Touring Beautiful Craftsman Bungalow | This House Tours

[@ThisHouse]

We hope you enjoyed this house! Did you have a favorite feature? Let us know!😀

[@djstephanysays9708]

The bedroom with the attached sunroom. What a dream!

[@nikobauer6758]

Ken You remind me of all 3 of my best friends rolled into one. You are earnest and gentle at the same time. I also know that if we lived in the same town we would be friends. Your content is enjoyable and I love all the mansions.

[@morganophelia5963]

have you toured any of the amazing brick homes on the riverfront off of mainstreet in saint charles?? i would love to see those :)

[@dyannehorton6848]

I've seen Ken on other programs ; he's wonderful. He is dressed appropriately, he speaks clearly and he always knows everything about the house. He draws you in and makes you feel so welcomed.

[@seymourwv8805]

I can understand why Amanda fell in love with this house. It is absolutely adorable and it just seems to hug you. Every room is perfectly decorated for the age of the home. It's hard to pick a favorite feature, but I love the sun room!

[@ThisHouse]

I totally agree! -Ken

[@eastcoastartist]

Yes

[@teresayeates3437]

Are you blind?

[@suspectsez4203]

“As we enter the home we are greeted by this lovely staircase” nicely said sir! No wonder the owner wanted to share her home with you 👍

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you so much!

[@shaniaday2739]

yes, I love the way he presented the house. It kept you engaged.

[@AvecPoesie]

All of those utterly fabulous architectural details are pure heaven. I ADORE her use of multitudinous vibrant, quirky colors...in particular, all of the LILAC. Lilac is my Soulmate in color-form. I too am a young woman Homeowner and have utilized the color Lilac throughout nunerous spaces within my 1945 Colonial Revival architectural style Home. I wish however, that my Home contained a divine sun-room 🌞, a precious little nook, a more traditional, banistered staircase, and the diamond style windows. Her front porch is lovely, and we both possess large wind chimes. I am enamored completely.

[@greggschroeder]

Thanks for the tour. Note those upstairs windows at 6:46 are casements, not double-hung.

[@mikebarry1514]

Kudos to Amanda to keeping her home authentic ! Really liked the original siding you showed in the sunroom.

[@ThisHouse]

We're so glad you enjoyed it!

[@ratsumatra3003]

What a lovely bungalow. My only thought would be it needs a bathroom downstairs... Just a powder room. I'm so glad she's stripping the millwork back to its original. That is so much work but it will be gorgeous 🥰

[@huynguyentoantin]

My dream type of house

[@wickedcitywoman]

The Dewey Decimal system library cabinet at 4:20 …LOVE!! 😍✨

[@314jrock]

This is my favorite house that you have toured (as of right now). This house has enough architectural details to make it interesting without being too ornate.

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you like it!

[@vdubing01]

Would love to see more small homes

[@jburnett8152]

After two years it doesn't much matter. I love the house. Sorry to see so much of the woodwork painted over.

[@t.j.m3987]

That was funny wind chimes and dog at door🙂

[@cynthiaamitrano8915]

Can you imagine how gorgeous the woodwork was before it was painted? That ceiling alone would have been beautiful. That small room off the kitchen was most definitely the pantry. It likely has cabinets, drawers, a countertop and a flour bin. Is that the owner’s husband sitting in the chair in the office nook? My home is 101 years old and the closets, for the period, are quite large. In fact, in the master bedroom alone, the width has lost 8 to 10 feet overall because of them. That’s one thing I am not crazy about.

[@memo6733]

Nice home and it's great that is stripping away the white paint of the wood work.

[@Gena777-r95]

The house is nice and that chandelier is to die for but those paint colors are just too much for me ❤️😊

[@cherievivian9830]

Such a charming old world house ! Love the unique, artsy color combinations, the sturdy wooden staircase, and stained glass ! Thank you for your inviting tour.

[@anaibarangan4908]

Arts and Crafts period is a favorite of mine, and in Mediterranean countries they don't know or don't appreciate it much.

[@sammyjo8109]

Just Darling!!! The first Bungalow that the painted woodwork didn't cause me to cringe. The home being small it actually brightens it up. I noticed the railing on the stairs are two styles with every other one the same. Makes it not noticeable unless pointed out. The updated kitchen blends beautifully with the rest of the house. Amanda certainly found a gem nand has done a wonderful job making it her home!! Loved the tour and loved all the rooms. No favorite. The camera person did a fantastic job!!!

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you so much! We totally agree with you, this house is a treasure!

[@teresayeates3437]

Great features, love the coffered ceiling.

[@dyannehorton6848]

After seeing Ken the first time, I"m hooked.

[@anonz975]

Incredibly beautiful house! I love the fact she added architectural salvage windows and touches to jazz it up a bit. Gonna steal some of her ideas. :)

[@nickiabbott]

I love my daily ‘this house ‘visits

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you for watching!

[@russellbixby9583]

What a lovely, sweet & cozy home! There are so many features I love, - the diamond windows, the wainscoting, the fabulous staircase, the surprisingly large master bedroom closet, the original tile in the kitchen with the little side nook and the wonderful sunroom off the master bedroom! - and much more! Amanda's choice for her front door is gorgeous and her decision to retain the original features ensures this darling house's true charm.

[@emilys3638]

What an engaging and respectfully orchestrated tour! The entire home is filled with charm, elegance, and love! Truly a treasure worth preserving and restoring. I'm in the process of restoring my own bungalow, which actually had almost no original features left at all. So I've had to painstakingly replace a lot of it, but it's really coming together, and I truly enjoy the opportunity to view others' similar homes, to inspire me along the way. Thank you for the tour, and thank you to the homeowner as well for opening up her adorable bungalow for us to enjoy! What a delight. ✨✨✨

[@LorieSnoeberger]

Pretty really like the effort to restore fixtures and wood

[@manishkandwal5702]

Beautiful House. Lucky Amanda.

[@suzml8106]

Love it all. All the great features keeping it's historic charm wins me over. Thx, great job

[@tuliemiles1921]

That was the beauty of the the craftsman, they were all "kits" some where put together by the family others by hired tradesman and some by both. Thank you for the tours

[@katbloo3333]

I love this! Thank you so much for sharing! The neighbourhood is so beautiful. My hometown is so focused on knocking everything old down and I love that there are beautiful places still like this! 💓

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

Perfect little cottage! Like a time machine to 1910. (I might repaint the dining room & bath; get some Antique look appliances enameled in red; but that's all.)

[@lmgtulsa]

Hahaha! It always come down to county vs. city issues in St. Louis! I just happen to agree with her. 😉 She has done a lovely job. Such a cute little home! That front door! 🤯 I bet that was a lucky find.

[@ThisHouse]

LOL yes! All of the salvage that she brought into the home just fits so perfectly with the house.

[@court5231]

Such a gem!!

[@larrysmith6499]

Very cute house

[@claudine1928]

Lovely house, beautifull windows. Great vlog

[@Thomas63r2]

The 923 sq. ft. must be an interior measurement of floor space. I live in an 864 sq. ft. (exterior 24' x 36') and this lovely house seems to be much more spacious than 57 sq. ft. would suggest. Kudos to Amanda sense of style and preservation.

[@pipsqueex]

just precious

[@autumnfeldpausch5539]

Lol gotta love those wind chimes!

[@morganophelia5963]

have you toured any of the amazing brick homes on the riverfront off of mainstreet in saint charles?? i would love to see those :)

[@margaretrose8105]

Beautiful home

[@TheJojo01902]

I LOVE THIS HOUSE!!!

[@WilliamsElaine]

Really cute house. Nice presentation too.

[@leighmitcler3320]

Absolutely a charming place. Would love to see the painted windows restored to their natural wood. It's a lot of work but would be a stunning display of the lead diamond windows. A beautiful home.

[@ThisHouse]

When Amanda finishes stripping the paint, you can bet that we will go back to re-tour the house!

[@tinaweiss9345]

This home is so CHARMING!!

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shannonobrien9922]

Craftsman has ALWAYS been my favorite!!! Nice to see one on here- keep em coming

[@margaretorden7568]

It’s such a lovely home. I really like all the Arts and Crafts details. I am lucky enough to live not far from Standen House in England which is now owned by the National Trust and is a fine example of this style. Thank you Ken and Amanda for the tour!

