Yes, some fab updating! But lots of circa-1940 original, too.
Oh my glorious time capsule. An absolute charmer of a house: a 1938 Romantic Revival Tudor… in Portland, Oregon… a Hansel and Gretel time capsule house… for sale… from the first owner… who moved in 1939 or 1940. That’s, like, when we first met Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. Yes, a house holding the memories of just one family for more than 70 years. And, as we often see with these time capsule houses — this one is in impeccable-looking shape. The floors are gorgeous. The woodwork, plaster, fireplaces, lighting, bathroom — all preserved. 
Yes, there was some redecorating in the late 1960s or early 1970s, and maybe those kitchen cabinets aren’t original, but oh my, flower power wallpaper included, this is a sweetheart of a house. Over-the-rainbow super thanks to listing agent Thomas Cale of John L. Scott Real Estate, and to photographer Seth at 360PDX.com for sending me these photos and giving me permission to show and archive photos of this beautiful house here. Photos? There are 15 more, so start scrolling!
According to agent Thomas Cale, it seems that construction on this house started in 1938, but the house was not likely finished for a year or two. That puts just one family in the house for at least 72 years. Wow!
Above: Art tile piece at the top of the fireplace. Here’s the story Thomas got from another agent: Back in the day, each mason doing fireplaces like these had his own “signature tile” to crown his work. This peacock (?) would have been used solely by one craftsman, and the other craftsmen would have respected his exclusive use of it. This looks to me like classic art tile. Bungalow Bill, what do you think of this claim? And what about this tile?
Prompt a.m. update: Bungalow Bill (a faithful reader! Thank you, Bill!) immediately responded with info on this tile:
The tile was made by the Batchelder Tile Co of Los Angeles (1909-1932). A single tile could have been purchased or an entire pre-planned surround, which I suspect this was. I don’t know about a signature tile for a tile setter, I suppose that may be more likely in more grand installations.
The house reads more 1920?s to me. The niches in the rooms, with the exception of above the fireplace, could have been used for a telephone.
I dig that mint green band of tiles against the pink in the tub.
Here’s another story Thomas conveyed: The nook above the fireplace, and another similar nook in the hallway between the upstairs bedrooms, were installed specifically to hold religious figurines. Prayers would be said to them.
According to the listing, the house includes three bedrooms, one bathroom (yes: pink), hardwood floors, a finished basement with fireplace, wet bar, and utility room. As you will also see in the photos, there are some seriously scrumptious architectural details — coved tray ceilings (am I use the correct term?), arts and crafts fireplace, original lighting, and even a lovely original rug. The listing says the home is “just blocks to Portland’s Alberta Art district and only minutes to downtown.” The house just came on the market this week, the listing price is $365,000.
Thomas believes that the wall cabinet doors — the ones with the leaded glass — are original to the house. Or the doors are. But he believes the original cabinets were replaced with these, in the 1970s or so.
Am I crazy in love with this kitchen nook, with the wild flooring reaching up to the wild wallpaper, with gold valances batting their eyelashes?? You bet I am. Thomas said that 20 people came through the house the first day it was on the market (Tuesday). He said about half of them liked — or even loved — the wallpaper. He was surprised. I told him: Don’t be, vintage wallpaper is “in”!
Of course there is a pink bathroom. Would there ever be a doubt. Remember: There were pink bathrooms before Mamie Eisenhower. Just not as many as after, because there was not much home construction during the Depression years. Thomas says that when this house was built, it was all farmland across the street.
Here’s the time capsule basement. Look at the wallpaper! The floor! The knotty pine wet bar! Reports from the family are: There were some great parties held in this room.
Look at the width of those knotty pine panels. Oh, Thomas, remember how I told you about my other website, SaveThePinkBathrooms.com? I forgot to tell you about my other other website, KnottyIsNice.com. This house has multiple selling points, here in the Retro Renovation Nation.
The other side of the basement. Dig the old sink. Thomas says it’s made of concrete. Yum.
I think Thomas told me that in the upstairs bedrooms, there had been shag carpet. When they pulled it up, this is what was underneath. This floor has not been refinished. It was pristine. I also like that door, and I’d love to see a close up of the doorknob and escutcheon.
