We received an Easter greeting from Mrs. O’Connor. She is the daughter of the Santos, the second family to own our house. We sent her a quick note thanking her and updating her on the work we are doing on the house. Today.s mail brought the sweetest letter from her. She is such a lovely woman. I’ll post some of the letter here:
Dear Heather,
I was glad to hear from you, I hope these few lines find you and your husband in very good health, in company of your two corgis.
We all here are fine. I wanted to tell you first of all about the Oil Rights you have on that land (my father way back 55 years ago used to receive $50 a month for oil rights). You can call me any time, I will tell you more about it. As soon as I get copies of the old photos I will send you some. You will have to visit me and my family one of these days and I will show you a lot of pictures of the house and of course us with it.
That house has a lot of good memories I will never forget, they were the best years of my life and I loved that house. My mother and father, two brothers and I had a lot of good times. Even though there was a war on, those times will never be forgotten.
It feels good to know that there was so much love and a happy family living in our house.
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April 23rd, 2004 - 1:30 pm
Howdy- was wondering if you recall the brand/color stain you used on you rinterior trim? It looks great and is roughly the color/darkness that I want to achieve with my own fir trim…Thanks much and all the best!
April 23rd, 2004 - 4:27 pm
Hi there!
The dining room stain color is Watco Danish Oil Finish in dark walnut mixed with a little cherry. I would say the mixture is roughly 3 to 1.
BTW, the Pottery Barn table you asked about a while back is from the Henry line.
Thanks,
heather