NATIVE LANDSCAPING FOR YOUR BUNGALOW
Using native landscaping for your bungalow is eco-friendly, easier care & a beautiful complement to your house of natural materials. "Everything made by man's hands has a form, which must be either beautiful or ugly; beautiful if it is in accord with Nature, &...
WHEN SHOULD YOU REFINISH THE OLD WOOD FLOORS IN YOUR BUNGALOW?
by Dennis Prieur, 40 year veteran of the wood flooring industry, writes about how to decide when to refinish the wood floors in your bungalow. Dennis was a 25 year member of the National Wood Flooring Association where he sent his craftsmen for certification & was...
BUNGALOW FLOORS: FROM THE VERY HEART OF THE PINE TREE
by Dennis Prieur (usually known as Hubby) & Carol Goodwin, of the Goodwin Heart Pine Company Heart pine floors in bungalows is one of the most appreciated features of our charming homes here in the South, where they are deservedly revered. They gleam a warm...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 1
THE COLOR LESSON This is a lesson in choosing the right bungalow paint colors, which can be a huge challenge. Most articles give you a few examples, & the paint manufactureres provide pitifully few Arts & Crafts combinations, but they don’t actually teach you...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 2
HARMONY Bungalow color harmony begins with being familiar with your home's long philosophical & aesthetic history. Your beloved bungalow is the offspring of a movement that started in the late 1800’s in England & spread to the United States, primarily through...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 3
THE ARTS & CRAFTS MESSAGE The Arts & Crafts message is evident in every piece of design that flowed from the masters of the Movement 100 years ago & is passed on by those in today's Revival. The motivation & purpose of art is communication, the passing...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 4
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CHEMISTRY- LEAD PAINT IN BUNGALOWS Yes, there is lead paint in bungalows. Let's understand it & learn how to deal with it, better. White lead, produced by corroding lead with vinegar, was used in historic paints to produce opacity thereby...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 5
LET’S LOOK AT SOME BUNGALOWS! Photo credit Robert Schweitzer, BUNGALOW COLORS: EXTERIORS Now that I’ve thoroughly destroyed all possible affinity for the paint purveyors of the past, let’s look at some bungalows & see what combinations these paint companies...
CHOOSING BUNGALOW PAINT COLORS, Part 6
YOUR BUNGALOW COLORS EXTERIOR CHECKLIST It's time to make some big decisions & there are so many choices, so use this bungalow colors exterior checklist to put yourself on the right path. I have seen people spend months agonizing over their many choices only to...
