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Flooring! The icing of the cake.
We ordered a big heap of lumber, pine flooring, made right here in Arkansas. Picked here, milled here, delivered by a dude. With a small dog in the cab of his big old honking diesel truck. This room has required some diesel to build, I confess. Zac wanted to lay the flooring at an angle, […]
Paint, more paint, and some brick sealer.
So, it took us FOREVERÂ to get the rest of the tin up in the back of the room, lots of little nails, lots of cursing. Not to mention just trying to get all the dust out of there, from the blasting, I literally vacuumed the entire brick wall, which improved it about 45%, there was […]
Sandblasting. What a blast!
It was time. We could put it off no longer. We wrote checks, we bought sand, we tried to prepare the space for a sea of dust like we had never known before. Our now friend Mike was so easy going about all this. He didn’t really want to do the work, he is […]
Drywall
This story is about how 15 sheets of 4 x 12 sheets of sheet rock were erected, screwed to the wall, “mudded” in, then painted with grey primer. It is a fascinating tale of preparedness, faith in the future, and good luck. However, the real tale will be revealed when the room is painted and […]
The ye olde plaster wall
Once we had uncovered the brick, we saw in the room the other plaster wall. This wall had always seemed, well, “beautiful”. Or “rustic”, or “age appropriate”. We had always thought we would restore the oh so beautiful historic plaster, we always hoped we could call the fourth generation plaster guys whose family probably did […]
The Brick Wall
In the room of the future radio station is a wall. And on that wall there is plaster. There used to be panelling. When we ripped off the panelling, it was very exciting to see the plaster with all its colors, and lo and behold, and mural! It seemed like such a treasure at […]
Ceiling Tin.
The ceilings in this building have been a constant source of controversy. We were advised by Mr. Davis to rip them out because they were “worth a fortune.” The next asshole will come in and tell us to just put in a drop ceiling. Then there is the historical advocate, you MUST restore these. And […]
Found the back yard!!
Waiting till the heat of summer is upon us is always a good time to head outside and do yardwork. Some people prefer to do outdoor work in the fall or spring, but not us! We wait till it is AT LEAST in the 90’s. Yesterday, I went up the hill myself, and found this: […]
SQZBX
You know that song by Tom Petty, where he says, “The waiting is the hardest part?” Â Well, he wasn’t lying. Zac and I are waiting. We are waiting to finally be smart enough and to have gathered enough information where we can take these perfect plans for our building, and shop them around! We have […]
97.9 KUHS-LP
So have you heard? Low Key Arts has teamed up with C Note Inc, and has procured a low power radio station!! That is right! We have 18 months to build out and get on the air 97.9 KUHS-LP FM radio!! Let’s get it on!!! To donate generously, you can call me, at […]