I love my new shiny

Renovating an older home has more than its fair share of surprises, most of them nasty. (Like the new wet spot on my ceiling last night after the torrential rains yesterday afternoon.)  But if you are doing a deep renovation, such as moving walls and excavating shrubs and overgrown trees that have been in the ground forever, you might find

something cool, like an old car jack, a paper printed the day after D-day, or even a tombstone in the garden.  (All true, and then some.)  But my favorite g...