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...
EVERY BUNGALOW NEEDS A CUSTOM SHED MINI-ME
I’m a gardener & a bungalow style custom shed for me was a much needed item. I love to buy pots, tools & soil supplements & I needed a place to stash the dang stuff. With only a porte cochere & lacking a garage, a shed was also required to store my...
HANDMADE BUNGALOW TILES, INSPIRED BY NATURE
I love handmade bungalow tiles- Batchelder, Malibu, Catalina. But I don't discriminate. I love tiles from all over the world. I adore the vivid colors of Mexican tile, Cuban tile, Moroccan tile, painted tile, relief tile- little pieces of art. It is a medium, first...
RESTORING A BUNGALOW – THE RIGHT WAY
I wrote this article about restoring a bungalow the right wa-a-ay back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, around 2006 when I first moved to Tampa. I had left the little "town" of Eagle Rock, a historic neighborhood in N.E. Los Angeles, left the Hare House, a beautiful...
WHY EVERY BUNGALOW NEEDS A SCREEN DOOR (& A CAT)
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my custom made, tiger oak, square pegged, brass mesh, bungalow screen door. Meet Mahjong the Amazing Wonder Kitten (furry face on the left) & his bro, Bukhai Thunder, on the right. When you have pussycats, it is a good idea to have a...
YOUR HISTORIC BUNGALOW’S HOME INSPECTION
by Matthew Steger With 20 years of inspecting bungalows under his belt, Owner/ ASHI Certified Inspector at WIN Home Inspection (Lancaster, PA) follows the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) Standard of Practice, the nationally recognized GOLD standard for home...
DISCOVER BUNGALOW KITCHENS BY JANE POWELL
I had tried innumerable times to figure out a decent floor plan but was completely stymied. I knew that BUNGALOW KITCHENS, by the lovely & brilliant author, Jane Powell, held all the answers, but I had read it 18 times (Well, a few of those times I just drooled...
