Midlands Modern

Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved. A baffling alert. A race to the wrong building. Notre-Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything, a New York Times reconstruction has found.

The final big project was the old hardwood floors. Oak in the living room and dinning room with heart pine in the hall and bedrooms. I had to repair where pine was used around the fireplace before floor guy could come in and work his magic.