As a kid, I remember my parents always having a galvanized bucket sitting in the kitchen. Dad would fill it with coal and bring it in at night, so we could keep the kitchen fire going. He said that galvanized buckets last longer because they are pretty much moisture proof. Now it seems that you […]

I was at an auction a couple of months ago. I bid on an old wire form that was used by seamstresses in the early 1900s. The wire form was still perfectly in tact, and I wondered if it would have been better if they had it coated in PVC. The wire form looked like […]

My husband and I have been trying to redo our front porch. For two years, it has been ripped apart, but we are unable to get the screws and bolts that we need to put it back together. I would have never believed that so many items could be on backorder for so long. I […]

My spouse as well as I have been trying to redo our front porch. For two years, it has been ripped apart, but the two of us are unable to get the screws as well as bolts that the two of us need to put it back together… I would have never believed that so […]