Little Journeys

Remodeling Project Part Three: The Building Inspector

With any remodeling project of considerable size, you will have designers, carpenters, electricians, heating specialists, and plumbers – plus one additional participant:  your building inspector. Building inspectors often get a bad rap,…

The Ultimate Collector

by Bruce Johnson If you missed Ellison's essay "Listening to Pots," click the links to read Part One and Part Two   Leigh Ann and I just returned from the annual Stickley Weekend celebrated at the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms,…

Remodeling Project Part 2: Contractor Questions

by Bruce Johnson As I mentioned in an earlier column, Leigh Ann and I have undertaken yet another remodeling project. We live in a split-level, 1972 ranch house built on a wooded knoll on a small farm outside of Asheville. The house originally…

Auction Flashbacks

This article was originally posted on October 2nd, 2016. It has been edited to include a new cover photo.   I had the opportunity last week to get out of my office and make a two-day driving trip over to Durham, which is about four…

Part Two of “Listening to Pots Speak”

The Craftsman Gala will pay tribute to Robert A. Ellison Jr on Saturday, October 13th at the Mountain Lakes Club in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Vonda Givens, Executive Director of the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, has graciously shared…

Part One of “Listening to Pots Speak”

From the desk of Vonda Givens, Executive Director of the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms… In the fall the museum’s annual Craftsman Gala, on Saturday, October 13, at the Mountain Lakes Club in Mountain Lakes, NJ (visit StickleyMuseum.org…

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