A few thoughts… About a house’s history
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist About 25 years ago, I decided to remodel the house in which I spent much of my youth. When I entered the eighth grade, we moved to a more conventional...
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Gift guide 2024: last-minute treasures
By Soncirey Mitchell and Zach Hagadone Reader Staff So, it’s less than a week until Christmas and Hanukkah and you’re looking for last-minute gifts even though you swore you’d be on top of it...
Screen print your own T-shirts at home
By Ben Olson Reader Staff A common lament among those who feel the need to express themselves artistically is having a lack of inspiration, as well as a lack of time to create. We...
Choosing your contractor
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist For the first 10 years of my career as a builder in Sandpoint, my contract with customers consisted of a verbal agreement and a handshake. We relied on each...
Notes of a Builder:
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In my last article I wrote about safety and what we can do to prevent accidents and injuries. My wife pointed out after reading it that I had left...
So you wanna build something?
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist Editor’s note: In Ted’s last column, he discussed the importance of making a plan before you build. In this Part II, he talks about scale drawings of your project...
So you wanna build something?
By Ted Bowers Reader Builder Columnist So you have a building project you want to undertake. Where do you start? What comes next? Presumably you know what you want, but not quite sure of...
Let’s be Frank about the Earl-Y days: Part 3
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In this final article about the “Early” days, I thought I would talk about some of our more memorable jobs with Boles Construction. The Oddfellows remodel: we got the...
Let’s be Frank about the Earl-y days: Part 2
By Ted Bowers Reader Columnist In the mid 1970’s Sandpoint still had much of its small town flavor. The tourist industry was still in its infancy and the economy was largely timber based. The...
