Comments on: Restoration Burnout http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/restoration-burnout/ Articles, reviews, tons of before & after photos, house restoration and interviews for the house obsessed. Get inspired! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: heather http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/restoration-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-212 heather Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:50:09 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/03/24/restoration-burnout/#comment-212 Cheryll, Hi. It is harder to ignore all the problems when you live in the house. At first it was fun, almost like camping. But, camping out with mortgage gets old pretty quickly! You have an extra incentive to get things done because you have to live with your house - no matter what state it is in. Dealing with the kitchen and bath "as is" has been the most difficult. We have put them off because we weren't sure what we wanted to do in those rooms. I love to cook but really hate our kitchen, it is so depressing with plaster falling off the walls, etc. I don't want to cook in there. Hopefully, we can get to the kitchen this fall - before we have been in the house 2 yrs. If you have the choice, I would complete your kitchen, bathrooms, master bedroom and refinish the floors before moving in so you have a refuge from all the chaos and dust. Cheryll,

Hi. It is harder to ignore all the problems when you live in the house. At first it was fun, almost like camping. But, camping out with mortgage gets old pretty quickly! You have an extra incentive to get things done because you have to live with your house – no matter what state it is in.

Dealing with the kitchen and bath “as is” has been the most difficult. We have put them off because we weren’t sure what we wanted to do in those rooms. I love to cook but really hate our kitchen, it is so depressing with plaster falling off the walls, etc. I don’t want to cook in there. Hopefully, we can get to the kitchen this fall – before we have been in the house 2 yrs.

If you have the choice, I would complete your kitchen, bathrooms, master bedroom and refinish the floors before moving in so you have a refuge from all the chaos and dust.

]]> By: Cheryll http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/restoration-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Cheryll Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:24:59 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/03/24/restoration-burnout/#comment-211 Heather, I burst out laughing when I read the part about,"What happened? I used to be cute...". Is this what is going to happen to us also? We are just starting to work on our 1912 Aladdin "Albany". Perhaps it already has... Gutting the kitchen to get down to what was original, nearly killed us both. It was a month before we could go back over there. We just aren't getting anything done tho it seems and we wanted to be in by Christmas...2004. Yesterday, someone said that we will just have to live in it while working on it to ever get it all done. I can't imagine! But then again,maybe he is right. I look at all you two have accomplished in the last year and I envy you! YOU HAVE COME SO FAR! And what you have done is so RIGHT and so BEAUTIFUL! You just need alittle rest... A BREAK! You guys are an inspiration to me and so many others! I constantly tell my husband, "If those 2 kids on the internet can do it, THEN SO CAN WE!" Keep up the excellent work and never give up... completely! Most people live in ordinary ugly "nothing special" BOXES! YUCK! I sound like Frank Lloyd Wright now, don't I?! You are living in an HISTORIC HOUSE and with that comes an enormous amount of responsiblity. Your home is a LIVING PIECE OF ARTWORK! Most people just don't get it!!! Only a certain type of person would put themselves through what you have. A VERY CARING AND LOVING PERSON who has a deep respect for our historical past and is on a very important quest to preserve it! Cheryll Heather, I burst out laughing when I read the part about,”What happened? I used to be cute…”. Is this what is going to happen to us also? We are just starting to work on our 1912 Aladdin “Albany”. Perhaps it already has… Gutting the kitchen to get down to what was original, nearly killed us both. It was a month before we could go back over there. We just aren’t getting anything done tho it seems and we wanted to be in by Christmas…2004. Yesterday, someone said that we will just have to live in it while working on it to ever get it all done. I can’t imagine! But then again,maybe he is right. I look at all you two have accomplished in the last year and I envy you! YOU HAVE COME SO FAR! And what you have done is so RIGHT and so BEAUTIFUL! You just need alittle rest… A BREAK! You guys are an inspiration to me and so many others! I constantly tell my husband, “If those 2 kids on the internet can do it, THEN SO CAN WE!” Keep up the excellent work and never give up… completely! Most people live in ordinary ugly “nothing special” BOXES! YUCK! I sound like Frank Lloyd Wright now, don’t I?! You are living in an HISTORIC HOUSE and with that comes an enormous amount of responsiblity. Your home is a LIVING PIECE OF ARTWORK! Most people just don’t get it!!! Only a certain type of person would put themselves through what you have. A VERY CARING AND LOVING PERSON who has a deep respect for our historical past and is on a very important quest to preserve it! Cheryll