Thomas says all the wallpaper in the house is just a single layer. It’s old. These folks did not see a need to change it. Most all the lighting in the house is original, too. )I am not so sure about the lights in the kitchen prep area….)
Above: If I’m understanding Thomas correctly, there is another floor tucked way up top. This rug is original. FANTASTIC!
I would love to see photos of this house with its original roofing. I bet it was all Hansel and Gretel cedar shingles. Thomas has dubbed the house “Tudor” and I think that’s fundamentally right, but I’d also put it into the American Romantic Revival tradition. I didn’t go pull out my field guide, but it was during the 1930s that we saw these sentimental housing styles recreated in homes built across America. What a heartwarming house. We are all keeping our fingers crossed, Thomas, that the new owners love it as much as we do — without making too many changes. This story made me so happy. xoxo, Thomas and Seth!
Link love:
- See the listing for this lovely time capsule house here.
- Many thanks to listing agent Thomas Cale of John L. Scott Real Estate for permission to feature these photos from his listing and for all the great info.
- Thanks to Seth at 360pdx.com, for the photos and permission.
- Alystar, big thanks to you, too, cuz you had this on your facebook.
P.S. Portland sure has some beauties. Remember this 1948 Streamline Moderne time capsule stunner we saw last year?
P.S.S. I was up really late writing this. I will fix typos in the morning.
All material as published in this story is copyright RetroRenovation.com 2012.
What a gem! I absolutely love it but for one thing; that upper cabinet doesn’t match the tapered lower one across from the stove. Maybe they were short people but I would guess the average person would whack a shoulder or head on that corner all the time. Funny they didn’t match it to the lower cabinet to prevent that but maybe they weren’t custom made and that upper piece wasn’t available back then. The flower wallpaper is pretty stunning and although I am pretty conservative when it comes to wallpaper, I would find myself struggling with the question of keeping it or replacing it. Amazing how the owners kept it up so beautifully, even the bathroom! It is my dream house!
The tile was made by the Batchelder Tile Co of Los Angeles (1909-1932). A single tile could have been purchased or an entire pre-planned surround, which I suspect this was. I don’t know about a signature tile for a tile setter, I suppose that may be more likely in more grand installations.
The house reads more 1920′s to me. The niches in the rooms, with the exception of above the fireplace, could have been used for a telephone.
I dig that mint green band of tiles against the pink in the tub.
I knew you would know! THANK YOU, Bungalow Bill!
I’m going to ask if they have a close up of the fireplace…
Yes, that is definitely Batchelder tile. It if very popular in older homes here in Pasadena.
Bungalow Bill,
I live in a similar house with a fireplace that has this tile surround without the beautiful art tile at the top. I as just wondering if you knew how I could polish the tile. In the last few years that have become chalky and dull looking. They look dried out.
Any suggestions?
Lola82 — this morning I was able to access an archival digitized copy of an old Batchelder Catalog, because I now realize all my tile and fireplace, mantle, stairs, are Batchelder (Thanks BungalowBill!). The catalog had text on cleaning and oiling their tile. I can’t cut and paste from the PNG copy I made of this info so I will give you the condensed version here:
“CLEANING: To remove mortar after tile is set use muriatic acid, 1 part acid to 6 cups or more water. Results are better when applied with a rag. Then rinse thoroughly with clear water to remove excess acid.
OILING: When work is dry apply RAW linseed oil to the entire surface immediately rubbing dry with “cotton waste” (ed. whatever that is…). NEVER use boiled oil or any gummy preparation. Then it says “Keep figure tiles free from oil and dirt.” (Does that mean don’t oil those???)
FINISHING: The application of a coat of ordinary uncolored floorwax thinned with turpentine is desireable but not necessary. The wax should be applied and rubbed dry immediately with cotton waste. Do not polish.
Lola, I hope this will give you some guidance straight from the horse’s mouth!
