Saturday, October 10, 2009

We're Getting Noticed

As I sit in my cozy corner of our Chateau pounding away on my keyboard, I spy that we are getting noticed.

This online publication, Small Town Living, used an excerpt from our blog (with our permission of course) for their October/November issue. Click on their current issue, and scroll to page 42...
http://www.stliving.net/

And this company noticed our restoration efforts and developed house plans based on Laura's house...
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=366191

In the next few weeks, I'll be posting more on the Laura Hawkins attic, the complete ceiling replacements, and our chance meeting with a Hannibal artist foursome at the Country Club Plaza Art Fair in Kansas City last month.

Meanwhile, here are some items that will go into Laura's kitchen which is also being restored to reflect Laura's turn-of-century way of life...

Shown are a grinder, a sausage maker and a primitive rolling pin
hand-carved from a single piece of wood.