PRESERVATION ADVOCACY GROUPS IN NEW YORK
The preservation advocacy groups in New York fight unwise development, public apathy, & inadequate funding for preservation projects & education. Though they fight a good fight, with many wins under their belts, they need your help. Participating in...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- House Museums in the Western U.S.
The house museums in the Western U.S. shown here are the technological & cultural predecessors of our bungalows. They are built of the elements that you can see in our homes hundreds of years later. I lived most of my life in the West & its austerity greatly...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- Stay Healthy When Restoring an Old House
Restoration can be very rewarding, but, it can be soul-crushing & heavily taxing on the body. Hideous surprises & surly, incompetent tradespeople can threaten to annihilate one's sweet nature on a daily basis. At the same time, the body is being hit by the...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- The Bungalow & The Arts & Crafts Movement
The bungalow is a hybrid, born of the Arts & Crafts Movement of the United Kingdom, the Craftsman Movement of the Eastern United States & the beauty of the Southern California landscape. The cultures & technologies of the time conspired to create a...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- The Women’s Suffrage Movement
My mama raised me right. She taught me about the suffrage movement when I was very small. Well before I went to school, Susan B. Anthony, champion of temperance, abolition, labor rights & equal pay for equal work was a familiar hero to me & even as a child, I...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- House Museums in the Midwest U.S.
“America's Heartland” with its patchwork of big industrial cities & farming towns, lying midway between the Appalachians & the Rocky Mountains & north of the Ohio River. The historic house museums in the Midwest U.S. that you will see in these videos were...
TYPES OF BUNGALOW DORMERS
Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez-vous, Dormez-vous? This childhood ditty expresses the origin of the architectural term, dormer- late 16th century (denoting the window of a dormitory or bedroom): from Old French dormeor ‘dormitory’, from dormir ‘to sleep’. Let's...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- House Museums in the Southeast U.S.
I have learned a great deal about the Southeast U.S. from visiting house museums. After having read so much material on old houses, it is wonderful to visit the complete homes, most restored with the best preservation practices. Often they contain at least some...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- Bungalow Wood Windows
What to do about your bungalow’s old wood windows can be confusing. I address this & offer several solutions in my article, WHY SHOULD YOU PRESERVE YOUR BUNGALOW WOOD WINDOWS, ANYWAY? which tackle the issue from both a preservation & practical viewpoint. (As...
