Folkcraft Building Project (Not Dulcimers This Time)

December 15, 2023

 

Good Morning, Y'all!

 

Here we are in the middle of December 2023 already. Time has sure been flying the past few years.

 

"Due in December" instruments are very nearly all out the door, and we're well on the way to having our January instruments shipped on time, or pretty close, at least. Just an FYI - instruments ordered this month will be shipping in April of 2024, roughly four months from the date that you order.

 

A year ago, I thought for sure we would be catching up by now, but it hasn't happened yet. Maybe by the middle of 2024? We'll see!

 

Over the past few months we've had a contractor working on our "front door project." Replacing the cracked concrete pad, adding an overhanging porch (with gutters!), and putting in a new front door. The old pad looked bad and the lack of a roof over the front door made the door get wet when it rained. And over the past few years the rust had been winning the battle with the steel door. 

It was time, and I finally committed to the building upgrade. (I would really rather buy a new tool for the shop, really!)

 

A lot of you will see this over the next year or two, but since some of you don't visit the shop that often...

Old concrete pad removed - framing for the new porch roof installed. You can see some rust at the bottom of the old door. This photo still shows leaves on the crabapple tree by the front door. The "finished" photo at the end of this newsletter? The leaves are long gone!

It was a giant mess - dirt and asphalt everywhere!