The bathroom floor in the new house was in pretty bad shape: the grout was just nasty. I started to mop the floor with the thought that I'd try a grout cleaner/restorer on it once it was clean enough for me to consider spending an afternoon in the room on my hands and knees, but before I knew it I was scrubbing the heck out of the floor using the scrub brush I got for the garage walls (which also need to be cleaned and painted). The photo shows it about 3/4 done, with the original condition toward bottom of photo. I was pretty pleased with the results, especially since I managed it using only Mr. Clean and water, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to stand erect come morning.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Yellow-ware Mixing Bowl
Jim sent a photo of this mixing bowl, wondering if it's an old McCoy. I can't find it in my McCoy books: they do have some bowls with pink and blue stripes but they are much newer bowls with a different shape.
The problem with identifying bowls like this is that many different pottery companies made utility ware like this in the early days. I've looked in many different books (McCoy, Robinson Ransbottom, Hull, Watt, Brush, Red Wing) for this particular bowl and didn't find it. There is a set of blue-banded bowls in one of the Hull books (Companion Guide to Roberts' Ultimate Encyclopedia of Hull Pottery, pp 80-81) that is very close, except with a thick blue band and two thinner white ones. I don't know if Jim's bowl is Hull, but for reference those book for between $18 and $75, depending on the size (4.5" - 11.5").
Friday, September 01, 2006
We're once again proud homeowners
We closed on a house in mid-August, and officially take posession today! The house is about 45 years old, and is in great shape. We probably won't move in for another month or so, since we want to do some remodeling first, and our lease isn't up on our current house until late October.
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