Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

Bungalow Home Tour 2008 Follow-up

Friday, June 13th, 2008

A few weekends ago, I stole away from my own house projects long enough to catch the last hour of the Twin Cities Bungalow Club's 2008 Home Tour. I only had time to make it to the first house on the tour, but it was a good one-- a nearby ...

Locally-Sourced All-Natural Pigeon Control

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Some fellow Minneapolitans may have found the answer to my pigeon problems. Best of all, this pigeon control solution is completely green, VOC-free, locally-sourced and all-natural. It's a predator! This video was shot by netclift about a mile from my place: And Lost Forest After Dark shows what happens when a pigeon ...

Paint Recycling

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I'm an admirer of the "one in, one out" policy of clutter control. This is the idea that for every new thing you bring into your house you must get rid of one old thing-- preferably through donation, sale, or recycling, not trash. This can work wonderfully for things like ...

Hodge Podge

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Nothing much got accomplished around the house in the past few days. Our extended family needed some help over the weekend and I took a bike ride with my 4-year-old son on Sunday, before yesterday's snow storm. I had hoped I would get a few hours to work ...