tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:05:14 +0000ExteriorRestorationKitchenMinneapolisSalvageLifeTwin CitiesGardenWindows1920'sPaintingHardwareBungalowPaint StrippingOverhangBathroomLightingHistoryWindow RestorationVintage StoveNeighborhoodTappanWood Storm WindowStorm WindowstoveVintageFurnitureAluminum TrimCarpentryDrip EdgeElectricalWoodEpoxFront DoorAluminumBack YardPaintPrevious OwnerBasementRoofSnowSoffitsStorm DoorWood EpoxyFlowersArtFabricatorMinnesotaPhotosWeatherproofingconcreteAntiqueDining RoomLawnLiving RoomRefinishWinterChristmasCustomer ServiceDoorFriends Plant SaleHallwayRafter TailsWood TrimBoraCareFinlandHome OwnershipLiquidWoodRotSnow EmergencyWindow BoxsidewalkAlumacideContractorFasciaHumorNeighborsSaleSewerSpringTelephoneTourAluminum Storm WindowBedroomDoorbellGravity FurnaceHardwood FloorLightworksPlumbingPortlandstepsAnniversaryBack BandBooksExposed RaftersFront YardHandymanInfluencesLateral LineRejuvenationSchool House ElectricSt. PaulTreeTwin Cities Bungalow ClubWinterizationWoodeBayreplatingsinkArticleAsbestosBlogCurtainsDormerEvil SquirrelFlooringGrassHardware StoreIce DamIce Delivery DoorLeavesOld House JournalPreservationSafetyScreen WindowsToolYardblogiarismcopyrightinfringementmouseplasterscrapingsploggingstairsBidsBridgeBungalow Blog TourCSA 2008Cat PeeCollectionCompostCondoCraftsDesignDiscoveryDoorbell ButtonEternabondFallGuttersHarmoney Valley FarmsInsulationLaundry ChuteLongfellowMillworkMouldingOakOctopus FurnaceOrganizationPostcardsReseedingShadesSpainToolsWood Screen Windowsdeveloperspiracytear downtechnologyAbatronApril FoolsAtticBalanceBig BoxBlack and DeckerBulbsCasement WindowsCeilingClassDeerTracksandTrailsDetailsDutch ElmElmEncapsulateEnergy AuditGarageGreenHaint BlueHome and Garden ShowHousekeepingIciclesIdentity TheftJunkBonanzaKilian HardwareLeakLinensLocal ArtistsMLSMapleMarvinMilwaukee AveMotivationMudd LakeMulchNatural GasOfficePestsPolicePortugalPotteryRadonRain BarrelRoad TripScrap MetalStainingStencilsWater Heatercisterncomputereminent domainfoundationnickelrugswing doorventilationwellAcoustic TileAirport NoiseArts and CraftsAutobiographyBBBBakingBarnsBetsy-TacyBostonBreakBungalow Blog Tour 2011BuyingCSA 2009CabinCanningCarpenter AntsCatCeiling FanChimney CapChinaCleaningCraftsmanCrimeCutting BoardDenialDisasterDisclsoureDishesDremelDrywallEener's FarmEntry SetEstate SaleFTCFavorite HouseFlagFreebieFreedom TrailFriendsGadgetsGas MeterGiftsGlassesGogglesHazardsHome madeLadderLandscapeLeadLinoleumLocksmithLong IslandLost HistoryLustronMagazinesMansionMapsMartha StewartMemoriesMoldingMulcherNYNew UlmOmahaOutletsParker HousePaul ReverePreparationProduct ReviewRanchReUse CenterReclaimedRecycleResourcesRestoreRetractionRooferSeedsSewer CameraShellacShelvingSpring CleaningStained GlassStampsStuccoSuper Bowl SundaySwankTimborTo Do ListToroWallpaperWater Shut-OffWater SpigotWinfield HallWorkbenchadvertismentdeconstructionhennepin countyipodisplog cabinmusicold glassquick buckroutertaggedtaxestileThe ups and downs of restoring a 1924 vintage bungalow in the Twin Cities, MN.http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)Blogger754125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-9184216236018148329Sun, 31 May 2015 17:34:00 +00002015-05-31T12:34:52.166-05:00BathroomRestorationWindowsHere is a warning to you. If you dare to paint the upper sash of your windows closed, each and every owner of the house that follows you will curse your name. Probably multiple times. And the owner that finally decides to get that sash open again, will curse you double. I was that double cursing owner.  I long ago stripped and refinished the bottom sash in my bathroom window.  The upper sash washttp://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2015/05/painted-shut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-2673906315115808798Tue, 26 May 2015 03:44:00 +00002015-05-31T12:35:09.375-05:00Back YardFlowersFront YardGarden Gardening has been my focus for the past few weekends. For my birthday my parents bought me a rhododendron to replace an ornamental tree (I'm drawing a blank on the name as I type)  that was planted on the side of my front door when I moved in. To be honest it was never my favorite and no tears were shed when it did not survive the winter.  Tears were, however, just about shed digging up the http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2015/05/in-ground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-8921977526790526599Sun, 24 May 2015 21:18:00 +00002015-05-24T16:20:17.699-05:00DetailsVintageI found this little chalkboard in a junk shop. I love how the wood stain matches that of the doors in my house. I hung it at the bottom of my stairwell so I can make notes to myself that I will see each morning. The pictures above it are little Hummel prints from my Grandmother.  I've hung family photos on the landing above this wall and will continue to work my way in both directions to fill http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2015/05/notes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-6873552361508424336Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:04:00 +00002015-03-21T11:04:52.914-05:00The weather is warming up and I'm itching to get out and start stripping some window trim paint.http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2015/03/weather.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-4326000827596246015Sun, 21 Dec 2014 01:27:00 +00002014-12-20T19:27:12.058-06:00BoraCareRestorationWindow RestorationWindowsWoodI've been slowly plugging away at restoring my upstairs double hung window sashes. The bottom sash has been moving along steadily it has been stripped, treated with borate, primed and partially painted.  The top sash has been stripped, but I ran into a bit of an issue. The top rail of the top sash was very warped. For whatever reason, the top rail had warped up leaving a significant gap between http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/12/warped.