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Well, sort of…  I was recently interviewed for an article about homes with ”Wow Factor.”  Unfortunately, while the story of the discovery of our bungalow was published, there was no mention of our little blog.  I can’t [Read More]

Here we have a little one story, two bedroom one bath bungalow. Cute!  The plan is to raise it up and build a new first story underneath, remodel the entire house, and blog about the home design, construction, and architecture.  T [Read More]

Anyone who doesn't like seeing Before and After pictures can stop reading right now.It so happens that today was our Housiversary. We moved into The House on Red Hill seven years ago today. Happy Housiversary to us! Over the years, I've taken a lot o [Read More]

I decided today that it would be wise to rent some scaffolding as I get more into the details of this paint job.  I had Stephanie snap a few photos to demonstrate the nightmare of our west side lot line.  Not only there only about 10 feet between h [Read More]

All in all, I’m really happy with where we ended up this week, considering only six days were spent painting…virtually all solo.  Unfortunately, I have to go back to work tomorrow, which will slow things tremendously.  Other than a hand [Read More]

This wasn’t a planned shot…it just struck me as funny when I opened up the fridge. Mixing work and leisure [Read More]

So much for the uniqueness of our house  Today I noticed that a house a mere two blocks away and that I’ve passed by thousands of times is basically the same as ours.  Like the other twin, it sits on a flat lot, so it doesn’t give the [Read More]

The sprayer came out today for the foundation and the porch ceiling.  The foundation needed to be sprayed, since most of it is an incredibly rough texture that couldn’t possibly be brushed or rolled, and the porch ceiling would have been too m [Read More]

I cannot believe how far the paint goes when you’re brushing.  We have used only 2 1/2 gallons to finish nearly 3 sides of our house.  Tomorrow I am going to spray the funky textured foundation, so that will probably eat through a lot more pa [Read More]

No, sorry, there were no exciting ladder incidents today, but I couldn’t think of another catchy title with the word brush.  Instead, you get more pictures of paint.  Working with a brush is definitely slow, but I’ve actually been enjoy [Read More]

The difference between the new color and the baby blue is amazing.  I actually want to give a  major plug for the paint we are using, Benjamin Moore Aura.  I have never seen a paint that covers so well, especially for such a dark color.  Also, it [Read More]

I have been meaning to do a post about our front door for a while. The door has been a project I have been working on for several months on and off. For the house addition we decided to site-build all of the doors. This includes the 12 interior doors [Read More]

As Julio will tell you, I’m not exactly decisive. I tend to agonize over the simplest decisions. Sadly, this is especially true when it comes to rehabbing the bungalow. I can spend months researching something as simple as a kitchen faucet. But [Read More]

Nothing says craftsman like a settle. Since we purchased our craftsman home in 2007, I've dreamt of owning one of these beauties. Their simple lines and structure are complimentary to craftsman principles. I'm sure you can understand my excitemen [Read More]

I've had to redecorate this room so many times, I'm getting dizzy. Our Christmas tree has been up now for about a week and a half. In that time, I have had to redecorate the bottom third of it no less than four dozen times. Our littlest [Read More]

Dawn from Bungalowcious has done it again (and no, I’m not referring to her kitchen, although it IS gorgeous and you should absolutely go look at her photos if you haven’t already!)  Dawn has a gift for house genealogy and has very kind [Read More]

A big thank you to Dan Mark, an architect, architectural historian and house genealogist who has been following the posts on our home’s genealogy. Dan has generously augmented the information collected by Dawn of Bungalowcious with severa [Read More]

Julio snapped these photos of the front of our house on Sunday. a rare sight: our bungalow dusted with snow  Snow is fairly unusual in these parts, so a white Christmas is a rare treat for us! wow! looks like the neighbors got snow too! [Read More]

As I mentioned in my previous post, it rarely snows in Portland, so Sunday’s blanketing of the area was an unexpected surprise.  Apparently, it may snow AGAIN on Wednesday and Thursday.  I know most of our neighbors hate the stuff, but I real [Read More]

Burgan's Fine Furniture of Spokane A great big thanks to Dan - an architect and self-proclaimed “avid genealogist” - who read the recent post on our home’s genealogy and provided us with the following fascinating information [Read More]