For our April 29, 2007 General Membership meeting, the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society is pleased to present nationally recognized Arts and Crafts restoration expert Jane Powell, who will present an illustrated lecture on her latest book, Bungalow Details: Interior. In Bungalow Details: Interior, you'll learn of the wonderful detailing that makes up the interior of an Arts and Crafts bungalow. From fireplaces to flooring, plate rails to paneling, closets to colonnades, lighting to laundry chutes, and everything in between, Jane will take you on a tour of the details that make bungalows unique, explain the philosophy they represent, and enable you to appreciate or recreate them in your own home.

Rehab it Right! Jane will also discuss the houses of audience members before her lecture. Jane will draw from her many books and from the submitted pictures to suggest some inspiring options for your project.

Bungalow Details: Interior will be available at the meeting for purchase and Jane will autograph copies at a post-lecture reception.

Jane is the proprietor of House Dressing, a business dedicated to renovating and preserving old houses, particularly bungalows. Her interest in bungalows and their kitchens began during her childhood when she lived in a Tudor-style house in Detroit and a Dutch Colonial in Indianapolis, both with intact 1920s kitchens. In 1987, after working as a clothing designer, she bought her first bungalow, a minor fixer-upper with a mostly intact kitchen. She renovated it in a way that preserved its PRESERVATION ACTION COMMITTEE REPORT original features and sold it at a profit, then bought another. Several houses later it had turned into a career.

She has completed ten houses and is currently restoring the 1905 “Sunset House”, an Arts and Crafts mansion in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. She has worked as a restoration consultant with home owners as well as house museums on all aspects of early 20th century houses, including kitchens, bathrooms and interior and exterior paint colors. In addition to Bungalow Details: Interior, she is the author of five other books: Bungalow Kitchens; Bungalow Bathrooms; Linoleum; Bungalow Details: Exterior; and Bungalow: The Ultimate Arts and Crafts Home.

Sunday, April 29, 2007, 7:00 PM
First Presbyterian Church
2001 Santa Clara Ave
(Corner of Santa Clara Avenue & Chestnut Street)
Parking available behind the church, enter from Santa Clara
Doors open at 6:30 PM
$5 for non members