This Webcor (Webster-Chicago) Minuet Stereofonic High Fidelity record changer and cabinet is in a nearby county historical society museum. I remember seeing Webcor reel-to-reel tape recorders.
Here's a bit more about the company: http://www.webster-chicago.com/wcstory.htm
We see deer in our yard from time to time, but this little guy showed up with his mom and his brother (or sister).
Yes, that's a mouse nest in an electrical box inside our 1985 vintage air conditioner. This unit cools just the bedroom addition. As you can see below, I will need to replace several wires before powering the unit up this year.
My sister offered me some rocks from her acreage in Wisconsin and I decided to try them out around our small backyard garden. I like this "natural" look, so I'll pick up more the next time we're in the the Dairy State. The border looks great now, but my heirloom tomatoes are likely to get out of control in a couple of months.
It's that time of year again when thoughts (and noses) turn toward a shallow hexagon-shaped pond of fetid water once known as our swimming pool. Last summer seems very far away, and the proof is in this green pudding.
Twelve gallons of chlorine later I was finally getting results. I suspect the warmer than usual winter gave the algae a generous head start. Remember...NO DIVING!
They say preparation is key when it comes to installing a vinyl composite tile floor. With the mop boards, carpet, and carpet strips removed, the first order of business was filling small cracks and carpet strip nail damage in the floor.
Before: small floor crack.
After: crack filled!
Carpet strips are wicked! Wear gloves when removing.
And, carpet strips leave these wonderful divots in your concrete floor.
Divots filled.
Furnace ducts (registers removed) in the floor of the rec room.
I found evidence on the floor that the room used to be "salmon." How's that for a classic 1950s color?
More cracks and divots filled.
My final step was to mop the floor with a white vinegar and water solution.
More mopping.
I spent nearly an hour determining where to place the first tile using checks and rechecks that would have made engineers at NASA proud. Why? Because if I get the first one wrong things will really go bad by the time I'm in the next room.
Chalk lines snapped! In Part Three I actually begin to install VCT. Wish me luck!
On the original blueprints for our house, this room is designated as a "Rec Room." When we moved in four years ago the entire lower level of the house had white Berber carpeting. Yuck. I have been removing the carpet gradually over the last two years and we are finally ready to install a new vinyl composite tile (VCT) floor.
First step, use a hydralic jack to raise the floating staircase (now it's really floating!) so I can remove the last piece of carpet from beneath the foot of the stair.
Now all I have to do is prepare the floor to accept the adhesive and tiles. Stay tuned for details on our biggest home improvement project to date!
Now that I passed on the sleeping Santa bank in a Beloit, Wisconsin antique store because it's not EXACTLY like the one my grandmother had, I'm wondering if I made a mistake. It's REALLY close. : )
Now it's time to put the Christmas decorations away. It seems like we just put them out!
Happy Holidays, everyone!
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