Update, Monday, May 31: We have a winner — congratulations, Robin L. — who has been notified and is whoopdedoo happy. 
Watch for another contest – different question – same prize – a “Love The House You’re In” custom collage made by our collage artist laureate Mel Kolstad – in June.
Amy was the first winner of a “Love The House You’re In” custom collage made by our collage artist laureate Mel. That’s Amy’s wonderful house… and Amy’s husband’s vintage truck… all interpreted by Mel. This is such a fun contest — let’s do it again. To enter this month:
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- And, subscribe to my newsletter. Yes, this helps me build my newsletter list… I send ‘em out max twice per week.
Please read all the rules here before entering. I’ll pick a reader next Monday morning.
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I love the 1957 ranch we call home! It’s taken a few years to get our gem uncovered in a late 50′s early 60′s vibe, but well worth it. First was the bathroom keeping it’s turquoise Formica counter tops and painted glass tiles. Second the kitchen with red VCT flooring with a few other primary colored tiles thrown in and the bulk heads are used to display my vintage fruit chalkware collection. Our current project is the living room filled with vintage furniture and the hardwood floors will be refinished next month. Next project: the basement. Making a house YOUR home is the best feeling!
Hi! We live in a pink 1955 ranch. We are doing mid-century, but probably not so modern. The highlight of our house are the inherited photos of the past owners, their original furniture, and especially the O’Keefe & Merrit stove.
our adorable home was built in 1912 and is currently decorated in the ‘ gee, i wish i had more cash for decorating/ thank the gods for thrift stores’ style. my projects for the summer are redoing the bathroom in pink and grey (just like my grandma’s old powder room) and painting the kitchen yellow- cause all kitchens should be yellow, at least in my world!
love the site, btw. thanks for all the great inspiration.
My husband David and I purchased our 1959 ” granny ranch” in 2004. We still can’t imagine living anywhere else. We purchased from the original owners daughter, after it spent 2 years as a rental. Luckily, it escaped any bad updating. Hardwood floors that had been covered since 59, two tiled bathrooms, turquoise Formica countertops, great GE stove, and the original Westinghouse fridge. Since purchasing this house we have added our touches as well. Color, color, color. The inside had never been painted. Someone said it looks like a skittle bag throw-up in our house. I take that as a compliment! Our style is mid-century/vintage on a budget. Our house is truly our home.
FUN! My ranch house was built in 1957 and I am the second (!) owner.
I have a gorgeous ming green American Standard bathroom with hunter green tiles. All of the rooms are REAL wood paneling… pecky cypress in some, knotty pine in others. The light fixtures are awsome western style wagon wheels and variations on that theme. There are big architechturally integrated windows in the front. I’ll stop there.
My furniture is a mish mash but, give me time. I’ve only had it for about 6months! I’m working on keeping it totally fifties…
My house was built in 1951 in a Levitt Town inspired neigborhood. It was quintesssential post-war, Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley suburbia. We are slowly restoring its original charm with respectful modern updates. My latest triumph: new baseboard that exactly replicates the original. Woot!
I am so pathetic.
Jen, you are not pathetic at all. You are my hero of the day.
We’ve lived in our 1800 sq. ft. 1947 1.5 cape cod style home for three years. 1270 downstairs and the rest upstairs in a finished converted attic that has wood paneling painted white, which we don’t mind at all. The house also has a mostly unfinished, mostly daylight, nearly full basement with a one car garage. The primary struggle we have with the house is with keeping up with the gardening. However, we do love our small vegetable garden.