[@ThisHouse]

That is amazing! Glad you liked it!

[@sharonmohon3275]

A darling house. I can picture a single or retired couple enjoying this home.

[@ThisHouse]

It really is perfect for that!

[@PK-bh1ww]

Except for the stairs. Not easy to navigate as you age...I could see a newly married couple with a baby... Enjoying and playing in the sun porch.

[@nancya.nelson5810]

Appreciate your excellent guide skills. Rare anymore.

[@jons.6216]

Those melodic wind chimes in the front - although absolutely gorgeous to hear were in danger of overpowering the audio but it just about balanced out in the end and all of the dialogue was audible! Haha!

[@malikario4350]

wow... beautifull man....

[@deborahfederico7455]

Diamond pane windows…..love!

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PK-bh1ww]

I love everything about this house. Esp that sun room. She did a great job of redoing yet keeping some nostalgia.

[@sewforlife5728]

Love this house it's adorable. So many original features. I love her decor. So vintage. I agree with what she was saying about if u buy a vintage or historical house, keep the decor the same. Appreciate and respect it. If you want modern with modern decor then buy a modern house.😉

[@deborahwilliams6065]

I absolutely love this little house.

[@chuckandmax7313]

What a little charmer, it’s the perfect little one person or couple home, I don’t know about you but I love all the white painted woodwork. The salvaged parts are perfect and the kitchen is lovely. Nice meeting Amanda. Thanks again Ken you never cease to entertain me. Your friends ChuckandMax

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you! We really enjoyed touring this home, even paint couldn't hide it's quaint charm!

[@susprime7018]

Love the dining room ceiling and panel with the plate rail, fine job.

[@ThisHouse]

That was one of our favorite features, too!

[@a1wend1l]

What a cute home! Love the wall colors and the beautiful windows and hardware everywhere. Ooh and the ceiling in the kitchen.

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sylviamayo379]

A lovely and charming home !!!!

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rebeccavalicoff1581]

I love the colors!

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mathatter9158]

What a great home.

[@dewdrop3302]

A very sweet house love it!! ❤ Thanks for today's tour Ken.

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@memo6733]

Finally a house that I like. The other homes you show are too large and expensive for me to even think about the only one.

[@aaronwatkins8973]

For my taste, this is the perfect home.

[@djstephanysays9708]

Best house tour yet! I love it.

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you so much!

[@mariakettlehut7399]

Ken thanks for a wonderful tour

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Omigosh!! What a wonderful little charmer of a home! I don’t think there’s anything I DIDN’T like, really! I even think the white painted wood is pretty in this home, especially as a uniting feature with all the lovely colors! Those windows with the mullioned upper panes are fantastic and it’s exciting to see them continue on the entire upstairs and less public parts of the house, where the windows would often have been left plain. They’re such a delight and I think no matter how long you lived in that home, they would make you smile each time you entered any room. It feels a little like each one is greeting you and welcoming you into the next room. I loved all the architectural salvage details - perfectly chosen to fit beautifully in their spaces as if they had always belonged there. I loved all the stained glass pieces, including that fabulous front door, but it was bittersweet to see the light in the dining room. I owned (and did some restoration and preservation of) a home from 1920 with the same light in the entry hall. When I sold the home, I wrestled with leaving it, but did so because I felt it needed to stay in its home. I’ve always worried that the new buyers removed it along with the other original lighting fixtures. Much of the kitchen was still original - cupboards built in place along one wall with a wooden countertop, white porcelain sink with a VERY long drain board to one side and a small light on the wall above it, and a stove where the old coal stove had stood with the metal plate on the wall above covering where the pipe went up through the wall - and I got definite vibes they were planning to pull it out and modernize. It’s good to see that light appreciated here.💕 That’s a gorgeous staircase for this little dollhouse and I love the interplay of the massive newl posts with the delicately turned spindles and the wave design of the mill work on the sides of the steps. I absolutely adore this house! To show you how much I think of the finishes here, the only real complaint is that I wish she’d find some brass screws for her mail slot in her door! You know you love a place when that’s what you want to change! LOL I’m also curious whether there are any plans to return the siding on the home back to shingle? Not that it needs to be. It’s adorable just as it is!