Diane you are awesome. I’ve been looking at these tiles getting chalkier and chalkier for years and wondered what I could do about it. I tried a little lemon oil on a corner once but it just soaked in and didn’t make a difference. I’m going to follow these instructions, the floor wax makes sense too. Thank you so much
Wow! It looks small on the outside, but the rooms look huge; and beautiful wood floors when shown. The basement diamond door reminds me of an old style elevator door. The dryer with the small window looks to be a Hamilton Beach; my folks had one, but that was 50 + years ago. Really dig the red black tile & yes, the knotty pine. Looks to be a telephone niche between the kitchen dining area and the ? formal dining area. Would be fun to look through the owners photo albums and see room backgrounds from all those years!
Very nice, and just think of all the money they saved in 70 years of not remodeling!
Oh wow! What a great place!
One note: regarding the niche above the fireplace — I have a catalog from about 1934. It is maybe for Pittsburgh Glass or something. But it is advertising its products in the guise of a decorating guide/magazine. There is a small feature on the niche as a wonderful showcase for “objets d’art.”
I come from a long line of Catholics, so I can certainly see the BVM (Blessed Virgin Mary)
up in that niche over the fireplace. If the house was built specifically for a Catholic family, I could believe that the niche was for religious statuary.
But I do know that those little features were also done just to be beautiful. I really wish I had a couple in my house! I definitely want a phone niche!!!!!
Thanks for this article — loved it! LOVE the time-capsule houses!
The niche above the fireplace is most likely for a mantel clock. We have the same fire place and the mantel clock fits perfectly in the niche.
What a great house! Unfortunately, only about 2% of the people will actually appreciate it! I’m sure it will hear that it needs “some serious updating” and “granite here and stainless there”. Ugh……makes me sad to think! I pray that whoever buys it will leave it alone. It’s just awesome!!
Yes, Mimi, we sure hope it finds a sympathetic owner. It’s in Portland, Oregon — a great preservationist city. I know I wrote a lot so maybe you didn’t see it, but real estate agent Thomas Cale said that on the first day the house was on the market, about 20 folks came through at and at least 1/2 of them liked or loved the wallpaper. That’s a great sign!!!!
I was wondering about the ceiling in the second to last photo (the one with the original carpet) – what era is that style from? What is that style called? We have a simliar ceiling in the house we just purchased – upstairs, in the living room and above a drop ceiling in the kitchen.
I don’t the name of the architectural style, but I have seen it in homes with Dutch and German influence.
With respect to this house, and FWIW, my understanding is that in the depression builders included an unfinished attic space so that when the owners had the money they could expand the home. This is why you will sometimes see a home with a “one and a half story.” Given how large this home is, however, the attic may have been built out from the beginning.
Lastly, I don’t have a great view from the pictures, but I think maybe the kitchen cabinets are original and were de-painted and stained. You might be able to tell from the grain. If it is tight-grained, it is likely old growth wood (aka “a keeper”). I think only the counter tops were re-done.
Thanks, AS. I very much agree that these homes — and this includes well into the 50s maybe even the 60s — often had unfinished attics and basements that could be finished later by the owners, when they had more money or when they needed the space.
Love it. Thanks for posting.
What a charmer. When I first saw the exterior pic I would have bet $100 that was in Denver; we have dozens of home that look just like that, sidewalk and everything! And in my neighborhood, too.
My home is a two story version, built 1935, and I have the original spec book from the builder. We call them English Revival, not Tudor which I reserve for homes with the half-timbering on the exterior. My kids in Portland, I have noticed, use the term “tudor” for homes I would never call tudor! Perhaps there are regional differences of opinion….
We have so many of the same features of the Portland house including the art tile and those arched NICHES! I REALLY don’t think they were for “religious objects” – I have never ever heard that before. We have one on the tile stairway that has an old iron and glass light wired into it! We didn’t care for the out-of-scale niche over our fireplace and we have it covered with a large framed painting. There’s a really deep niche in our front hall – all have clay tile “sills” as do our windows.
The linoleum in the basement of the Portland house is wonderful!
My house has a lot of similarities to the Portland one as well, and it’s bugged me for some time now that I wasn’t sure what kind of house it was. I really didn’t think it was a Tudor, now I know it’s probably an English Revival. Thanks Diane!
