Stair Stories (Part 1). Clemmons Family Farm. 2016.
Channel: CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM IN VERMONT
Date: 2016-07-07

Along with the original 1700's French-Canadian fleur-de-lis stained glass window, the old banister and stair case are the major showpieces of the Main House’s front entrance way.  During the 1960's, the carpenters who were working with Jack to restore the Colonial house, built in 1778, urged him to destroy the banister because they felt it wasn’t worth the effort to salvage it. Jack disagreed. For two weeks he worked every night to painstakingly remove the thick layers of old paint that covered the long rail and spindles. He sanded and refinished the wood, oiling and hand-polishing the long rail and nearly 75 individual spindles, one by one, until they shone and were as smooth to the touch as silk. In this video, Jack and wife Lydia talk about Jack's work restoring the banister back in 1962.  Clemmons Family Farm. 2016. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND