1927 Bungalow Love

It's 2011 already!

2011-01-02T23:18:00.000-08:00

This blog is severely neglected. 'nuff said. Well, wait, I will say a little more. First, there there will be more to come since there will be some major changes happening in 2011 and thus, this lovely cottage will be seeing some changes too (no, I am not pregnant!). Stay tuned (to those of you who have stuck around this utterly boring blog!).

Also, happy new year!

A year later...

2008-08-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

Wow, I can't believe it has almost been a year since my last post. Well, okay, I can. I have a few blogs floating around in this world and this one seems to get neglected. Not too much has changed with the house, mostly due to a lack of time and putting money towards other projects (like a trip to France!!). We have been enjoying summertime and all the great harvests our garden has been giving us. Some photos below...

We have a new screen door, finally! The old one was begging to be replaced. A lady in Seattle custom made it for us. Dave chose the dragonfly design:

I hope to be more active with this blog in the coming months!

The Garden

2007-08-20T12:27:00.001-07:00

Well, as summer has flown by, our garden has been flourishing. Here are some photos.

The back patio and Otis:

More of the back patio:

Furniture

2007-08-18T18:19:00.000-07:00

Our new settle arrived the other day. A local craftsman made it for us. We are waiting for the matching chair and foot rest to be completed. It looks really, really nice in our living room. Also, we painted the living room a while back. It's a color called "Mocha". Its a nice, warm, brown and it really makes the living room super cozy. I love how different it looks. Before the living room was a pinkish-mauve color. Yuck. That said, you can kinda see the new paint in these photos.

Photos

Beautiful cherry wood:

More painting

2007-06-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last post. Life has been busy! I thought I'd post some photos of our recent paint job in the downstairs hallway, stairway, and upstairs library. The stairway opens into the library and is a room that is between the two upstairs bedrooms. It doesn't have a door-just a cool open room with some amazing windows. I will post again soon with some photos of the garden.

Our next big project is to refinish the wood floors. *gulp*

Before
Hallway before paint

Hallway before paint

Hallway/Stairway before paint

Hallway/Stairway before paint

Stairway before paint

Hallway before paint (Yeah, I know-there are a lot of color swatches! I'm indecisive!)

Library before paint

Library before paint

Library before paint

Library before paint

After
Hallway after paint

New light:

The flickr photoset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaltech/sets/72157600546727650/

The garden

2007-02-23T16:06:00.000-08:00

This year will be the year our garden really becomes what it should be. We have been slowly figuring out landscaping ideas, plant ideas, etc. For the past 3 years, we have successfully grown veggies in the summer time. Our three veggie beds and numerous pots give us a harvest of zucchini, lettuce, spinach, green onions, sugar snap peas, carrots, sweet peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, garlic, strawberries, blueberries, basil, oregano, mint, and chamomile-some years we add in more herbs.

The sun has been teasing us lately. It's still quite cold in the Pacific Northwest, but many of my winter bulbs have bloomed. The crocus and daffodils are showing their colors. The bluebells are almost there. The winter heather is covered in pink flowers and I recently added some perennials. I also made up some hanging baskets with pansies. I love pansies. They are easy to care for and give you bloom after bloom for months! I can't have as many flowers out front as I did last year because a little deer found my yard and ate most of my flowers-so most of the color right now is in the backyard.

Here are some photos:

The backdoor and patio-the breakfast nook is in the window to the right of the door and the mudroom/laundry room is in the window to the left. (The door and screen door will be replaced this Spring with a bungalow-style wood door and screen):

Flower beds:

The flower bed on the north side of the house-it sees very little sunlight, so shade loving ground cover and bulbs are going to do excellent here (the daffodils are almost ready to bloom!):

One of the hanging baskets on the front porch:

Strawberry and Blueberry plants soaking up the sun in the backyard:

I am so ready for summertime!

Bungalow Photo Set

2007-01-23T15:03:00.000-08:00

Photos of our Bungalow are posted on flickr. Check it out if you like.

A few new items in our bungalow...

2007-01-23T14:59:00.000-08:00

An oriental rug in our living room, given to us from family:

An antique cupboard, again given to us from family:

New Paint: Kitchen and Breakfast Nook

2007-01-23T14:35:00.000-08:00

We finished painting the kitchen and breakfast nook this past Sunday. I think they look great. We love the contrast with the white molding, built ins, and cabinets. Here are some photos:

The Kitchen:
Before:

After:

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After:

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After:

More "Afters" of the Kitchen:

The Breakfast Nook:
Before:

After:

Photos: kitchen, breakfast nook, and mudroom/laundry room

2007-01-20T16:21:00.000-08:00

Interior Photos: kitchen, breakfast nook, and mudroom/laundry room:

Kitchen, breakfast nook (on left), and mudroom/laundry room (on right). Looking in from dining room. Note: all photos were taken pre-paint. I will post the painted shots as soon as I finish!

Fridge & Stove: We will be replacing these soon and will be installing cabinets above the fridge and a fan above the stove. We don't have fan in the kitchen, so when I steam veggies or make noodles all the windows fog up!

Original cabinets! The "butlers pantry":

More cabinets:

Kitchen window. I love how big it is: (Sorry this photo has a strange color. It's not that orange/pinkish in my kitchen!)

The breakfast nook: Note: we didn't paint it that dark swatch on the wall. We went with a lighter green color.

Close up on the built in benches:

The mudroom/laundry room. (The backdoor is just the the left of the photo):

Plans...

2007-01-20T16:19:00.000-08:00

We have many goals for the renovation of our house. I wanted to list a few:
1. Pull up the remaining carpet and refinish the fir floors
2. Paint
3. Remodel downstairs bathroom
4. Renovate kitchen
5. Renovate the mudroom
6. Renovate the fireplace
7. New window treatments
8. New period doors and stained glass.

The toughest project will be the floors. Eventually we want to strip the white paint on all of our windows, molding, and doors. But, this is not a priority since it will be a HUGE project and take a lot of time. But, it is something we really want to do.

Photos: Dining Room, Living Room, Hallway

2007-01-20T16:00:00.000-08:00

Interior Photos--Living room, dining room, hallway:

Living Room:

(the stained glass windows that flank the fire place are open)

Dining room: An older photo. We have new window treatments and a new antique cuboard.

I love our built ins!

Kitchen door closed:

Kitchen door open:

French doors into the hallway-looking in from the living room:

Hallway looking into bathroom. Notice the cool built in!

Basement door under the stairs in the hallway:

Looking into the hallway from the kitchen:

Paint

2007-01-19T00:03:00.000-08:00

Today I painted the kitchen nook and part of the kitchen. I painted the far rear wall of the mudroom to see how all the colors will look together. So, far I am happy with how they look. I am waiting until tomorrow to see it all in the day light. This house has had white walls for 5 years-the color looks sooooooo good. I will post photos soon.

House photo

2007-01-18T14:35:00.000-08:00

A photo of our freshly painted 1927 bungalow:

It begins.

2007-01-18T14:19:00.000-08:00

We are finally serious about remodeling/updating/renovating our 1927 bungalow. More to come soon...