Pishny Restoration Services

10/23/2024

In this episode of Saving Sauer Castle, we take a look into the tower restoration over the summer, the installation of the roof, the masonry and fascia work,...

09/30/2024

Another before and after photo shared by The Maple Grove Cemetery in LeCompton.

08/20/2024

Balusters are being crafted in our carpentry shop for the beautiful Vaile Mansion in Independence, Missouri. The mansion was built in 1881 by Colonel & Mrs Harvey Vaile.

The mansion features 31 rooms including 9 marble fireplaces, spectacular painted ceilings, flushing toilets, a built-in 6,000 gallon water tank, and a 48,000 gallon wine cellar. This mansion is one of the best examples of Second Empire style architecture in the United States.

Balusters were expertly built by one of our talented craftsmen, Daniel Chamberlain. Excellent work, Daniel.

07/17/2024

Nothing tells a story of a restoration project better than before and after photos. We are really proud of our talented craftsmen that are restoring Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas.

Isn’t she beautiful? Check out the corbels, windows and the ironwork. Just spectacular restoration work by our team.

07/09/2024

Another landmark project at Big Spring National Park. The cabins, lodge and museum were restored by Pishny Restoration Services. The cabins will be available for lodging again soon.

04/27/2024

Thank you for sharing Rosin Preservation We love being a part of this historic project.

04/11/2024

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We are so honored to have been a part of this landmark restoration project.

Endangered NO More// We’re highlighting stories of success, once-endangered sites that are now thriving and contributing to their communities, while also focusing attention on the extraordinary efforts undertaken to bring them back from the brink.

The Elbridge Arnold Homestead, built in 1855-56 and recognized as the second oldest home in Kansas City north of the river, was overshadowed by burgeoning suburban development when the Mid-Continent Public Library purchased it in 2008 for a new library. Upon completion of the Woodneath Branch in 2013, focus was shifted to the rehabilitation of the new library’s focal point: the Elbridge Arnold Homestead.

With the intent to create a center where story telling is a natural extension of the space, the imposing Greek Revival style homestead was painstakingly restored to preserve and stabilize the existing historic materials remaining in the home, remove non-original additions, and open the building up to create. Now called The Story Center, this rehabilitated piece of Kansas City history naturally enhances the experience for all who come to learn about the arts of oral, written, and digital storytelling.

Winner of the 2022 HKC Historic Preservation Award for Best Adaptive Reuse, see details.
HKC-Preservation-Awards_Oct-2023_3.pdf (https://ow.ly/AVcg50R67bi)
, Historic Kansas City

12/02/2023

Behind all of the scaffolding is the beautiful Sauer Castle currently undergoing restoration in Kansas City, KS.

11/03/2023

Frost Flowers
While the plants’ stems are ruptured by the first hard freeze, the root system is still sending up plant sap from the warmer ground. The sap pushes through the broken stem and freezes on contact with the cold air. As more saps moves up, it forces the freezing stream of white ice crystals into ornate, folded ribbons that look like petals, puffs of cotton candy, or snarls of white thread.

Missouri plants that produce them
Missouri plants known to produce frost flowers include dittany (Cunila origanoides), stinkweed (Pluchea camphorata, which is not widespread in Missouri), and white crownbeard (Verbesina virginica). Scientists don’t know what it is about these species that allow them to produce frost flowers. Perhaps their root systems are more active later in the year than other species, or their stems rupture in just the right way to force the ribbons of sap. Whatever the reason, frost flowers only appear on the stems of a few species.

Photo taken at Big Springs National Park

09/30/2023

Sauer Castle in the early stages of the restoration process.

06/26/2023

Door hardware restoration complete for the Fort Riley Army Base Chapel. Scroll to see the before photo. 👀

06/26/2023

New reproduction Gothic Arch door built and installed at the Fort Riley Army Base Chapel. Our Master Carpenter, Pat Delaney standing beside his masterpiece. Beautiful work, Pat.