DESIGNING YOUR BUNGALOW’S INTERIOR SPACES- Part 1
THE FIRST VITAL STEPS IN DESIGNING YOUR BUNGALOW'S INTERIOR Here you stand, in your new, empty house. Perhaps you were fortunate to buy a house that needed little restoration, or perhaps you've been working for months to rescue it from a tragic combination of...
DESIGNING YOUR BUNGALOW’S INTERIOR SPACES, Part 2
BASIC DESIGN FOR A CRAFTSMAN HOUSE INTERIOR What is interior design? It is a combination of art, science & technology that is employed to enhance the quality of our lives. It is also about understanding how people operate in a space in order to make it functional....
DESIGNING YOUR BUNGALOW’S INTERIOR SPACES, Part 3
INTERIOR DESIGN FOR A CRAFTSMAN HOUSE -More Elements One of the things that I love the most about the interiors of A&C homes is that though similar, each one is made distinct by the choices made in playing various design elements, one with another. Visiting the...
DESIGNING YOUR BUNGALOWS INTERIOR SPACES, Part 4
HOW TO DECORATE IN THE CRAFTSMAN STYLE My art training consisted of growing up in museums, exposing me to beautiful objects, exquisitely displayed, ballet with its delightful costumery & stage sets, the arts & crafts of the native Americans of the southwest,...
DESIGNING YOUR BUNGALOW’S INTERIOR SPACES- Part 5
MORE ON BUNGALOW STYLE INTERIOR DESIGN We have come to the second lesson about the principles of creating visual harmony in design. The elements of design are the puzzle pieces of design & the way that you fit them together, to decorate in the Craftsman style, is...
DESIGNING YOUR BUNGALOW’S INTERIOR SPACES, Part 6
HOW TO DECORATE A BUNGALOW LIVING ROOM/DINING ROOM Here you are in your empty house. It echoes. It promises. It suggests. It perplexes. In this article, I am going to wrap up all the points of how to decorate a bungalow living room & I will probably add a few,...
AWNINGS FOR YOUR BUNGALOW
Ever wonder about awnings for your bungalow? Summer is fast approaching, and with it comes a big electrical bill from the AC running around the clock. This year, we upgraded one of our AC units to a newer, more efficient model and we've added another layer of curtains...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- Bungalow Character Defining Features
These videos show & tell the story of bungalow character defining features, the architectural bits & pieces that separate a bungalow from other houses. They are the features that you expect to see on a bungalow that has been well-cared for, or authentically...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- Charles Rennie Mackintosh of Glasgow
My first submersion in Charles Rennie Mackintosh of Glasgow, was at a special exhibit at the Museum of the Arts & Crafts Movement in St. Pete Florida. It was astonishing to see many of the actual items that I had seen in books, only inches from my nose. The life...
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS- Arts & Crafts Lighting
When I bought my 1910 Craftsman, my dear mother loaned me the money for the down payment. Shortly before the first payment was due, I found the perfect lamp for the library table in my entry. Its price was exactly the same amount as what I owed my mother that month,...