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Oh, and great job as always by Ken, camera person and editor! Always a fantastic job of balancing our desire to see it all with the need to “keep things moving” while zeroing in on a certain amount of detail. 👍

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you for such a well thought out and observant response! I'm sure Amanda will be very happy to read this! Thank you also for your compliments!! 😊 -Ken

[@lunasol8215]

Love everything about this home ! Is there A list or link to all the colors she chose ? ❤❤❤

[@Higherseeker]

Great job, Amanda! Your house reeks of love. Amazing proof it’s not always a question of money to have a quality, classy house.

[@memorykeepersarchive3953]

I love this little gem so much..!! 💕

[@ThisHouse]

We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@lorielange6777]

It's a lovely home and will be so wonderful once the paint is stripped. Some great light fixtures. The one in the little room off the kitchen is so adorable! It's a perfect sized home for a single person or just a couple. I would love to find one like this in my area!!

[@ThisHouse]

It truly is a gem! Thanks for watching!

[@davidbruning4460]

Love the color mix. Really bright and cheery.

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you like it!

[@teresayeates3437]

To each their own.

[@pamcastiron4274]

Those stained glass windows in the parlor! The flooring in the bathroom! They reminded me of my grandmas 2 family flat on Minnesota. I always loved the windows.

[@ThisHouse]

We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@sstephens2175]

I would love to see the basement. Also what was behind the little door in the office. Also, does the home have an attic?

[@KR-sh6rm]

This house is absolutely adorable! Love it!

[@1976mcfarlane]

What a treasure

[@ThisHouse]

We totally agree!

[@katherinebopp2021]

The small replaced windows have the same pattern as my 1926 windows. So much to love, especially the diamond panel windows.

[@twistoffate4791]

For once, I like the white paint (gasp!). I personally would keep the white. I like her idea regarding the backsplash. Lovely home in every way.

[@jenniferboone4002]

Come to Staunton VA. Many kit homes!

[@bairbreoharte9383]

The detail you give to each house is amazing! You seem to know a great deal about each home, its period design, wallpaper and colors. How much background do you go through before you finally video the home. I am impressed!

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you so much! Typically, we only have about 1.5 hours on site to look around, talk to the owner, and film.

[@whaleshark19]

The best house yet! It’s wonderful in every detail.

[@ThisHouse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ellenlehrman9299]

@4:29 in the DR- is that a Hoosier cabinet?

[@ThisHouse]

It is!

[@searshouseseeker6879]

This is a lovely house! I can tell you, as a researcher of Sears kit houses, who helps maintain the national database of Sears houses in the U.S., that this is not a Sears kit house, however. It's not a model that Sears ever offered in their Sears Modern Homes catalogs.

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you so much! After filming, we looked through the Sears and Roebuck archives online and weren't able to pinpoint this house. We are wondering if it was perhaps an Alladin Kit Home or, perhaps, from one of the other manufacturers.

[@searshouseseeker6879]

@@ThisHouse I work documenting the other kit companies, as well, and, certainly if this house dates from 1911, the only possibility for a kit, would be Aladdin (the others weren't offering kits yet). I don't see a good match for this in the early Aladdin catalogs, either, though ( that now-enclosed sleeping porch has a look that one of the Sears models had-- the Elmwood, later marketed as the Sunbeam-- but the rest of the house isn't right for that Sears model, and I don't see quite that look on any of the sleeping porches that the other companies offered ). Another possibility could be that just building supplies were bought from Sears-- not the plans. That was a service that Sears offered mostly in the very early years of the 1900s (and then we don't consider it a Sears house). If you'd like to check out more catalogs, I have a blog post listing links to many of the catalogs that are available online: www.searshouseseeker.com/2015/07/catalogs-online-sears-radford-gordon.html

[@ThisHouse]

@@searshouseseeker6879 How fascinating! Thank you for sharing!

[@teresayeates3437]

Where I come from a bungalow is an home on one floor. This has a second floor with a staircase.

