Furniture

GRAVEL SWITCH - Ed Lanham of Logan Road has found a fairly inexpensive hobby to keep him busy when he's not working as agricultural agent at the Marion County Cooperative Extension Service in Lebanon. He uses tobacco sticks to make furniture, cutting boards, signs and an assortment of other items such as picture frames and lollipop trees. The wood is pieced together like a puzzle to show the different-colored wood and even the worm holes and knots. "I always wanted to do woodwork, but never took the time or had the proper equipment," Lanham said.

The Windsor chair sitting in John Madden's living room looks pristine at first glance. The spindles are uniform, and the arms are carefully carved. Then Madden points out a small indentation on the seat. "If you get the light across the seat just right, you can still see some tool marks," he says. It's a point Madden likes to make. He says you won't find such marks on manufactured furniture, and it's one of many features that distinguish his pieces from those sold in department stores.

Steve and Andrea Kohlman are magicians. Look in their garage now and you'll see old dressers, chairs and signs as neatly kept as they can be in a two-car space. But they will soon transform that used furniture into food in the bellies of Haitian children - just as they have been doing for the past year. Andrea began making regular trips to Haiti in November 2009 to work with the Christian mission Waves of Mercy. The ministry feeds 165 children daily and houses street boys, but Andrea has done a lot of work with medicine; she graduated from the University of Kentucky with her nursing bachelor's degree in December 2012.

Joe O'Rourke enjoys restoring antique furniture because he feels like he's "preserving a piece of history. " One of those pieces of history sits in the living room of his home on Upper Salt River Road near Parksville, where his shop, Turn of the Century Restorations and Antiques, also is located. It's an old cabinet that he believes originally sat in the Federal Building on Danville's Main Street when the building was used as a post office. He got it from a customer who said she obtained it when the post office moved out of the Federal Building in the 1950s.

As a full-time furniture maker, Alan McIntosh, also known as Mac to many, is not only excited about spending time with his three adopted grandchildren, but is excited as well about participating in the 30th annual Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival for the first time. A furniture maker for more than 20 years, McIntosh specializes in Shaker furniture, a particular style that was developed in eastern and Midwestern states in the late 1700s. McIntosh began working with his uncle, who only had a third-grade education, in Winchester when he was 19 years old. "I started out sweeping a staircase.

Dear Editor, I am writing this to explain what happened to me and my family with the Salvation Army and Goodwill. I admit it didn't happen in Danville, but they are all in the same mainstream. My father passed away here in Danville on June 2. He owned a house in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area. I recently went to Pittsburgh to sell all of his household goods. After the sale, there was still lots of stuff remaining and it needed to be gotten rid of. I called Goodwill, and they said they didn't pick-up furniture but would take any small items.

Susanne's Boutique and Consignment shop is now open at 104 Richmond Ave. in the old brick house behind CVS Pharmacy. The boutique, owned by Susanne Gullett, features a wide assortment of baby items, including furniture, toys and clothing from "preemie" to teens. Furniture includes bedding and accessories. Customers may also browse through an assortment of housewares. Gullett said she carries hard-to-find sizes for both men and women, including very small and very large items, up to 8X. The shop also carries nurses scrubs, maternity clothes, and formal wear, including prom, wedding and evening wear.

The ground floor was owned by Jesse B. and Etta J. Litsey when it burned in 1891. It was rebuilt as a two-story brick building and was sold in 1893 to C.B. Sullivan Sr. That deed says the second floor was the Opera House. W.P. Smith is said to have owned half of the Opera House furniture, including "chairs, scenery, stage fixings, carpet on the stage table, piano, the furniture under the house and the gas machine. " When the exchange was made, Litsey was to receive $7,000 and another Harrodsburg historic building, Diamond Point, which has been renovated recently and now houses the city's welcome center.

March 19, 1982 The Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission formally approved new customer applications and deposit policies Thursday. The Parent-Teacher Association at Victory Heights School has donated furniture for three first-grade rooms, worth about $5,500, to replace furniture estimated to be about 25 years old. The Sun congratulates Mr. and Mrs. James Donald Tohill, Winchester, on the birth of a daughter March 17 at the Clark...

Kathy Wilson officially opened Saffron's Funky Finds Sept. 20, and the retired school teacher wants to make sure her potential customers know exactly what to expect before they step into her store at 390 Whirl-A-Way Drive. "It's an untraditional, unconventional kind of store," she said. "I don't want them to be disappointed. " She hopes they won't be disappointed as they take in the plethora of colors, merchandise and styles housed inside the storage facility-turned-store.

