BAIRD — In buying a historic, small-town hardware store, Jessica and James Gilbert also acquired a time capsule. “We really love downtown Baird. We wanted it to continue to be a hardware store. It’s just really got a lot of history to it,” Jessica Gilbert said. The Gilberts took ownership […]
Hubble back online after glitch reveals telescope’s secret hardware failure
The Hubble Space Telescope is back online and resuming science operations, NASA has confirmed, though not every part of the aging instrument is working as it should. The telescope – which was put into orbit in 1990 and has since been instrumental in unlocking the secrets of distant stars and […]
Nebraska Furniture Mart, Galleria, Rooster Hardware, big, small stores stick with Santa
Children can’t sit in Santa’s lap this year. But they can see him and talk to him and connect with him — 7 feet away inside a new Santa experience at Nebraska Furniture Mart, from the end of his sleigh at Galleria Dallas, on the opposite side of a three-sided […]
5 Ways to Incorporate Antique Hardware Into Your Home
Being a transplant to the South, I noticed that antiques — decor items 100 years old or more — are big here, relatively speaking. And, according to online interior design service Modsy, the antique movement is gaining steam across the nation — maybe not an entire home filled to the […]