We instantly dug the arches, built-ins, and post-WW II kitchen when we first walked into the house. While the house isn’t a modern ranch, we’ve been furnishing the home with mostly Mid-Century Modern or MCM inspired furniture and fixtures but with some Art Deco, some more traditional 1940s, and just regular ol’ non-period stuff thrown in. Most of the furniture has been bought used at vintage stores and originates from the 1940s to early 1960s. The fixtures are mostly Art Deco, MCM, and ‘atomic’ reproductions. We’re still working on decorating the home and on managing the yard. We’ve replaced the tile countertops in the kitchen with Marmoleum and aluminum rippled edging. We’re not purists, but we’re wanting the kitchen to be reminiscent of a kitchen from the 1940s or 50s. The original cabinets aren’t going anywhere. The bathroom on the main floor has the original tub, and so we’re looking forward to making the bathroom look more like a bathroom from the 1930s, 40s, or 50s.
Anyway, we just like living in this home. It’s not perfect, but it’s our house and we respect and love it. We’ll be raising our first child in this home within the next month or so.
Our home was built in 1973 and we’re slowing fixing the updates of a previous owner. We’ve been here for two years and it’s slow going with 2 small children, but it’s coming along! I would say my style is Hollywood Glamor mixed with Midcentury while my husband’s is “yeah, OK.” My recent triumph was a rockin’ bedroom set that we picked up for $320 – it just needed a little love!
My little knotty pine cabin was built in 1955. It is right in the heart of Portland (walking distance to downtown) yet totally hidden away from the hustle and bustle. It was built by noted Portland architect Roscoe Hemenway but totallyunlike anything else he has ever designed. I call it the cowboy cabin. At only 1,050 sq. ft., it is full of charm and details like a huge rock fireplace in l.r., little fireplace in dining room, wide-plank mahogany floors, river rock tile floors in the bath, 50′s cabinetry in the kitchen and black hammered cast iron hardware everywhere! Not to say that it doesn’t need lots of tlc, but it’s my go-to retreat everyday of the year!
Your cabin sounds awesome! It felt like a retreat just reading your description!
What a fun contest! And this collage kinda resembles my house…
My house was built in 1952 – so it has an odd mix of ’40′s and 50′s in the design. It was originally a 750 sq ft house but had an addition put on in 1984 (not by us). We are keeping the bones of the house fairly original and remodeling with the era in mind. When we redid the kitchen we purchased a 1953 Chambers Stove from Craigslist. We also found a 1954 pedestal sink that we will install when it comes time to redo the bathroom – hopefully soon. As far as colors, I have almost exhausted the Sherwin Williams Suburban Modern pallet. We like lots of color – the kitchen is Holiday turquoise, living room is a vibrant orange, bedroom is lime green. The guest room will be purple and grey, and the addition will be yellow!
Fun, fun!
Our home was built in 1952 and we know there were some additions done either later in the 50′s or early 60′s. A very well known Florida builder lived here with his family. The home had been very neglected and we have had it for almost three years before trying to update. We are embracing what we have and are going to reinstall the original vanity cabinet and medicine cabinets in the “kids” bath. The kitchen had to go but I am trying to keep the mid-century look with its replacement. The post/beams look great – all wood repaired, and with a fresh coat of paint. The exterior needs a lot more attention but we will get to that eventually. Just found some geat mcm furniture for the dining room as well.
Ours was built in 1962. The house turns 50 the year that I turn 30 so we’re going to have a BIG to do!
My vintage 1700 sf.1952 ranch was built in the hot, Mojave Desert on 1-1/2 ac. The owners were said to be in a fatal car vs truck crash right after the house was built. I am the third owner, winning it at an auction in 1996 for $41,000. This home has weathered some strong earthquakes, including a 7.5 in 1992. The original steel crank out casement windows are stronger than any window you will find today. The front room window is 15′ wide. I have the Youngstown Kitchen cabinets that are original and I cook on a 1950′s Kenmore range. I did remove the red carpet and install tile floors, added back patio, and removed a block wall between the living room and dining room. The main bath is the pink iridescent tiles. The second bath was blue iridescent but were beyond repair. The 30′ front patio has original tongue and groove pine ceiling. I guess you can call it Bonanza meets whimsy. My style is vintage cowboy/cowgirl ranch since I have owned horses for 35yrs until recently. I relax on the road in my vintage 1966 SilverStreak Travel Trailer. I have been vintage since I was a little girl and my family giggles at my quirky style. I tell them at least they have funny stories to tell. I was born in 1953.