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-1451283912878913342Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:06:00 +00002014-12-10T18:13:17.856-06:00DoorbellDoorbell ButtonTelephoneHow cool is this? If I didn't already have a restored vintage doorbell to install, I'd be all over this. I'm kind of tempted anyways. Thanks to @RetroRenovation for the link http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/12/retro-doorbell-idea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-5730166305961096336Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:06:00 +00002014-12-06T17:06:12.833-06:00RestorationRandom. I had my grandfather's typewriter restored to working condition. Word has it he purchased it from a small newspaper office in southern Minnesota. I was an English major, so it seemed like a logical thing to do. http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/12/office.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-1614783698591162582Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:48:00 +00002014-11-29T18:55:39.750-06:00BoraCarePaint StrippingWindow RestorationWindowsWood Storm WindowI wrote a few weeks ago about buying and installing new, wood framed storm windows in two of my upstairs windows.  In order to keep that post relatively focused and short, I skipped over a bit of a challenge I ran into in getting the storms in. The windows are up high, so I wanted to install the storms from the inside. I had previously restored the double hung window on one side.  That window http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/11/out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-633963793459236072Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:42:00 +00002014-10-19T14:42:31.801-05:00ExteriorWindow RestorationWindowsWood Storm WindowI'm a city girl. I'm accustomed to falling asleep to the sound of cars driving by with stereos blasting, people talking, wind blowing, planes flying overhead (damn you MSP) and the occasional siren in the distance. So, I found myself a bit surprised at just how much my new storm windows deaden the noise. For the past couple of weeks now, I have laid awake in bed at night listening to the sound http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/silence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-6902635425967571053Sat, 11 Oct 2014 02:43:00 +00002014-10-12T14:12:51.059-05:00ExteriorStorm WindowWindow RestorationWindowsWood Screen WindowsWood Storm WindowSo, I had the upstairs old storm windows down. What to do next? I have some wood storms and screen sets that are original to my house. I change those out seasonally. I have three new wood storms and screen sets in my upstairs dormer that I change out seasonally. I have two new wood storms in the front of my house that I leave in year round. I have two vintage screens salvaged from a neighbor http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/cozy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-1479128265522577211Sun, 05 Oct 2014 17:40:00 +00002014-10-06T15:21:28.032-05:00developerstear downHere is the reason why I panic anytime a smaller house goes up for sale near me. Notice the scale of these houses compared to those surrounding it. What I wasn't able to capture in the photos is that these houses run solidly all the way back on the lot. There is virtually no yard. Any light their neighbors once had shining through windows or in their back yard is gone once one of these goes up. http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/why-i-panic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-4700162617715450123Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:50:00 +00002014-09-30T19:22:42.486-05:00developersMinneapolistear downVintageWhen I left for work this morning, I was fairly certain I was going to come home to a pile of rubble down the block. There were many trucks parked in the street and much activity. I was not holding out hope. That said, I did notice one odd thing. The front porch light was on. I thought to myself as I drove to work. Would the electrical still be hooked up if they were going to tear it down? I http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/updates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-6598816455092545234Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:13:00 +00002014-09-29T21:38:03.226-05:00developersMinneapolisquick bucktear downI'm sitting here feeling nauseous. I was going to write a whole other post on a whole other topic today. A cute little bungalow down the block sold last month. This house is circa 1920. Towards the end of last week I noticed that the utilities had been marked on the street. Today I came home to a bulldozer parked in front of it. Unless I am totally misreading the clues, I believe a developer http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-tear-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-687451417432722592Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:57:00 +00002014-09-20T20:30:14.453-05:00AlumacideAluminum Storm WindowExteriorRestorationWindow RestorationWindowsWood Storm WindowWood TrimIf you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I have been slowly pulling down the existing aluminum storm windows and replacing them with vintage or vintage-style wood frame storms. Some of them I switch out with screens seasonally. In some windows, like the front of my house, I currently leave the glass storms in all season.  In prepping for my house to be painted, I had to http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/up-high.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-2915436545220281491Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:18:00 +00002014-09-20T11:01:22.252-05:00ExteriorPaintRestorationA somewhat more realistic picture of the color of the paint. This paint is crazy. If there is any sun outside when I take the pic, it looks bright yellow. I'm sure at this point my neighbors are wondering about this love affair I seem to be having with my house that causes me to be out there daily taking photos of it. As mentioned in my previous post, the gap to the left of the boxwood bushes http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/more-mellow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-4784093461004131588Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:58:00 +00002014-09-20T11:01:33.755-05:00Exposed RaftersExteriorFasciaPaintPaint StrippingPaintingRafter TailsRestorationSoffits Okay, so here is the house painted.  