Designs By JN's Home Inspirations

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

Upcycling is NOT an easy thing to do! Just saying.

06/02/2026

What about yellow?

05/30/2026

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Home Inspirations will be at this event.
Wild Pine Creations will be at this event.

05/29/2026

Another! Needs some snaps yet

05/26/2026

05/26/2026

Completed another jacket. Excited, took about a week. But the finished item is rewarding.

05/21/2026

A city crew excavating for a new underground parking garage in downtown Spokane, Washington, hit an unusually large void while drilling test holes.
What they uncovered was a perfectly preserved 1940s underground bowling alley and social club that had been sealed and forgotten for 76 years.
The discovery happened last week beneath a downtown city block. While preparing the site for the new parking structure, drill operators noticed their equipment dropping into open space. After safely opening an access point, engineers and historians found a 12-lane bowling alley complete with original wooden lanes, automatic pinsetters, a retro bar and lounge area, leather seating, vintage scoring tables, and shelves stocked with bowling shoes and balls. Neon signs, faded posters advertising leagues from the 1940s, and even a small stage for live music remained intact.
The facility was built in 1948 by a local businessman as a private recreational club for factory workers and their families. It operated successfully until 1949 when a major flood damaged the area. Rather than repair and reopen, the owner sealed all entrances and built over the site during postwar redevelopment. The deep underground location with stable temperature and low humidity had preserved the wooden lanes, leather, paper, and mechanical equipment in remarkable condition.
Bowling historians and preservationists were called in immediately. The alley contains some of the earliest examples of automatic pinsetting technology still in existence. The city has temporarily halted excavation in that section while experts document the site. Plans are now being discussed to preserve and possibly restore portions of the bowling alley as a unique historical attraction connected to the new parking garage.
What started as a standard infrastructure project has revealed a pristine time capsule of mid-20th century American working-class leisure culture — a perfectly frozen snapshot of postwar community life hidden beneath the streets of modern Spokane.

05/21/2026

Add some snaps, and this be done. Levi denim (Dennys) and some left over plaid flannel donate from Peggy Culley