Hi- our bungalow was built in 1906. I’d always wondered if that was true, because it all the other houses in our neighborhood are 1920s or so. But last month my husband, contractor and I went up into the attic to see if we might make it into storage space, and on the floor we found newspaper from 1909. Hooray! It’s true!
I have just taken the pledge to save it’s early 1950′s pink bathroom.
Admittedly I skimmed through the comments but I think mine is the grand-daddy of houses – or make that the grandmama. When I bought it the town had the date as 1784. I’ve come to believe it might be as late as the 1830s. When I started researching the house it turned out to be on land that Abigail Adams and her sister inheirited from their father so now I really want to pin down the date.
I love many eras of houses – all the way from the really early ones through the early 1960s. I’ve been a collector all my life and have all sorts of things stashed away – for my eventual 30s era kitchen, 50s era rec room etc. Instead I’m going for traditional antique style in my old house with a bit of 30s collectiblia in the kitchen.
Hi-Our ranch home was built in 1956. When we moved in 4 years ago, it was like walking into a time warp! We purchased the home from the estate of the original owners, who never did a thing to it since it was built. We have painted the walls, refinished the wood floors, and updated both bathrooms, keeping the awesome ceramic tile, (black and white) and (blue)–our next project is the kitchen, everything is original and I would really like to save the cabinets (birch). I love, love, love your website and I tell everyone I know who likes my home to check out your site!
Angela
Our home was built in 1946. It has a lot of dark wood woodwork so we have kept the walls light colors to highlight the woodwork and vintage furnishings.
We live in a 1952 1400 sq. ft. story-and-a-half brick bungalow. We bought it from the two adult sons, of the deceased original owners, who grew up there. It is definitely a time capsule, with original windows, knotty pine basement, knotty pine upstairs and grey/black tile bathroom.
The only thing updated was the kitchen in 1960! They knocked out the wall between the kitchen and dining room and created an open pass-through space with a groovy 1960 Philco coppertone double oven, brown refrigerator, Nutone food center in the white/gold spec counters and a nutone pull-out exhaust fan over the oven. I found some of the old painted plywood built-in kitchen cabinets installed in the basement and garage.
It was definitely a custom kitchen back in 1960 and the envy of the neighbors. The sons said everyone always loved it when they came over and visited the house while they were growing up. Also the sons told us of all the card parties that took place in the knotty pine basement on Friday nights. There is a built-in bar area in the basement with some very cool wallpaper, which I need to take a picture of sometime and post it. I am definitely keeping it up!
I’m trying to maintain the 1950/60s aesthetic with some minor conveniences and updates here and there. It truly is a timely “green” way to go – by buying perfectly good used items on ebay and craigslist. The hunt is part of the excitement and it makes me happy – especially when I find exactly what I’m looking for! Like my Broyhill Brasilia bedroom set that I just got!
p.s. I was born in 1957, so the 50s/60s interiors REALLY remind me of when I was growing up. I’m assuming that is part of the charm and attachment for me.
I just bought a 1955 brick house, 4 beds, 2 bath. It took us over 2 months just to make it livable, before we could even move in. We live in it now and love love love it but we still have a lot of work to do.
We just bought a brick house built in 1950. Other than the hardwoods being refinished, not much has been updated. There’s a kitchenette in the basement with original countertops and chrome knobs (swoon!), and the cabinets in the main floor kitchen are the original wood. We’re going to try for classic mid-century on the main floor, with turquoise walls in the kitchen to match the Fiestaware, and accent items in yellow, red and chrome. The bathroom has original tile in great shape, with a handful of decorative tiles that are the Franciscan Echo pattern. When I found a mug in an antique shop that matched those tiles and realized what it was, I nearly exploded.
In the basement where the kitchenette area is, we’re going to have a more atomic-style sitting room.
I’m positively giddy about how much of the house is original, and it’s really not going to take much to make it fabulous! =)
When my wife and I looked for our home, we initially made an offer on a ranch from 1958, which fell through due to the housing market woes. We ended up purchasing a split level that was built in 1992. The layout is identical to split levels built in the 1960s and 1970s, so we have decided to intentionally make our home look like it came from the past. We’ve gone mid-century in our living room with a nice blend of original and new pieces (and an awesome color palette inspired by a chair of ours from the 70′s; avocado, orange, and cream). Our dining room is currently in 1940′s traditional, but that will change in the near future. We’ve painted our outside trim in Sherwin Williams’ Burma Jade and have plans to update both the kitchen and bathrooms in a more 50′s oriented style (however, that won’t be for a while).
Our friends think we are a little off for intentionally dating our house, but we are having fun and loving the results of our effort!
I live in a 1920′s tudor/craftsman house. All brick and stone on the outside. Plaster walls, arches, stain-glass, slate roof, stone fireplaces, and original woodwork on the inside. My husband bought this house several years ago before we were married. While I have always dreamed of owning a mid century home, I have learned to love this house. I have many pieces of vintage mid century furniture and art. It works really well with the style of the home.
My brick story and a half was built in 1957 by my parents. Yes, I live in the house I grew up in! Never planned on it but would never move now.
I have hardwood floors throughout the first floor that we refinished, a brick fireplace with raised hearth, peach tile in the bathroom and knotty pine kitchen cabinets. We have a front porch and breezeway between the house and 2-car garage.
I’m in the process of planning a bathroom remodel leaving the peach tile and replacing the floor tile. Any tips on cleaning yellowed grout? I tried to grind it out with a power tool to re-grout but it seemed way to difficult and I chipped the tile in the first 5 minutes.
I have wood Luan doors that I would like to replace with 6-panel doors. We just re-did the front landscaping. We have 5- 50 + year old trees that shade the entire yard. I love your website and have told others about it. I’m even looking through different lenses at my knotty pine kitchen cabinets. I refinished them when we moved in 16-years ago but would love to replace them. But who knows–maybe I’ll learn to love them and never want them to go!!
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We have lived in our 1968 Deckhouse for 2 yrs. We bought our home from the estate of the original owner and it came with lots of original but dry-rotting curtains, slowly but surely replacing them with more pinch pleats and using the same hardware and rods. We also added some color to the walls, as the house was all white before we moved in. Most of our furniture is to borrow your term, mid-century modest. and mostly from craigslist.
My house is very new to me, having closed only a couple of weeks ago. It began it’s life in 1896 and has grown up, getting taller and a bit wider, over the years. Haven’t we all? The newer has joined the older with additions over the years, combining form and function with charm.
The previous owner’s ancestors built the house. Her grandmother and great grandmother lived here. Her mother and uncles grew up here and were also born in the house. The seller’s mother came by to say hello my first day here. She showed me the room in which she and all her brothers were born. After a few stories she excused herself, told me to come over the hill to her house if I ever needed anything and then she quietly left with a misty look in her eyes. I felt warmly welcomed and sympathetic to her sadness all at once.
My place sits upon a foothill between a mountain on the right and another more distant mountain range on the left. I’m embraced by mountains. The coziness of the lower ceilings and original floor in the oldest part of the house feels like the valley to the mountain top of the lofty addition. The tin roof over the older part of the house makes a calm, rhythmic sound when it rains. People always smile when I tell them my house has a tin roof. They all tell me they want to sleep under the tin roof on a rainy night!
The laundry room sits in the middle of the house. You see older slate under foot in what used to be the original kitchen. A heavy door fits into the floor in this room and leads to a small root cellar. Waiting there are old mason jars filled with fruit and vegetables. They still look colorful and perfect after years though I won’t be trying any. The previous owner couldn’t bear to throw them out since her grandmother had canned them before she passed away. An old Coke sign, from the 1930′s, hangs on the wall to remind me of another generation that has called my house home.