[@thomasgeorgecastleberry6918]

Painted Woodwork, forced air heat (I think); the homeowner on the second floor looks skinny; garage? Basement? Cute house.

[@ThisHouse]

The homeowner is in the process of removing the paint from the woodwork. We hope to go back to see it when she has finished. There is a basement (which she requested we not show on camera), but there is not a garage.

[@badbiker666]

At 6:25 you were careful to point out the sheen on the hardware on that little door. That was great, but you never opened the door. I am dying to know what that little door concealed. The bathroom was on the other side of the wall, but I don't think that door was intended to provide workmen access to the plumbing because the shower and sink weren't on the same wall. So ... what was behind that door? I am dying to know.

[@loritanner4478]

I have the same door knobs and back plates in my 1916 farmhouse way out in the country on the southern oregon coast. Mine were all painted, and not in a good way. But a too lazy to take them off when we painted the door way. So I took them all off and stripped the paint off. But the funny thing was. On one of the bedroom closet doors. Was an original one. No paint. Boy was it ugly! It was copper with diagonal black stripes. So ugly! So I decided to spray paint all my door knobs and plates copper. Then I took black gloss enamel paint and put a coat of that over the whole thing. Then I wiped off the black and just left it in the grooves. It toned down the coppers bright new look and brought out all the dental details. Love them! That was 28 years ago when we first bought our old farmhouse. I also looked up those door knobs and plates. And found they came out of a 1915 Sears catalog. They sold for 1.50 per plate and knob. So cool to see my same door knobs and plates in another old house. I have seen them in other old houses that were abandoned, that kappys channel has gone through.

[@ThisHouse]

That is amazing! It is really fun to think that in the early 1900s people were ordering parts for their homes via catalogues and having those parts shipped all across the country. The work you have done on yours sounds absolutely gorgeous, so glad that you were able to dress them up and keep using them!

[@tashasmith6179]

It's cute as a button lol I need some tutorials on a "how to make my home an arts and craft home." Anybody have any ideas?

[@Lrkjdk]

Who were these type of houses attended for? It seems as if a family of 4 perhaps with the builder presuming the children share a bedroom it just seems tiny

[@truthserum5202]

There must have been some reworking of things in this house, because the paneling in the dining room is poorly done and I have trouble imagining that it was done this way originally.

[@jacquelinedixon6438]

House is pretty but some of those colors ,are different.

[@Megadave4life]

Ya Bangalo houses can have smaller living room it’s either split level or two story for better living rooms if you let your extended family in the house all the time I mean

[@bobbyspapercraft]

I can guarantee they were not the original spindles. The front door is great but doesn’t go with the style of the home.

[@fedupamerican296]

So many beautiful things that today are all cheap, plastic, made in china garbage. Sad that people let themselves be sold this pile of tripe. If I ever get to build my own home, I will definitely go the old ways route. Small but built to last AND be beautiful. Thanks Ken, this one is fabulous.

[@chrisallen7911]

Vinyl siding is such a Blight on beautiful old homes. I wish it would be outlawed. All it does is Rape the beauty and details on homes but also sweats the wood underneath and rots it.

[@suzzane.notsusan.1078]

I dont think thsts a sunroom i think its a sleeping porch

[@paulaadams1765]

Most of the wall hangings are too small for the space. As lovely as the house details are, most of the wall hangings are out of balance.

[@jayh3283]

Why can’t newer houses be built like this? I would love to buy a craftsman bungalow, but the ones are sell or either in a really bad area or price out of reach. There is no in between anymore thanks to inflation.

[@lisahenry8250]

Love it, but the tub would have to go!

[@robertcartwright563]

These old tubs made of metal and porcelain are antiques,valuable so of course you would want to keep it,great tour.

[@fazdoll]

Such tubs are dangerous to get into and out of, unfortunately. And since it's the only bathroom you are forced to use it. I would replace it with an easy-to-install shower. But I would keep the tub in the basement in case a future owner wanted to put it back.

[@AvecPoesie]

I long for an elegant, French-inspired, claw-foot, porcelain 🛁 bathtub in my Home. I find them immensely beautiful. 🖤

[@lisakimble8122]

those are not double hung windows...