…
9. I switched my window displays from summer to fall…
10. And I’ve been staring to cut down my gardens in preparation of winter…

I’ve learned a long time ago to take one day at a time and to not let stress control me. In the next couple of weeks it looks like I have a couple more weeks I might have to close… oh and Soupy has to go and have a tumor removed (he is our 14 year old male cat we’ve had since he was a couple weeks old); sooooo till we’ll talk again later…

Yours truly, 

Nicklas

2021 Porch Update

Okay... I finally stopped long enough to write a updated about my porch! So I will be quite...

1. My porch is fully supported for at least this year! Nothing will collapse...
2. Everything still will need repainted!
3. A little glue and TLC anything can be saved! I think you can never have enough clamps... just saying
4. The original railings are fine, they are just safe in storage!
5. I think I am going to build a lattice privacy wall to solve some of my missing railing problems! Plus it will help to keep some the elements off the side door...
6. The part of the porch in front of the tower will look under construction till next summer...
7. I had a temporary support posts was added in front of the tower to take the pressure off of the 120 year old hollow beam the bowed under the weight of the roof and the long open span... the strain it was under and with the potential weight of snow and ice of PA winters might of caused it to snap and collapse...
8. Next year that beam will need to be replaced with a stronger beam to allow for the long open span without a post!
9. Next year I have it scheduled for a major rebuild of the entire front part of the wrap around porch decking structure!
10. Next year the footers and support posts under the same front part of the porch will be replaced as well!

So I am now going to be even more busy getting everything I can back together and fixed before winter... If your from the states I hope you have a nice 4th of July weekend!

Yours truly,

Nicklas

Crazy Busy

What’s new?

Well, I’ve been supper busy...

You know with reopening the theatre after 15 months of being down, major home renovations, and of course life in general! Still no love life though... just saying!

The theatre reopening went well, we are on the slow side but hopefully as time goes on things will get busier. We just got through our second weekend! We’ve received so many lovely messages from friends and customers through it all! I have my fingers crossed for “Black Widow” to maybe pick up a little more!?!? I’ve been working tirelessly on my master suite IT LOOKS LIKE A ROOM IN A HOUSE NOW!!! My attention had to take a sharp turn to the front porch since discovering that the posts had become compromised with rot and the weight of the roof was causing the structure to collapse...

Just a joy of a old house of course I suppose!

I had the one side of the wrap around porch majority reconstructed back in 2014, and spent so much money getting things custom milled to match the original design. But I am sad to say nothing new I had made lasted and everything needed torn out... my woodwork chose to use poplar, and since then I’ve learned it can’t hold up outside! Today four of the eight of the weight baring posts got repaired, so figures crossed I can move past this issue! My gardens did take a bit of a beating around the porch but everything is perennial and will come back next year! Plus with all the cuttings I can now enjoy the flowers inside this year!

So now I am back to the drawing board to trying to figure out what I should do as a alternative especially since I am about 99 percent sure I got the original design right the first time I designed it... but with whatever I do this time I want it to still blend with the remaining original pieces of the porch...? Even though the porch is a little on the new side of thing being that it is only about 120 years old (as apposed to the 160 year old house give or take) I still really want to stay true to its feel of the architect at that time! I think classic old porches really bring out the elegance and charm of a old house exterior! What do you think, and how have you’ve been?

Yours truly,

Nicklas