]]> By: Susan Carley Oliver http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/restoration-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Susan Carley Oliver Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:18:38 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/03/24/restoration-burnout/#comment-210 Harking back to an earlier post, your last graf could *almost* read: "I look into the mirror and wonder what happened? I used to be cute but I don't recognize this person in sweatpants and a [spit-up splotched] tee shirt wearing flip flops, disheveled hair pulled up in a ponytail. All my cute clothes hang in the closet from days when we could afford to go out and I worked in an office. I could still wear them but it wouldn't be practical to [chase a toddler around] in heels - although David might consider it an improvement." Seriously - I think you guys have done a great job, and echo the sentiment to think of it as a marathon. And take time to enjoy the great stuff you've already accomplished! Also - your website is the best bungalow reno site around. It's attractive, well-organised, informative, and fun to read. I'll keep coming back, because, well, I'm buying my own baby - a 1922 little sweety. Harking back to an earlier post, your last graf could *almost* read:

“I look into the mirror and wonder what happened? I used to be cute but I don’t recognize this person in sweatpants and a [spit-up splotched] tee shirt wearing flip flops, disheveled hair pulled up in a ponytail. All my cute clothes hang in the closet from days when we could afford to go out and I worked in an office. I could still wear them but it wouldn’t be practical to [chase a toddler around] in heels – although David might consider it an improvement.”

Seriously – I think you guys have done a great job, and echo the sentiment to think of it as a marathon. And take time to enjoy the great stuff you’ve already accomplished!

Also – your website is the best bungalow reno site around. It’s attractive, well-organised, informative, and fun to read. I’ll keep coming back, because, well, I’m buying my own baby – a 1922 little sweety.

]]> By: david chiu http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/restoration-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-209 david chiu Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:30:44 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/03/24/restoration-burnout/#comment-209 Used to be cute? You are the hottest thing around in your flip-flops, sweatpants and paint splotched t-shirt. love you. Used to be cute? You are the hottest thing around in your flip-flops, sweatpants and paint splotched t-shirt.

love you.

]]> By: Lauren http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/restoration-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Lauren Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:20:05 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/03/24/restoration-burnout/#comment-208 It does take alot of time, money, and physical labor. When I look back on all the work done and all the work yet to do on our bungalow, there's a realization that this is really long term, and we have to pace ourselves (as in a marathon race). We schedule the time for a regular 'date night' weekend getaways and annual vacations, and also invite friends over to enjoy the house as it is. Personally, I need a break between projects (sometimes a month - or two!). Then I take a deep breath and start a new area of the house, recharged. Why do we do it? It's like a legacy or art I think. You work hard and in the end you can see what you have done, and it is good. Lauren It does take alot of time, money, and physical labor. When I look back on all the work done and all the work yet to do on our bungalow, there’s a realization that this is really long term, and we have to pace ourselves (as in a marathon race). We schedule the time for a regular ‘date night’ weekend getaways and annual vacations, and also invite friends over to enjoy the house as it is. Personally, I need a break between projects (sometimes a month – or two!). Then I take a deep breath and start a new area of the house, recharged. Why do we do it? It’s like a legacy or art I think. You work hard and in the end you can see what you have done, and it is good. Lauren

]]> By: Chris http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/restoration-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Chris Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:22:52 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/03/24/restoration-burnout/#comment-207 From where you started and where you are now is amazing. All your hard work isn't missed, it's all around you. When your done, you'll have a house built with memories. Plus, the value of the house probably went up a lot. You should join extreme house makeover show. You just need to sit in the rooms that are already done and absorb the beauty of your work. From where you started and where you are now is amazing. All your hard work isn’t missed, it’s all around you. When your done, you’ll have a house built with memories. Plus, the value of the house probably went up a lot. You should join extreme house makeover show. You just need to sit in the rooms that are already done and absorb the beauty of your work.

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