1925 bungalow exterior painted; tying it all together?
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1925 bungalow - kitchen remodel?
Comments (53)Thanks everyone! Looking at the shelf, one would think, 'gee...how hard is it to hang a shelf?..', but, I also was removing wallpaper, replastering, priming and painting. I bought the brackets from eBay (was outbid on some vintage Eastlake brackets...darn the luck!) and had to paint those white - once they arrived. I bought the wood at HD, sanded it, painted it, then hit it with a hand sander after the paint dried to 'antique' it and to remove the pointy corners that I would eventually smack my head on. Whatever they made the stud boards out of (cedar? granite?...kryptonite?..) broke my first drill bit. My first attempt, I miss measured and drilled holes too far apart and now had to fix the wall AGAIN. It was actually alot of work to hang this shelf. Much more work than they ever tell you on HDTV! I have another shelf and bracket set which I'm considering putting on the opposite wall. I don't want to over crowd the kitchen, but could use one more place to store items. PowerMuffin: wow - your not kidding! OUr kitchens are very similar! Personally, I cannot live without a dishwasher as I loathe doing dishes. Are your cabinets doors original? I always wondered what mine may have looked like as my cabinets are original but not the doors. I'm thinking of removing the doors and putting a fabric curtain below the sink. Then, for the cabinets on the right, removing the doors and adding wooden wine boxes into the cabinet. I would add pull out drawer brackets to the bottom of the wine boxes (install them as drawers, essentially). I like the French Provence look so I thought this might be cute. For now though, I need a rest from home improvement projects to gear up for painting all the trim in my house. To be clear, my house trim is already painted, but old and chipping...I'm not painting on beautiful old, virgin wood. It just needs a refresh....See MoreRefurbishing a kitchen in a 1925 home
Comments (20)Thanks for posting the piucture! Here are some pictures of the original cabinet in our butler's pantry. Photobucket compresses already grainy pictures, and everything is a mess because we ripped out a lot of stuff already. Got down to the second from the bottom floor (4" green tiles), the bottom of which is a black rubber mat with some design (the black may also be glue from the tiles). Inside underneath the original cabinet is some old linoleum with an interesting pattern. So it seems that the cabinets, at least in the butler's pantry were just wood. I dont know that they were ever refinished, the folks who lived in the home before us didnt really care for the cabinet, and we have been somewhat afraid to try anything with it because of its age. All the woodwork in the home is natural chestnut. But I have seen where the butler's pantry is wood and the kitchen itself is sanitary white. I dont know that this cabinet was ever moved, nor if there ever were more of them. The pantry has a deeper section where I guess a freestanding hoosier could have been. When we remove the 50's stuff, it will be interesting to see what remains of signs of yesteryear... We are not interested in doing white cabinets, but a neutral wood color, perhaps even slightly lighter than this, or white are our two thoughts. Or even to do another white cabinet in the pantry to compliment this one (plus more storage) without having a conflicting wood tone, and then new wood cabinets in the kitchen so it looks a bit warmer in there. Ugh, I just dont know!!...See MoreWhat arch. style is this 1925 home? Decor direction for interior?
Comments (11)What a gorgeous home! A Craftsman Bungalow with 2 front facing gables and 1 side facing gable. I suggest this design for the fireplace. Holds to the style, yet works in the updated room. Research the two brothers, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene who designed the bungalow on the West coast in the early 1900’s. My guess is they are the original architects of this style and maybe designed your house. Who knows?...See MoreExterior Design for a 1924 Bungalow
Comments (7)Thank you all so much for these comments. Beyond helpful already. There is a tiny part of our house that the previous owner never finished shingling. It is exactly that dark, dark brown so may have been the original siding - fascinating about the motor oil! It just looks very dark and "old" now so the more I read these notes the more I think a change with some kind of natural color would be a good shift ......See Moreawm03
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