October 31st, 2009
The rain finally stopped late yesterday afternoon and the sun peeked through the clouds to let us know that it was still around.
The view from our front yard:
The neighbor’s trees have already dropped all their leaves, but ours are still trying to hold on:
I imagine we’ll be raking them up over the next couple of [...]
October 29th, 2009
Every Friday, the Chicago Tribune publishes a feature story in the Homes section about one community in the Chicagoland area, and last Friday was Morton Grove’s turn.
It was a pretty good article, I thought, however I think their home sale ranges are misleading as the recent home sale on the low end was a foreclosure [...]
October 29th, 2009
Last weekend was the second one in a row we’ve spent taking apart our furniture. This time: the TV room sofa.
Our move to the master bedroom upstairs left an empty bedroom — since Pete’s girls are grown and we already have a guest bedroom, we don’t need to use it as a bedroom — and [...]
October 23rd, 2009
We’ve been working on the attic remodel for almost six months now, which, for a project this size, isn’t bad. However the planning for the project has gone on much longer than that. While there have been a lot of details to consider, it has really been a “big picture” project: to add more living [...]
October 20th, 2009
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the Historic Chicago Bungalow and Green Home Expo over the weekend. Of course, our washer and dryer were delivered in the middle of the day, preventing me from straying far from home. I had plenty of other things to do around the house, so I guess it’s just as [...]
October 16th, 2009
I just saw an article today that insurers are dropping homeowner policies if their house was built using Chinese drywall.
How horrible for these poor people who unwittingly bought a house with this imported drywall and then had to move out because it was causing health problems, not to mention corroding pipes and emitting volatile sulphur [...]
October 16th, 2009
Attention all Chicago-area homeowners: The Historic Chicago Bungalow and Green Home Expo takes place TOMORROW, Saturday, October 17 at the Merchandise Mart from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Speakers include Lou Manfredini, “Mr. Fix-It” from WGN Radio, Bob Yapp, former host of the PBS show The House Doctor, and Kelly Edwards, co-host of HGTV’s Design [...]
October 15th, 2009
Okay, okay, remodeling a home for climate change could be somewhat of an oxymoron: there can be a lot of waste heading for the landfill, for one, however some disposal companies will recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris. Since 2007 the City of Chicago has required contractors to recycle at least 50% of their C&D [...]
October 15th, 2009
I’m happy to participate in Blog Action Day for Climate Change, because here at Bungalow Chronicles, we make an effort to lower our carbon footprint (I kind of hate that term, but whatever) every day. It didn’t happen overnight — and it doesn’t have to — but once we got started it became easier and [...]
October 13th, 2009
Not to get personal, but is your bedroom closet filled with tools, like ours?
On second thought, I don’t want to know what you stash away in your bedroom closet. La la la la la la la (covers her ears), I’m not listening!
Over the course of the week all these tools will get put away, [...]
October 8th, 2009
Practically another week has gone by, and while we’re nearing one finish line, there are still more and more things to do before we can start to enjoy our new remodeled attic space. It’s really starting to wear thin.
With the October chill in the air, all I want to do is “nest” in my new [...]
October 2nd, 2009
You may be wondering when it will ever end — when will they just finish their frickin’ bathroom and move on with their lives?
By this time next week, we hope to do just that.
But for now, we’re still in the grout stage. This photo was taken earlier this week with just the back shower wall [...]