[Mccoypottery-talk] Displays

[M. Caudill]

They oldest room of my house is a log cabin built before the Civil War (15"
logs). The other first floor rooms were added up thru the 1940's, then we
added a second story with a Dutch Barn roof in the 1980's.  I love old
houses, too.
Mike in KY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Nelson" <bettyfnelson@mchsi.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Mccoypottery-talk] Displays


> I had never thought of crocks but they would be great.  So frequently you
> can get cracked, chipped and totally unusable crocks for almost nothing.
Old
> homes are wonderful. Mine was built in 1932 and has real 2x4 and the
> neighbors told me that the man who had it built paid a penny a brick to
get
> it built! Betty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ohio Pottery & Glassware" <capriherb@earthlink.net>
> To: <mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:53 AM
> Subject: RE: [Mccoypottery-talk] Displays
>
>
> > You have given me inspiration!<G>
> > I have crocks!  Wouldn't it be neat to make shelves between 2 windows by
> using crocks as the spacers?
> > For those wondering.... Our house was built in 1862 and has only been
> built on to one time (we added to the bathroom downstairs for handicap
> facility).
> > The original house was built in 1835 as well as our barn.  But the house
> burned and they built the "new" house in 1862!
> > Jennifer  & Rodney Smith
> > Baltimore, Ohio
> > <http://www.OhioPotteryandGlassware.com>
> > <http://stores.ebay.com/id=1857615&ssPageName=L2>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mccoypottery-talk-admin@lists.mccoypottery.com
> > [mailto:mccoypottery-talk-admin@lists.mccoypottery.com]On Behalf Of
> > Betty Nelson
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:41 AM
> > To: mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com
> > Subject: Re: [Mccoypottery-talk] Displays
> >
> >
> > I don't have high ceilings and few walls as I have so many windows.  I
> have
> > used the old college student trick of using "stone and Plank"
> construction.
> > I got a stack of concrete decorative blocks at an auction for a couple
of
> > dollars.  You know the ones that have the open spaces. Design like what
> you
> > made in school with a compass and over lapping circles.  They are a foot
> > tall and the planks I got at Home Depot and they are the finished
looking
> > shelf boards. Set the blocks on the floor and put a board on top a block
> on
> > each end and another plank the 12" or more height handles most cookie
> jars.
> > They are easy to tear down and pack away when I want to put up the
> Christmas
> > tree. Betty
> >
> >
> >
>
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