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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. 1910 style LED lightbulbs. OK, lets try this again. I have since done another, more careful search, and I will share what I have found:. LED Vintage Filament Bulb, ST19 Edison Style, 4W to Replace 40W Incandescent Bulb, Super Warm White. I love this one, but tragically it is longer than our light fixture shades. LED Filament Bulb,VCE LED Edison Bulb 4W to Replace Incandescent 40W Bulb,Soft White 2700K-6 PACK. Sharon @ Laurelhurst Craftsman. Saturday, June 27, 2015. I'll probably s...
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: More Basement Bath
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Saturday, August 8, 2015. We got a pretty. In the mail today; a chrome waste bin. It's quite nice looking with a slight hammered look. I bought this off of Amazon. And I'm happy that it is real metal. Often when you buy stuff that looks like metal in a picture, it's actually plastic when you get it. I'm probably going to buy another one for the master bath. So, instead, I decided to try just spray painting it. It was about $10 for the two cans of paint. I followed the advice of this blog. Looks like it&#...
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: February 2015
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Monday, February 23, 2015. Welcome to my somewhat neglected blog. In it, I document our research and restoration of our 1912 Arts and Crafts house in Laurelhurst, Portland, Oregon. I am deeply honored that American Bungalow. Has chosen to include our house in their well-respected magazine and I welcome all you folks who got this blog address from that article. If you are visiting to check out my original source research that I've posted, the best way to see is it to click on the " Inspiration. Before and...
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: Sometimes Pets Suck
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Saturday, September 15, 2012. One of us forgot to latch Mia's birdcage . . . Sharon @ Laurelhurst Craftsman. September 16, 2012 at 8:57 AM. Is she up for adoption ;). September 16, 2012 at 7:32 PM. If we found a good home for her, probably! September 16, 2012 at 10:31 PM. Poor birdie, she was probably having the time of her life gnawing on that table. September 16, 2012 at 11:53 PM. September 17, 2012 at 11:39 AM. September 17, 2012 at 3:48 PM. September 17, 2012 at 7:05 PM. September 17, 2012 at 8:25 PM.
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: Basement Bathroom
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Friday, September 16, 2011. Our basement bathroom remodel did not go smoothly. Nothing in the room went as planned. Before the remodel, it was this tiny nook in the back corner of the basement. It was dark and a little gross. Here are the before and planned after floor plans. Once the chimney was removed, the bathroom could expand into the original square space and we would punch out the shower into the basement proper. That was the plan anyway. So, we simply asked CDR to skip installing the toilet and s...
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: May 2015
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. The wear and tear on my hands made it hard to do a lot of work today, but thankfully Jeff stepped up and helped out. Generally, Jeff and I divide up paint stripping. He strips paint in the high areas and I do the low areas. I typically do most of the chemical stripping. Jeff sands the weird profiles (usually the picture rail and crowns) and then I sand the flat trim. The paint started peeling off the wall like wallpaper; it was hard to resist giving it a good tug. :D. There is a lit...
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: Sifting Tile Again
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Sunday, August 9, 2015. I had plans to work on other projects today, but I got distracted looking through the many boxes of tile again. I've been working on getting quotes for the tile install in our master bathroom and I'm trying to finalize details of the plan. And once I found this cool tile set, I've been trying to figure out a way to use it. I found this nice set of tiles, but tragically (again) there is not enough tiles. It would also look good. Sharon @ Laurelhurst Craftsman. Our Paint Stripping P...
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: Before and After pictures
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Before and After pictures. We continue to plug away at smaller projects ourselves and will post them here as we finish them. Getting this page formatted correctly is giving me fits. So please excuse the mess while I figure out this photo layout.). Exterior Before and After. Front yard as of Summer 2012. Kitchen Before and After. I love the soapstone sink! We made the leaded glass! Dining Room Before and After. Living Room Before and After. We made this leaded glass too! Entryway Before and After. First B...
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: Sifted Tile
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Sunday, August 2, 2015. I did find this one lovely set of tiles that I don't even recall from the auction listings. I'm not sure they laid it out for the photos. We got a whole box of them, so I guess a girl can hope there's enough for the bathroom. Wouldn't that be lovely? I haven't counted tiles in the plan yet, but I suspect there won't be enough. (Nope, not enough.). I don't think we got enough green tiles to do our original tile plan. And it got me started thinking in a crafty way. Hmm, stencil?
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Laurelhurst Craftsman Bungalow: Marmoleum Floor
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. The basement bath has a marmoleum floor! We picked up this marmoleum remnant in Sept 2011. And we are just now getting around to installing it (ouch). That's pretty sad. The gallon of adhesive cost more than the remnant itself. Jeff had his friend Eric come and help him again today with this project. Before: Not an attractive cement floor. They made a pattern out of paper then traced it onto the back of the marmoleum. Turns out leather shears work great for cutting marmoleum.