Steve and Andrea Kohlman are magicians. Look in their garage now and you'll see old dressers, chairs and signs as neatly kept as they can be in a two-car space. But they will soon transform that used furniture into food in the bellies of Haitian children - just as they have been doing for the past year. Andrea began making regular trips to Haiti in November 2009 to work with the Christian mission Waves of Mercy. The ministry feeds 165 children daily and houses street boys, but Andrea has done a lot of work with medicine; she graduated from the University of Kentucky with her nursing bachelor's degree in December 2012.

Home ownership is a never ending project. I have been so worried about getting my garage cleaned out, and finding a home for all of Brandon's stuff, I didn't realize that wasn't the end. No, there is always something to paint, clean, organize or fix. It's like the yard - you mow it on Tuesday, and it seems like you have to turn around and mow it again the next day. Well, Brandon has to turn around and mow it again. So far, he seems to enjoy taking care of the yard, and I'm pretty sure it's not my forte, so I'll let him keep the job. Seriously, sometimes I worry about my domestic abilities.

When Joe Graham, Sr. borrowed $100 from his brother-in-law to buy sewing machines to sell door-to-door, could he have guessed just how well that initial investment would pay off - and not just financially? His son, Brian, seems to think so. Brian Graham sits on one of the plushy-new sofas at the Furniture World Superstore's newest location at 1714 Perryville Road in Danville. This store is the fifth for the family business his late father built mostly from perseverance, his son says.

Early American families cared for their dead on their own. The deceased was “laid out” at home, the family kept a vigil for several days as visitors came by, then burial took place in a family or church graveyard. A carpenter or cabinetmaker was usually hired to make the coffin. That began to change in the mid 19th century when furniture dealers, who sold coffins as a sideline, began offering to “undertake” all the after-death responsibilities, first in the home and then in funeral parlors.

Kathy Wilson officially opened Saffron's Funky Finds Sept. 20, and the retired school teacher wants to make sure her potential customers know exactly what to expect before they step into her store at 390 Whirl-A-Way Drive. "It's an untraditional, unconventional kind of store," she said. "I don't want them to be disappointed. " She hopes they won't be disappointed as they take in the plethora of colors, merchandise and styles housed inside the storage facility-turned-store.

The Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission approved a zone change for a furniture store on Lexington Avenue Tuesday night. The commission met in regular session to discuss a request by business owner Gary Wayne Smith to rezone his furniture store, 2nd Time Around Furniture, at 330 W. Lexington Ave. from P-1, professional office, to B-3, highway business. After discussion, though, the commission decided that it would be more appropriate to zone the business B-1, neighborhood business.

Police say three men used a phony furniture business to enter a Danville woman's house and make off with cash and a firearm Monday afternoon. Vernocia Neal, 92, told police that three unknown white males came to her home at 214 Stanford Road about 4 p.m. and asked to come in to show her a rug and tell her about a new furniture store they were opening near Walmart. "They came to the door and said they were organizing a store," Neal said. "I was busy with something else when they came to the door, so it took me by surprise.

One man's trash - well, may not be trash at all. Home Again furniture consignment shop wants to help find that unneeded table, armoire, couch or desk the perfect new home. Home Again, 465 Denmark Drive, Suite 600, diagonal from Rally's in the old social security office, opened in April and already is filled wall to wall with bed frames, artwork, curios, chests and antiques. Merchandise ranges from near-new to fixer-uppers. "It's something ... Danville needed," said owner Jackie Risden-Smith.

May 6, 1984 Residents of the New River Trailer Park on Athens-Boonesboro Road, began moving furniture from their homes around 8:30 a.m. today as the Kentucky River continued to rise after heavy rains Sunday night and this morning. This year's teen queens from the Winchester Babe Ruth League are Glenda Bell, Giants; Ginger Jennings, Pirates; Carol Snowden, Reds; Amy Wills, Dodgers; Sherry McPherson, Braves; and Christy Gwinn, Mets. Clark County Judge-Executive James B. Allen Jr. signed a proclamation designating Wednesday "Teacher Day USA" in Clark County.

Taking advantage of summer is all about getting out of the house. But outdoor furniture bears the brunt of Mother Nature and can start to look pretty shoddy after just a season or two. Stretch out the life of your patio sets by mastering a few simple cleaning and maintenance tricks. The basics The good news is that outdoor furniture is made to endure harsh conditions, so it can usually be cleaned with the hose and your average household detergent. Under pressure To give furniture a good scrub-down with half the effort, rent or buy a pressure washer (aka power washer)