The color, if you can believe it, is Benjamin Moore "Barley." It is a wheaty color that somehow comes off as bright yellow in the sun and some photos.  Note the rafter tails that were previously repaired. I used Varsity Painters and they did a crazy good job of removing all of the old paint, including this bizarre cement/paint combo that was sprayed over http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-new-color.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-4619914019878529552Fri, 12 Sep 2014 01:46:00 +00002014-09-20T11:01:51.139-05:00AlumacideExposed RaftersExteriorFasciaGuttersPaintingI took last Friday off of work. I woke up early in the morning, fixed myself an iced coffee and went out to wait for the guy from Excel Energy.  He was coming to turn off the power to my house, so I could remove the gutters just below the power line. The guy arrived promptly at 8am.  He was making small talk while he unhooked the wires and asked me what project was going to take place on the http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/gutterless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-6831299607059307573Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:38:00 +00002014-08-31T19:38:55.500-05:00BathroomSalvageYesterday I was out-and-about in Minneapolis and noticed as I drove by that Junket was having a sale, so I swerved into a parking place and went to see what treasures they had. The place has expanded since the last time I was there. It is now two full rooms upstairs and a basement. I found two nice, solid pairs of scissors ($7 each which is expensive, but I liked them). I bought three red http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/08/shopping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-6477769604116509014Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:31:00 +00002014-08-17T16:31:12.847-05:00HardwareRestorationWindow RestorationWindowsTil the day I die, I will never understand why people paint over hardware. How hard is it to just remove the hardware, paint your window and then replace the hardware? Not hard at all. That said, almost every piece of window hardware in my house was painted. I had been removing the paint as I restored each window.  But a few weeks ago I got all ambitious and had a great hardware boil. I boil thehttp://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/08/hardware-boil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-2046605672978920253Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:56:00 +00002014-07-20T19:56:12.853-05:00CurtainsWindowsI stopped into a local junk store a few weeks ago and spotted these wood valances. I talked myself out of them only to get home and decide I really did need them. I called the store and asked them to hold them for me until I could get back in and pick them up. The plan is for them to go on the windows in one of my guest rooms. Odd thing is that the blue color matches almost exactly the shade of http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/07/junkin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-7383445327199055821Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:28:00 +00002014-06-11T22:58:54.609-05:00Back YardI'd like to buy a fire pit for my back yard. One that I can move to storage during the winter and is solid enough to last more than one season. I live in the city, so it would be for burning small pieces of wood.  No bonfires. Tips on what to look for? Ideas on where I might find a good deal?http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/06/advice-needed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-8460965457047477027Sun, 11 May 2014 02:56:00 +00002014-05-10T21:56:06.457-05:00ExteriorPaintRestorationWood Screen WindowsI had a window screen that fell apart last winter when I was pulling out the screens and replacing them with the storm windows. I put it down in the basement with the other screens and completely forgot about it until I started to pull out the storm windows again this Spring. The cool thing about vintage houses is that most of the items in the house were meant to be repaired rather than replacedhttp://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-screening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-5784449403730552172Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:09:00 +00002014-04-26T12:30:29.679-05:00eminent domainMinneapolisOn Friday the Minneapolis City Council voted to allow the owner of the Healy House (built in 1893 and named after its master builder) to demolish it and sell to developers who plan to replace it with a four story apartment building. Last May, the City Council voted 5-0 to save the house from being demolished. But elections took place and new City Council members replaced the existing members http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/04/they-paved-paradise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-7754451476882843491Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:52:00 +00002014-04-18T14:53:02.781-05:00JunkBonanzaLast weekend I got a note from one of my Twitter pals over at Hirshfield's (my paint store) asking me if I could use a ticket to Junk Bonanza. They had an extra one.  I told them that I would love to put the extra ticket to use. So, last Friday I buzzed down to Canterbury Park to check out the junk vendors.  I'm not a big buyer at these sales, but I love to look at all of the vintage merchandisehttp://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/04/bonanza-of-junk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366664.post-7515390267554522246Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:43:00 +00002014-04-15T09:57:38.451-05:00Back YardI drove up my back alley this afternoon to drop off two bags of recycling that were in the back seat of my car (It's been a long, hard winter here in MN that has necessitated driving trash and recycling to my back alley bins). Anywho, I was hauling the bags to the recycling bin when I spotted a huge bird sitting on my fence. I've never seen such a large bird anywhere in my neighborhood. I ran http://stuccohouse.blogspot.com/2014/04/its-forest-out-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (StuccoHouse)4