More Stair Research

Now that you know stairs are on my mind again...

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I have put together a bunch more pictures of Craftsman staircases (with the help of Sharon-thanks :) that do not have winders of any sorts/start in the living room or dining room and go straight up.  Looks like our new stair layout plan could have worked for an original design.  Here is the other "research" I have done.

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I also spent some time tracking down a few pictures of how staircases end-as in what kind of newel post is at the bottom of craftsman staircase and how far the bottom stair juts out.

I like this idea for the top of the stairs...the newel post is nice and beefy

Are you like me?  Do you scan google images and pinterest for "research"?  Do you also reference any bunglow book you can get your hands on?  My favorites are the ones by Jane Powell-especially love Bungalow Details: Interior and Bungalow Details: Exterior.  However, right now my fav of hers is probably Bungalow Kitchens-so much great info.

*most of the pictures were find way back when on pinterest or google images so I do not have links.  Also many were from old old issues of Craftsman magazine.  A couple are form Portland's RMLS.  Enjoy!*

Oregonian Archives

My friend, Chris, who I mentioned in my previous post, e-mailed me some old postings of our house from the Oregonian this past weekend.

Sept. 1948

this clip and the one below are form the same article

Mrs. Hardwick owned our home in the 1960s

Pretty cool, huh?

Live in Oregon?  Would you be interested in finding out if your house was ever in the Oregonian?  Here is how...it is really quite easy.

go to this site: Multnomah County Library  (you need to have a Multnomah county library card); then go to The Oregonian Historical archive after putting in your card info.  From there, just type in your address (be sure to put it in quotations and you probably want to leave out the ave or street part of the address) to see if anything pops up!  Don't forget that you can also find your historic address (I found ours under the historic permits tab) on Portland Maps and enter that to see if any really old info comes up...none did for ours-booo :(