Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

Bricks in the Attic

Friday, March 21st, 2008

While working on bedroom remodeling project, I found two bricks on a piece of cardboard in one of the attic crawlspaces. The bricks are from the Belden Brick Co. of Canton, Ohio, and are in great shape. Belden has been around since 1885, so they could have sourced ...

Nursery Closet Framing Finished

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Over the weekend I finished framing the closet for the nursery. The outside wall needed to be built out with 2X2s to provide a nailing surface for drywall over the inside of the chimney. This will also give me a bit of space for some insulation ...

Cleaning Window Hardware

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

If you've missed the terrific recent posts on window restoration over at Stuccohouse, do yourself a favor and check them out. The photos and instructions she provides are are excellent supplements to resources like Terry Meany's Working Windows. Inspired by the latest entry in Stuccohouse's window series in which she ...

Framing the Closet

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

As if the lack of postings here wasn't sufficient to tell the story, let me spell it out: finding time for house projects and blogging has been mighty tough of late. Last weekend I watched the kids so Ms. Bungalow could put in extra hours at the office. The weekend ...

Wires Through The Walls

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

With the help of a new tool, I made some progress this last weekend on my nursery renovation project. The tool? A fish tape that allowed me to run new romex from the fuse panel in the basement up to the utility run on the upper level. ...