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Roselawn Kitchen

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The few weeks after we brought our daughter home from the hospital and moved into our new house we put the final touches on the kitchen in 1/2 of the duplex we own.  Basically, we finished what had been an extremely long project just in time for our new Tenants to move in.  The transformation was pretty dramatic, but unfortunately we have no before shots just a halfway started shot, some in progress shots and the finals.  Anyway, take a look:

Not bad for our first kitchen.

Raymonds Pectoral Plaster and other Goodies

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We live in an old duplex built before the turn of the LAST century.  As a result, we find some interesting things sometimes.  A recent construction project which involved tearing out our kitchen ceiling resulted in some very cool finds.

What we found:

  • ceiling stuffA sheet of paper describing Raymond’s Pectoral Plaster and its’ uses
  • A Postcard from Meriden Connecticut postmarked 1909
  • A bible lesson copyrighted 1896
  • A piece of glass with a label from Monroe Pharmacal co in Rochester NY
  • Bits and pieces of glass, some labeled some not, one which had ‘Buffalo NY’ etched in it
  • 3 ceramic white tubes with knobs at the end
  • a clothespin
  • some very short lengths of copper piping
  • A metal mesh ball with a hole at the bottom and a spike at the top

I have no idea what most of this stuff is but I find it fascinating that it was all piled up together in our ceiling.  If you have any thoughts let us know!  More Detailed Pictures Below: