Someone Painted the Wood Floor On My Porch

[Thrift Store Scott]

Black wrote:
I'm with you on the rest, but:

If the house is a 1920's bungalow, there's a 95% chance it's a mail-order "kit" house.

Did you mean to write 95%? I'd think 5-10%, maybe.

I did indeed. While that number may vary by area, most of the 1920's bungalows I've seen in various parts of the country were originally mail-order "kit" houses, particularly those in neighborhoods that are one bungalow after another. And in the teens and twenties, it made perfect sense to order one's house by mail: You got the whole house made of top-grade lumber, pre-cut and ready to build, complete with doors, windows, trim, hardware, paint, and plumbing, delivered to your lot; all you had to do was provide the finished foundation.