Rose City Bungalow 1913

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Va-ca

Authors: Bungalow13

I mentioned a couple days ago that we just got back from a little R&R vacation.  We wanted to go somewhere that we hadn't been (well, we both went to Victoria B.C. about 20 years ago-are we really that old?) and that was within driving distance so we chose Port Townsend & Victoria.  Port Townsend as I had never...

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Down the street

Authors: Bungalow13

My neighbor Suzanne was nice enough to share a little project that she just completed in the last few weeks.  She lives in an adorable little colonial/bungalow just down the street.  She and I share the same love of restoring homes.
Anyways, she e-mailed about a month ago about several gorgeous lights that she was...

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Paint is up

Authors: Bungalow13

We decided to high tail it out of town over most of Presidents' Day weekend, but while I was at work Thursday and Ben was at school, Steve got the newly plastered walls all primed. And when we got home on Monday, he was able to paint the walls and ceilings in the entryway, dining room, stairwell and Ben's room.

Steve forgot to...

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Pristine Home 1942

Authors: Bungalow13

Check out this amazing vintage and pristine house from 1942-located right here in Portland



Which is your favorite bathroom?  I think that mine is the pink one, although I do love the simple black and white one.  I especially love the black and white one as it shows how much paint can do for an otherwise simple and...

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Plaster all finished

Authors: Bungalow13

Thanks to John MacNab plastering, we have one more project crossed off the list. 


entryway

entryway

Ben's room finished by the end of day 1-he skimmed the whole wall so it would have a nice, even appearance

Ben's room again


front entryway


our bedroom
This is how the project looked on Monday night.  The blue is Plaster Weld-a...

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Another Retro Kitchen

Authors: Bungalow13

My friend Chris has a stellar 1941 home in Laurelhurst. 



Here's how the kitchen looked when he bought it.
linoleum counters, pretty but a lot of yellow going on and not durable

He writes: The old counters from 1940 were laminate with a coved linoleum toward the back. These 70's or 80's counters were some kind of laminate...

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February Paint Sales

Authors: Bungalow13

The local paint stores must know that we have a lot of painting to do around here in the next couple months.  I would like to paint all of the new plaster work (which includes painting our whole room, including the ceiling.  You see, we plan to use our room for baby sister and therefore the burnt orange brown color...

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down 2 doors

Authors: Bungalow13

 
Last August, I wrote about us closing off the door the led from the kitchen to our bedroom-why they had it there in the first place, we'll never know. Midnight snacks?  I am tapping in on those right about now being 23 weeks preggo.



I also wrote about planning to close the door from Ben's room to the entry...

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Calling all vintage kitchen lovers

Authors: Bungalow13

As we continue our purge, I am sad to part with our 1940s montgomery ward vintage metal kitchenette.  It is so pretty and we really wanted to use it in our basement but our plans have changed (Steve wants a bigger brewing set up) so it appears that we no longer need this.  Here is my Craigslist posting as well as...

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Gone Missing Again

Authors: Bungalow13

I promise that I am not gone forever.  Can't believe that January has come and almost gone.  What have we been up to?


The city has been at it on our street for the last 3 weeks.  So over it... This is after having the gas company replace all the lines in our street right as we were installing kitchen cabinets in...

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