I found a second slightly rusted yellow and red metal advertising sign from the 1940′s nailed up as a patch for a large gap in an old outbuilding. The place was used to raise chickens and later rabbits. It read Bar L Rabbitry. There I also came across an old handmade door as well with the black metal box lock and porcelain knob still on it as if ready to be put back into service. I will make it a part of the home once more.
I’m discovering as I walk through and actively imagine a future for me inside these walls. The walls, floors, nooks and land seem to tell me stories. Knowing what to place where to create my ideal home felt daunting when I first stepped out of the car. I pictured my own brand of country simplicity with a clean, modern touch though I wasn’t exactly sure what that meant. Now I feel I have a friend in my house, giving me visual hints and subtle clues as to what will feel right, a blend of myself and all who have worked on, lived and died within and loved this house.
This is more than a house, more than boards, framing, metal and nails. This is a place to be everything I dream of being and all I imagine creating. My mother always calls her house her “home place”. Now I know what that means.
I bought a lovely 1961 Florida Ranch. The lines are clean, the bathroom is pink/salmon tile & tub, which I admit I was not fond of at first, but have acquired an appreciation for, mainly due to the “save the pink bathrooms”. I have kept the original light fixture and hardware.The floors are terrazzo, the kitchen cabinets are original, as well as the pink specled backsplashes! There are awning windows throughout. Nearly all the furniture is “found” mid/mod items at thrift stores. Built in 1961, in about a week for under $10,000 by Mackle Brothers, the pitch was “Move to Florida and live on Easy Street”. They were $10 down and $10 a month. It survived a direct hit from Hurricane Charley with virtually no damage when many newer homes were destroyed. I love my little Florida Ranch!
my house was build according to best records in 1920s. and its SOLID. some cobjob add ons in the 50s. i have a cob job decorating style right now. there are weird and quaint features. total solid wood ceiling to floor cabinets in ktichen, weird peek thru cupboards to and added on back room, old old sunroom. way old kitchen sink, clawfoot tub in bath. weird room dimensions. i’d love some help
Our house was built in 1914, It has been re-done but they did a nice job and kept with the original style. We are adding an addition that I am attempting to match the original style of the house. I’ll be putting white subway tile with a thin black border in the bathroom, and white porcelain 1″ hex tiles on the floor. As for furniture I have a mix of 20′s – 40′s with a few late 19th century dressers and tables thrown in. The overall theme right now is crowded, awaiting more space for our family to enjoy. I think when the addition is done I will decorate and furnish my sewing room with my favorite Midcentury pieces that look a little out of place in the rest of the house. Oh and my little covered front porch has the greatest mid-century chair I picked up off a curb, It’s chartreuse vinyl <3 it! along with a mix of other furnishings.
We are the second owners (Bert and Helen were the first) of our 1954 Ranch-on- a-Hill home. We have a daylight basement and an amazing yard with the original quince, lilacs and rhodies all doing great! We don’ t have much decorating $$, but my tastes seem to have landed on a a sort of MidMod Asian. I painted the exterior a bronzey spring green with carmine trim and it looks incredible with solar powered red lanterns hanging from the trees in the garden. The pink and grey bathroom with the boomerang formica stays “as is”! And we’re trying to find someone to update the wiring in the 1949 chrome plated Westinghouse stove,which came with the house and we have the bill of sale ($180 in 1949) and owner’s manual.
my moms house was built in 1958 the modern L shape ranch coverd porch. it has a detacted 2car garage with a porgila / weather vane on top . was built. by del webb. Clairemont park unit 1 . we moved in in 1965 ,as my mom says you can only be original once . it has the pink bathroom,s original light fixtures, hings, door handles , brick fire place wall i repainted the front ranch door orange for mom and restored the schalge hardware .every one is redoing there house’s on the street we are restoring ours back to the 50s, we still have a 1959 rivera convertible sofa that my mom bought new we took it to los angles to the factory for them to rebuild it. we bought a new dining room set in 1969 i took down the 1970 walnut paneling to brightin up the room there are pink flamingos and a 1950s tiki bar { needs work} in the back yard
My mother in laws house (she passed away in 2005) was built for her in 1959 on land given to her from her father. Rita was a newlywed and her and her husband lived in her parents’ house across the street from her house while it was being built. Rita loved this house and cared for it in the best way possible. It is a time capsule of sorts with a history of minor updates like wall-to-wall carpeting over the hardwood floors so that she could preserve them. One seafoam green tiled bathroom and a browny-beige tiled bathroom.
New vinyl on the kitchen floors, however the cabinets, appliances, and countertops are all original.
The basement is full of my husbands’ grand parents, great and great, great grandparents farm tools and kitchen accessories including a Hoosier.
Needless to say we have a lot of renovations to accomplish starting with re-wiring and plumbing as well as enlarging the half bath to a full for the master bath. We are working to be true to the period and what my MIL would love to have had done. She was a practical woman and when my husband her only child asked her what she would like to see done with the house, she said two things and one was “just have some good windows”.
We know that she could have asked for more and we know the house needed(s) more. Our goal is to honor her memory and the person she was and is to our family by preserving the house that was built for Rita.
My house was built in 1954 custom designed for a single lady and her daughter. In our renovations we have searched for photos of what the house originally looked like for reference. Unfortunately, the original owners have passed away and the second owners of the house lost all of their photos in the hurricane (Katrina). My house is most certainly Mid-Century Modest at 1550 sq ft, 3 bedrooms and 1 bath. We love our home but are looking forward to the renovations being finished.
Our house is leaning more 1950s although you can see touches of the late 1940s and the early 1960s in certain accents.
I live in a 90 yr old stone Normandy in the Mt Airy Philadelphia suburbs. While the house is mostly original, the kitchen was renovated in the ’60′s with St Charles Cabinets. I absolutely love them. Wish I could find more of them so I could put them on the one bare wall that’s left. Imagine being surrounded by these cabinets! After being part of the retro renovator’s page, I’ve decided to put down linoleum to finish the “look”. It was originally installed with the St Charles cabinets, but the last owner of the house took it out and finished the wood floors, which look really out of place.
All the bathrooms are still original and I plan on keeping them that way.
I’ve put a great deal of time and labor into re-landscaping the lot. I have a hedge that’s fabulous. While out pruning it yesterday, the folks from the Germantown Historical Society stopped by and asked if I would consider letting the house be on their Historic House tour. Wow. Cool. My hard work is starting to pay off. Still so much to do….. God I love this place.
We just bought a wonderful 1962 mid-century California style ranch house in an outparcel of Columbia, Maryland (mid way between Baltimore and DC) – we are SO thrilled with finding this hidden-away gem! Lots of work to be done on it, but we’ve got 30 years on the mortgage to get it all accomplished! Just found out that the original architect of the house (and neighborhood) is still alive – we have plans to contact him and invite to the house!
Our “Little Boxes” home (the Westlake subdivision in Daly City, California, where we live, was the inspiration for Malvina Reynolds’ song about “little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky…”) was built by the Henry Doelger company in 1956 (there’s an excellent book, “Little Boxes,” by our friend Rob Keil about the history of Doelger and the Westlake subdivision). It’s a two-story house (originally two bedrooms, one bathroom) with the entrance and main living quarters on the second floor, above a tandem garage and additional space (the lower levels were all unfinished when the houses originally were sold; many, like ours, now feature in-law apartments and an additional bathroom).
