Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

Opening Doors

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Nothing big is happening here, but I'm making progress on a few odds and ends mostly involving opening doors. During one of his recent temper tantrums, my four-year-old slammed open his bedroom door and put the knob through the wall. If he was a little older I could have taught ...

Guesthouse And Nightlife

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

This weekend our only house project was to be great hosts to some friends visiting from New York. These were our first houseguests to spend more than a night or two with us since we moved into this house. To celebrate their visit, we packed more activities and ...

Happy Birthday to Me!

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

It just so happens that I’m starting this blog on my 30th birthday! We celebrated over dinner last weekend when some friends could watch our son, but maybe I’ll find a candle to blow out tonight just to make it official.

82 Years in the Making

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

We love our house. My wife, our 2-year-old, and I have lived here for nearly a year and we grow more charmed by it every day. In the 82 years since the bungalow was built on farmland on the southern fringe of Minneapolis it has housed a doctor’s ...