Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Nov 18, 2009, 1:52 pm
Well, sort of…  I was recently interviewed for an article about homes with ”Wow Factor.”  Unfortunately, while the story of the discovery of our bungalow was published, there wa...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Oct 13, 2009, 12:15 am
Another moderate weekend of work, but the end is definitely close enough to taste now!  The biggest indicator of progress is that the scaffold has been broken down and won’t be set up again for...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Oct 4, 2009, 11:17 pm
Looks done from this angle (except for the plywood, of course) Considering it was a weekend of mediocre productivity (my helper couldn’t make it on Saturday, and I only worked two shorter days)...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Oct 1, 2009, 9:44 am
I took yesterday off, so that I could be home to work with my helper.  He was able to put in a rare full weekday day, and I wanted to stay enough ahead of him to keep him busy.  Although the picture...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Sep 28, 2009, 9:38 am
Things are really feeling good.  Three of the dormers are done, sans touch-ups, and we have moved the scaffold over to the other side of the house.  The end is clearly in sight now! Dormer #3...che...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Sep 27, 2009, 8:53 pm
One of the lingering prep issues with the exterior was the drip cap on the dining room bay.  It was suffering from the double injustice of being the most exposed on the ground floor (because of the b...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Sep 13, 2009, 1:13 pm
My helper and I put in a combined 20 hours yesterday, and I finished the body color on two of the dormers. He primarily focused on the rafters and ceiling on the right side of the porch, as well as t...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Sep 7, 2009, 12:22 am
After another full week, things are looking much, much better.  The front is almost completely done, as is the west side.  We finally picked the accent color, and the front dormer is the first area ...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Sep 4, 2009, 11:50 pm
This is getting ridiculous.  The scaffolding moved over to the edge of the garage, straddled the stairs, grew one leg to reach a lower stair, angle-braced itself against a concrete wall and extended ...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Sep 4, 2009, 10:45 am
All of the trim paint on the dormers is done, with the exception of one more coat for the west dormer.   With the fading of summer, I’ve started focusing on the areas that will be the most expo...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Aug 9, 2009, 10:55 pm
I put in 5 or 6 hours today, and I was able to do the eaves in the front left corner, as well as add a second coat to part of the porch ceiling and around the front door.  It’s weird…this...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Aug 8, 2009, 3:04 pm
We stumbled on this a few weeks ago in the Dunthorpe area.  Never seen anything like it… We could live in this thing!
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Aug 8, 2009, 1:30 pm
I think I found another twin this week.  I’m starting to wonder if I’m trying too hard to find similarities where they don’t exist, but I’m convinced this is a heavily-modded ...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Jul 12, 2009, 11:24 pm
Not a ton of time spent on the painting this weekend, but I did get some body color onto the front dormer and some trim color onto the rafter tails.  Every bit is noticeable, so it’s one of tho...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Jul 5, 2009, 4:12 pm
Today I built the much-needed scaffolding, which will really help me (safely) get up under the eaves to finish up the rafter tails.  I was able to build the entire deck from the pallet that our clawf...
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Stephanie B. posted an article on Bungalow Insanity - Jun 30, 2009, 8:43 pm
So much for the uniqueness of our house  Today I noticed that a house a mere two blocks away and that I’ve passed by thousands of times is basically the same as ours.  Like the other twin, i...
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