Our house is the one that my husband Jeff and his parents lived in from the time Jeff was born until he was 8 years old. His parents kept the house and rented it out after they moved to another home in Daly City, and luckily it had just become vacant again when Jeff and I were moving from Virginia to California four years ago. Many of the houses in Westlake, though the exteriors still look as they did in the 1950s, were renovated in the 70s and 80s; we’re very fortunate that ours actually has been maintained in very close to the original condition.
We have the original parquet hardwood floors throughout the upstairs; the original thin dark wood paneling in the living room, plant box and room divider at the entry, and original flagcrete fireplace; the original metal cabinets, ironing board cabinet and mirrored make-up cabinet in the kitchen, along with the original yellow tiles with chrome accents’ and the original pink tile with chrome accents, pink toilet, pink tub and separate pink shower in the bathroom (the original sink is no longer there, but we’re looking).
We’ve decorated in a mixture of mid-century and other modern styles, with some tiki elements as well.
Hey neighbor! I love looking at the Little Boxes from the freeway – I’m in Sunnyvale
My little modest ranch was built in 1958 to be a rental…and was a rental for 48 years until I purchased it in 2006. As for style…well, it’s a big mix of whatever strikes my fancy…funky French Provencal sofa…Duncan Phyfe dining set, the original kitchen is pretty much in tact, and it’s probably best described as Colonial…can’t wait until I get my Tappan Deluxe stove repaired and installed…throw in a few pieces of more modern styled mid century furniture and some Heywood Wakefield…like I said, just a big mix of things that I like!
Our new (old) home is a 1962 ramblin’ ranch. We decorate eclectically, but in this home, we are gradually steering towards a clean yet funky mid-60s aesthetic. We’re loving the original Frigidaire Flair, the flagstone fireplace and planter, and of course our pink, blue, and beige bathrooms!
We love our 1.5 story Cape Cod built in 1949. It is perfect for us (wood paneling and all!).
My house was built in the Spring of 1943, It was part of 2 bigger Montgomery Ward houses that were split into 3 little cabins. The main part of the house was built in 1943, with a later addition in 1956. Iv decorated it to the styles of both periods, “progressive collective” I guess you could call it. None of the applinaces match, but you can just feel how each one was lovingly picked out.
We live in a beautiful raised ranch that was built in 1964. It has nice mid-century details such as the hanging pendant lights in the entry (both inside and out) and the roman brick fireplace. I call it my “Brady Bunch” house! The main bathroom has its original “boomerang” pink formica. Our biggest challenge right now is to find a moderately priced, but appropriate bannister for the front stairwell. We took out the wrought iron and haven’t found a replacement, yet. Any suggestions?
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My house was built in 1957. 3 Bedroom ranch with a full pink bathroom and a 1/2 blue bathroom. I bought it 7 years ago from the original owner – whose father was a master carpenter. Every bedroom has a lined cedar closet. One of my favorite things about the house is the stairs into the attic. They are hidden in the closet by the front door. You have to remove the coat bar (and coats) to get to the door. Also, there’s a sunroom that I’m tranforming into the tiki room.
Our house was built in 1950. We bought it two years ago at auction after the original owner/builder passed away. Everyone says “when are you going to get new kitchen cabinets?” I put on my horrified face and say “I LOVE my 1957 St. Charles blue kitchen!”
Our house was built in 1951 and is a red brick ranch. We’ve decorated the entire inside in mid cent modern on our shoestring budget. We LOVE IT!!!
What a lovely idea!
My husband and I just purchased our first home (a wideline high ranch) and this would be perfect to display in our living room! This would be a gift to my Husband for his Birthday as well <3
1948. A cottage influenced by some “Cliff May” ideas, though I don’t think an actual design from his company. We’re repairing it, mostly, at this stage. And we’re demolishing some poorly built or utterly worn-out later additions and changes. The interior will have 1930s and 1940s items in it–what might have been originally installed and what might have been brought in on moving day.
Our Cape Cod was built in 1955. It still has the original Youngstown Kitchen cabinets, which we love.