Comments on: Back Porch Rebuild 9.09.04 http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/ 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/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-418 heather Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:04:01 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-418 Oh, I hope our neighbors don't feel like that after looking at all our test splotches for all these months! :) Oh, I hope our neighbors don’t feel like that after looking at all our test splotches for all these months! :)

]]> By: lisa http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-417 lisa Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:46:38 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-417 Some neighbors down the street went the "test patch on the front of the house" route. We'd walk by everyday saying, "Oh, that's a good color" or "I hope they pick That one." They ended up going with babypoo brownish yellow. I really think that since they put the test patches where everyone could see them they should have put up a clipboard for comments, suggestions, and votes. haha!! Some neighbors down the street went the “test patch on the front of the house” route. We’d walk by everyday saying, “Oh, that’s a good color” or “I hope they pick That one.” They ended up going with babypoo brownish yellow. I really think that since they put the test patches where everyone could see them they should have put up a clipboard for comments, suggestions, and votes. haha!!

]]> By: Maria Nicodemus http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Maria Nicodemus Wed, 15 Sep 2004 06:40:47 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-416 Hi. Heather, I have been trying to e-mail to you but I couldn't find your current e-mail address. I moved back to Los Angeles last November. I am living in Santa Clarita. I am so glad to find this website. I am so proud of you making your house so nice. I actually may have some stuff you can use in your house. Do you need some pully light? Towel bars? We have no energy to work on any house anymore. We bought a house just 2 years old. I like to talk you sometimes. What is your number and e-amil address? Maria Hi. Heather,
I have been trying to e-mail to you but I couldn’t find your current e-mail address. I moved back to Los Angeles last November. I am living in Santa Clarita. I am so glad to find this website. I am so proud of you making your house so nice. I actually may have some stuff you can use in your house. Do you need some pully light? Towel bars? We have no energy to work on any house anymore. We bought a house just 2 years old. I like to talk you sometimes. What is your number and e-amil address?
Maria

]]> By: heather http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-415 heather Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:30:03 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-415 Ms. Erickson, I would place a posting on American Bungalow magazine's online forum. <a href="http://www.ambungalow.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ambungalow.com</a> There is a whole group of bungalow lovers over there! Ms. Erickson,

I would place a posting on American Bungalow magazine’s online forum. http://www.ambungalow.com

There is a whole group of bungalow lovers over there!

]]> By: Ms Erickson http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Ms Erickson Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:40:40 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-414 The school that I work at is having a block of houses auctioned this weekend - some of them are bungalows. Do you know any good places I can post this to get the word out to people who like bungalows? <a href="http://www.donpeterson.com/auctions/MidlandProperties-Flyer.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.donpeterson.com/auctions/MidlandProperties-Flyer.htm</a> The school that I work at is having a block of houses auctioned this weekend – some of them are bungalows. Do you know any good places I can post this to get the word out to people who like bungalows?

http://www.donpeterson.com/auctions/MidlandProperties-Flyer.htm

]]> By: Anna http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Anna Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:53:45 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-413 When we painted our house we tried different colors schemes on the computer. If you have Photoshop or a similar program (and some patience) you can try whatever colors you want. *Take a photo of your house *Make it grayscale *Increase the brightness so that it is a very light gray *Outline the features of the house that are to be one color *In a separate layer, fill that selection with your color choice *Change the layer property from 'normal' to 'multiply' *Repeat for all the colors The outlining takes the longest by far, but once you have it done you can try as many colors as you like. If you would like a sample file I would be hapy to send it. When we painted our house we tried different colors schemes on the computer. If you have Photoshop or a similar program (and some patience) you can try whatever colors you want.

*Take a photo of your house
*Make it grayscale
*Increase the brightness so that it is a very light gray
*Outline the features of the house that are to be one color
*In a separate layer, fill that selection with your color choice
*Change the layer property from ‘normal’ to ‘multiply’
*Repeat for all the colors

The outlining takes the longest by far, but once you have it done you can try as many colors as you like. If you would like a sample file I would be hapy to send it.

]]> By: debra http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-412 debra Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:26:05 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-412 I've been where you are during so many paint color decisions. What I've learned in my wisdom and hindsight is that the first or second color I picked was the best. And you never really know what you are going to get until the entire house is done. It always looks different in whole than in part. "Over analysis leads to paralysis." I’ve been where you are during so many paint color decisions. What I’ve learned in my wisdom and hindsight is that the first or second color I picked was the best. And you never really know what you are going to get until the entire house is done. It always looks different in whole than in part. “Over analysis leads to paralysis.”

]]> By: merideth http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-411 merideth Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:37:45 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-411 P.S. The windows look FANTASTIC! Those were a great find! P.S. The windows look FANTASTIC! Those were a great find!

]]> By: merideth http://1912bungalow.com/2004/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/comment-page-1/#comment-410 merideth Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:34:55 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2004/09/09/back-porch-rebuild-90904/#comment-410 Well I'll weigh in. Whatever paint scheme you end up with will be gorgeous i'm sure, but I find that I really love houses with 2 trim colors: a very light color on the window sashes and window borders and then another, of whatever value you like but i dig strong contrast here, on the trim. The light color around the windows really makes them pop and gives them depth. But that's just my take on it. cheers! Well I’ll weigh in. Whatever paint scheme you end up with will be gorgeous i’m sure, but I find that I really love houses with 2 trim colors: a very light color on the window sashes and window borders and then another, of whatever value you like but i dig strong contrast here, on the trim. The light color around the windows really makes them pop and gives them depth. But that’s just my take on it. cheers!

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