For the next few weeks I want to share some reflections based on my October trip north to the Seattle area.  I parked in front of an old, two story building not far from the Columbia River and stepped into the history of a 1911 building. For a number of years this huge building (14,000 square feet) was a church. It also spent time as a very large home, and even had years as an Antique Mall. There were nooks and crannies, old pipes and insulation, furniture from other eras, and non-standard windows and shades.  My host and her parents bought this building at an auction one year ago. Some of the large, public spaces will be redesigned and re-purposed to serve as rental space, or an art studio, or a meeting and event room. Other parts of this building will be updated and used as originally intended: as bedrooms, a kitchen, bathrooms and closets. Walls will be moved, space will be cleared, furnishings will be relocated, fresh paint will be applied.  Sometimes we...