The shuffleboard court we have now was put in by our grandparents in 1935. Technically, my grandfather called it a shuffleboard run. It was resurfaced in 1955. It’s had a long life…which was beginning to show the wrinkles and cracks of age once again. At least one guest reported pucks going in odd directions or jumping down the court. Time for a little work. Shuffleboard began in the 1400s in English Taverns, where pucks would slide down long wooden tables. Word has it the game became so...

A parallel project being worked on, at the same time as the barn floor, was the new patio and table. This has been a years-in-the-thinking project. I know about the winds on the mountain (living close by) and nixed every idea my brothers originally had about a table and umbrella. A table, chairs and umbrella would inevitably go flying if we were not there to batten down the hatches. Somewhere along the line, they came up with a hand crafted cement table that would hold the umbrella in place...

The barn floor was not on our bucket list…until dancers from two events last summer made it evident the barn floor needed repairing or replacing. We went with replacing. My brothers planned it, ordered the materials and set about putting in a new barn floor. Each board was edge sanded before it was installed. We “roughed it up” before they created a custom stain to give it a weathered look. As long as we were doing the floor, we decided to knock out some structural pieces that used to...