Not only are these women dear friends of mine, but they also truly do create informative, beautiful books that you should own and read!

Bungalow Kitchens
Jane Powell & Linda Svendsen

Bungalow Kitchens is a beautifully illustrated book about how to restore or design a period, or period-style kitchen for a bungalow or other early 20th Century house.

It provides a wealth of ideas about cabinets, countertops, appliances, flooring, and all the other elements that make up a bungalow kitchen, as well as advice about integrating modern technology while maintaining the bungalow look.

Bungalow Bathrooms
Jane Powell & Linda Svendsen
www.bungalowkitchens.com

Bungalow Bathrooms is a book about how to restore or design a period, or period-style bathroom for a bungalow or other late nineteenth or early twentieth century house. It provides a wealth of ideas about fixtures, tile, countertops, flooring, and all the other elements that make up a bungalow bathroom, as well as advice about how to integrate modern technology while retaining a period look. A hundred and fifty stunning color photographs of original, restored, and new bathrooms from the period 1885-1940, as well as archival photographs and illustrations, provide inspiration.

Bungalow Details: Exteriors
Jane Powell & Linda Svendsen
www.bungalowkitchens.com

Bungalow Details is the ultimate resource book and will show you how to incorporate these details into your home's design. Included are historical sidebars and general how-to information that will enable you to appreciate, re-create, or apply these details in planning your unique bungalow.

One of the cover photos is of a stone colonnade at my friend's house in Eagle Rock. Inside you will find two photos of my Eagle Rock home, the Reverend Alfred W. Hare house.

Bungalow: The Ultimate Arts and Crafts Home
Jane Powell & Linda Svendsen 
www.bungalowkitchens.com

Jane details the origin of these fabulous houses while Linda illuminates the text with her exquisite photos. This book should have been named The Bungalow Travelogue because it showcases terrific houses in all parts of the country.

I love this book because there are several pictures of my L.A. house in it. I showed a client my bedroom here in Seminole Heights and she exclaimed, “I saw this room in a magazine!.” Close. It’s in this book (which she owns) - or at least a pretty good replica is.

Read about this book in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Linoleum
Jane Powell & Linda Svenson
www.bungalowkitchens.com

This book tells the history of linoleum and contains photos of fabulous linoleum patterns from several decades. It also provides resources for obtaining vintage and newly manufactured linoleum.

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American Bungalow Magazine
www.ambungalow.com
American Bungalow Magazine is published in the interest of preserving and restoring the modest American 20th century home, the BUNGALOW, and the rich lifestyle that it affords.

Style 1900
www.style1900.com
Style 1900 is a magazine about the architecture, arts, and decorative arts that revolutionized the world of design at the turn of the last century. Beautifully illustrated and written, this magazine provides an artful view of life of that time.

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