WHY PRESERVE?
If you should feel the same way as John Ruskin & I do, here’s my suggestion: once your own house is restored, I’d like for you to step outside & share your heart & your newly found knowledge with the built heritage all around your town. I want you to participate in the world of old buildings.
There isn’t a museum, a preservation group or historical society in America that couldn’t benefit from your talents. Join up. Be a volunteer. Be another voice.
In the words of my dear friend, Jane Powell, The Bad Girl of Bungalows- “Do something about it!”
OLD HOUSE RESTORATION VIDEOS-Old Growth Wood
Old growth wood, from deep within the forest primeval. From fairy tales to an awed reverence in bungalow fans, the forest is endemic to the lore of humankind. Trees have been regarded as sacred in many early traditions. Since the dawn of time humankind has understood...
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...
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...
WHY SHOULD YOU PRESERVE YOUR BUNGALOW WOOD WINDOWS, ANYWAY?
I mean really! Why is it such a big honkin' deal to preserve your bungalow wood windows? If you’re lucky enough to have wood windows in your bungalow that aren’t painted shut, the dang ropes are broken, the wood is rotting & there’s a cracked pane or two. Rain is...
