Bungalow Addict - 1929 Bungalow Restoration & Home Improvement Survival Blog - Ideas

No Man's Land

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:05:00 -0700

When we purchased this house two years ago we loved the main floor. Spanish plaster walls, hard wood floors and built-ins with original stain glass windows made the home a real treasure. However, upon entering the stairwell to go to the second floor you went from 1929 beauty to 1983 tacky. It was always our intention to completely gut the upstairs but when we realized that we were going to have to sell the house without renovating we had to come up with something to make the house feel like a bungalow upstairs as well as down.

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Possible Kitchen Floorplan

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:12:00 -0700

When we moved in to this house Lance HATED the kitchen. I loved the cabinets but hated the fact that there was no dishwasher and no prep space. For months I have been brain storming on ways to make the kitchen more functional without destroying the "bungalow" feel. I have friends that have taken down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room and made a breakfast bar and as beautiful as the kitchens turned out...it really did impact the way the house feels.

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Just an idea...

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:23:00 -0700

I admit I am a Pottery Barn junkie! I love the furniture. I love the "organizational" stuff and I love the tchotchkes. I don't love the prices. Don't get me wrong...I don't mind paying for quality furniture but when you are trying to restore a house your furnishing budget tends to be "shoestring". So I love getting the catalog to "dream" but rarely do more than that.

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About the basement

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:47:00 -0700

So you know that we are in the process of interviewing contractors to help us finish our basement. Here's a little more information about what we are starting with and what we hope to end up with.

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Our New Desk...sort of.

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:14:00 -0700

Unlike many homes of this era, we have not stumbled upon lots of "old stuff" stored in various nooks and cranies to be uncovered like buried treasure. Except for a small storage area in the basement with some old storm windows and a few solid wood doors we have no old stuff at all. The good news is the storm windows & doors we do have will be refurbished and returned to use in the house at some point in time in the future.

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Paint put on hold

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:37:00 -0700

So it's not that I don't want to paint the office all over again, I just don't want to have to paint it a 3rd time!

Those of you who know me personally know I am a princess. "A princess of what?" you might ask. Procrastination and unfinished projects. That being said I promised Lance when we bought this house that this would not be another "unfinished" project. At least not forever anyway.

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A different light

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:35:00 -0700

A picture may be worth a thousand words...but sometimes they say the wrong thing!

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Lighting for the office

nospam@example.com (Heather) — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:14:00 -0700

Trying to find lighting fixtures that are period appropriate and won
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