It dawns on me that we would be better off with Ethernet rather than WiFi in the restored house.  I’d like to minimize the electronic waves bouncing around, and beside, Ethernet is faster. So I email Marc about having the conduit put in place before the walls are rebuilt.

Good news on another front—Sherwin Williams is able to produce a stain that offers a ‘cherry’ color on new birch that matches the richness of their standard ‘classic cherry’ on the 100-year-old wood.  This is a definite improvement upon my experimentation; I got a purplish tint when applying the off-the-shelf cherry stain to new birch. The custom mix somehow produces an ‘old’ effect on the new lumber.