It’s just wonderful! I love that there is so much color, pattern and texture. I hope the backlash from the current “greige nation” will be lots and lots of color!
This is the neighborhood my grandparents lived for about 20 years (from the early ’40 to the late ’50′s) so the pictures of this house look much like the pictures from theirs.
Man that kitchen is… busy. Either the wallpaper or the vinyl flooring would have to go. The two together would just make my head hurt.
Hey, that kitchen is pretty over the top fabulous 70s. This reminds me, before we get any strong reactions from folks whose eyeballs just can’t take it (which we understand may happen cuz color affects us all differently): Reminder, everybody: Be nice, and kind hearted in the way you say you don’t like something. The people who put this kitchen in surely loved it.
Tip: Asking myself the following question has become my litmus test when I am smart enough to think (and I still slip, I assure you!) before I comment about someone’s choices — and especially if they have not asked for my opinion.–>
“Would you say this to their face, if you had just met them, and they invited you, proudly and all friendly-like, into their house for the first time for a house tour?”
I agree that the kitchen was probably re-decorated in the late 1970′s. I had similar colors in my kitchen when I married in 1979. The colors could lift my mood instantly no matter what else was happening in my life and I had the same feeling when I saw the picture.
I love the house and love seeing how the owners made some decorating changes, but preserved the great features of the house. Too bad I live in Southern California or I would be seriously tempted by this house!
Hi Pam,
Thanks again for another fantastic story. It’s this type of thing that keeps me coming to your site every day. When I look at these pictures they just make me happy. I’d loved to have known the people who so lovingly cared for their charming, colourful home.
Regarding the niches – my house (built in 1940) has them. One looks to be purely decorative, but the other one was for a phone. My neighbor’s house has a big long one in their front entryway that houses their doorbell (it has the long pipes hanging from it).
Very lovely house!
I LOVE the kitchen! The oranges/yellows – and the floor is my FAV color – kind of a olive-y, lime-y/yellow! If I were to have breakfast in that nook, I’d feel I was wrapped in retro! What a way to start the day:)
The tile band around the tub – it looks to be a muddled grey/black? Maybe just my monitor – but whatever it is, it’s gorgeous – and the pedestal sink looks to be original and so CLEAN! Thanks for the morning eye-candy!!!
That kitchen nook makes me deliriously happy. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more cheerful room in my life.
LOVE the fact that this house was obviously loved and taken care of. That blue and white bedroom is gorgeous, and I adore that pink bathroom!!
Oh, my! What a great house! The 20′s through 40′s are my favorite time frames for just about anything, so this just fits the bill. I’d feel pretty compelled to backdate the kitchen and nook to it’s original time frame (don’t shoot me!). LOVE that knotty pine basement, and if I could find the attic rug today, it would be in my living room! That is exquisite!
TTT — Triple T — T cubed
You and I are soul sisters when it comes to favorite time period.
Pretty much anything from that era I would eat up with a spoon. And lick the bowl clean!
T Cubed, that’s pretty funny!……yes, we could be soul sisters for sure! The bulk of everything in my house is from the 20′s-40′s, with the exception of a few items pre 20′s and a few post 40′s. The only thing I am missing is the authentic depression era house to go with all of it.
Ditto to most of what you said….the concrete slop sink in the basement also makes me think 20s might be right. My folks own a 1920s house in the Chicago area and have one of those double basin concrete sinks in their basement too.
My childhood home in Oregon was built right after WWII. It had a double concrete utility tub in the basement, just like this. It was not soapstone. Oh, to have it now!
One other side note….I think the attic room was finished possibly at a later date (mid to late 40′s) based on the carpet and wonderful birch paneling. Birch wasn’t really all that “in” until the popularity of travel trailers began – most of the 40′s through 50′s/60′s travel trailers had that wonderful glowing birch interior. It would seem that it may have come into vogue inside of homes as well.
