OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS-Why Preserve?
I am often asked why I care so much about preserving old buildings. For some it’s a veiled challenge with no plan to listen to the answer, but some hang around long enough, without yawning, to hear my answer & some actually hear me as I pour out my soul & my...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS – Foundations
A major headache in old house restorations can be the foundation. Most of us have never crawled under our houses, & seen our foundation. For good reason! It's cramped, it's dark & dirty. Plus, it could be home to any number of disgusting things. My Tampa house...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS-Exterior Wood Siding
I just realized that these 3 videos about old house, exterior wood siding were made by some of my favorite guys in the old home fix-it business. Each one of them is friendly, bright & they are all excellent teachers. An interesting thing about all 3 is that every...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS-Architectural Salvage
In this internet age, there is very little that you can’t find on YouTube so I have put together a list of old house restoration videos, arranged by skill/trade/interest for you to view. Whether you plan to do a project yourself, or hire a professional tradesperson,...
WHAT THE HECK IS A BUNGALOW ANYWAY?
I see it all the time on Facebook groups. Someone asks what the architectural style of their home is and someone comments, "It's a bungalow." And even if the statement is correct, the answer is wrong. That's because the term bungalow does not reference an...
RICHARD P. FEYNMAN, FLOWERS & HISTORIC BUNGALOWS
"I have a friend who's an artist & has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say 'look how beautiful it is,' & I'll agree. Then he says, 'I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take...
BUNGALOW ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE RESOURCES
I put a call out to my Facebook followers for their favorite bungalow architectural salvage resources. I have long been a fan of the idea of salvage, as well the the practicalities of the practice. In my previous article, I write about the cultural, economic &...
BUNGALOW ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE
If you should be fortunate enough to have a bungalow, architectural salvage can be your BFF. Merriam Webster defines salvage as "property saved from destruction in a calamity (such as a wreck or fire)." Cambridge adds, "to try to make a bad situation better." Not...
THE TUDOR/ CRAFTSMAN HOUSE CONNECTION
There are a lot of styles with crossover elements that can make them confusing to classify (and sometimes make architectural historians argue). Craftsman (1905-1930) and Tudor Revival (1890-1940) are two house styles that were popular around the same time period in...
