Do these things

Include SPECIFIC examples of your audience members’ pains problems, concerns, questions, etc
Include direct quotes, with supporting details
Stick to the present facts — to avoid jumping to conclusions
Avoid idea quicksand
Avoid prescribing your own solutions
Spend just a tiny amount of time at the end, if any time at all, grouping together notes that say similar, or related things

Pain

home was vacant for 20 years
“is in very poor condition”
“needing to put down flooring and counter top in the kitchen”
“looking for suggestions for time period flooring and counter tops”
floors are down to subfloors
need to add more countertops since they are moving the stove
- wants to stay period appropriate
repainting cabinets original light green
walls blue/green and clash with cabinets
thinks cabinets are from the 50s
doesn’t want to be tacky (with linoleum)
isn’t sure of the style (Italian Renaissance?)

history should be preserved
modern != better
reply: doesn’t have to be perfectly period appropriate. Be practical first.
classy > period appropriate
poster seems to agree that practicality is more important than period appropriate as they are considering other options besides wood countertops
reply: people in our time are less practical than people in the 20s

use same species of wood
linoleum flooring in a pattern is period appropriate
find pictures online of antique linoleum patterns
checkerboard flooring pattern
flooring squares were 6x6
fill in the toe kick (to make it more period appropriate)
zinc and soapstone flooring are appropriate
true linoleum is not tacky
period countertops: wood, soapstone, tile, linoleum over wood
install unfitted hutches for more storage
in the period, they were more concerned with hygiene and function than we are now
granite will ruin your kitchen; not period appropriate
marble countertop
tile is hard to clean