And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Those floors! See that a lot on British TV & movies, filmed In beautiful, expensive old houses . . . plain board floors with what looks like 1/2-inch gaps between the boards. Where does the dirt and spills go?
I designed a $6mil home on Useppa where the owner bought an 18th century barn in Georgia and shipped it down to be used for the floors and porch ceilings. You can see it right here:
Should not look good, but it does. Character, maybe?
ReplyDeleteNow try keeping it clean. I love "character" but there are always tradeoffs.
ReplyDeleteToo far gone.
ReplyDeleteThose floors! See that a lot on British TV & movies, filmed In beautiful, expensive old houses . . . plain board floors with what looks like 1/2-inch gaps between the boards. Where does the dirt and spills go?
ReplyDeleteIn a vacuum cleaner used regularly
DeleteI designed a $6mil home on Useppa where the owner bought an 18th century barn in Georgia and shipped it down to be used for the floors and porch ceilings.
ReplyDeleteYou can see it right here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@26.6610659,-82.2100646,53a,35y,301.35h,60.64t/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
I would almost die for those floors. My wife would also kill me since she has to keep them clean.
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