WOW! what a fantastic little home in a fabulous neighborhood! Wish I was still in Portland, would love to pop over and check this one out! Thanks for posting, I have enjoyed this one
Oh, and this style of home we always called “Story Book” – as in fairy tails –
Here is a great book on these fun little 1920′s homes:
http://www.amazon.com/Storybook-Style-Americas-Whimsical-Twenties/dp/0670893854
Beautiful house. So many wonderful features. At first I had a bad reaction to the kitchen nook, but then I thought if you put the table and chairs in there and had a happy family eating pancakes and drinking coffee in there…it’s just perfect! Most houses aren’t museums, they’re places to live, lounge and love in.
Oh my, oh my, oh my!! I LOVE this style house and that neighborhood in Portland is truly fabulous. Someone told me our 1939 house could be called a Modern English Cottage … many similar features, but really, not nearly as delicious (though I do so love love love our home). From what I can tell, we have very similar doorknobs and escutcheons. Ours are this funky cross between art deco (the shape) and old world revival (hammered metal popular in these homes). We love them!
But really … my heart stopped at the bathroom. How I adore those arches around bathtubs!!! And pink to boot.
My parents installed the same or similar flooring in the kitchen during a 70s re-do. The new wallpaper that time around had kitchen tools on it, if I remember correctly.
Early in our marriage, my husband and I lived in a 30s fourplex. We had four rooms, but the place lived big, like I think this house would. Each living room in our building had a niche near the front door. Ours was wired for a phone, but I used ithe niche for floral arrangements.
I agree, that linoleum in the basement is wonderful. Looks like a great place for a party!
Hi Pam,
Thanks for the kudos! I’m so glad you took this and ran with it, it is indeed special! I actually saw it linked on another friend’s FB page and thought – wow, that looks familiar!!
Now if I can just find a client to buy it, I’d be in heaven! Those would be the best two hours spent in inspection EVER: Kitschy House Exploring!
Alystar
Alyssa Starelli, Broker
Living Room Realtors
Portland, OR.
Love it! The kitchen nook has too much pattern for my tastes, but the rest is so lovely! I love the vanity and window frames in the bathroom!
We have quite a few time capsule houses in and around Portland (including Rummer homes). You’d be amazed.
This house is adorable from the outside. I’m afraid that nook would make me dizzy if I had to stand in it for too long. lol
Stunningly Beautiful and Romantic Home! History at it’s best. Just as everyone else, I’m hoping the new owners will not change or renovate this Beautiful classic home too much. Please live with the home the way that it is…..study it, listen to it and let it be what it was made to be. Please preserve history. I Love it!
I would LOVE to have a party in that basement! Everyone would have to come dressed in period appropriate clothes, and I’d serve the fashionable cocktails and appetizers from the time and play good old 40′s -50′s music. If only…..
I thought the same thing when I saw the photos of the rec room. Fill it up with appropriate vintage furniture and accessories, then throw a theme party. Rye would be the drink of choice.
I love it! From that great attic room all the way down the rumpus room in the basement.
I agree with Lynn; I want to have a Christmas cocktail party down there complete with an aluminum tree
That attic room – I’m curious about what the material on the ceiling is. We might assume it is drywall, but if it’s older it could be a type of fiberboard.
I ADORE the exterior. Just flat out have always loved Storybook-style (the cutesier end of Tudor) homes.
Interior-ally speaking, the wood floors are amazing. The leaded glass cabinets HAVE to stay, and I am not even a pink person but I love the bathroom.
The kitchen/breakfast room, I love the colour scheme. I am a little torn on whether to go more Tudor/storybook/”1920s-sugar-adorable” (<–not a real decorating term) in there, but I think in either case I would have to keep yellow in there. It would not feel honest to take the sunshine out of that kitchen.
I like the neutral-colour-damask of the upstairs bedroom, the one that looks like white-on-bone or slightly beige on my monitor? Very in keeping with modern tastes, more could be found to spread that look around, maybe downstairs too.
Just a wonderful house.
I get why the maintenance wouldn't appeal to an older home owner, but I'd love to put in a more floral foundation planting, maybe with some roses. Or at least more whimsically shaped shrubs, a couple spiral topiaries maybe, bring out the fairytale feel, and a window box of geraniums under the arched front window.
I love this house.
Hey, “1920s-sugar-adorable” (or, 1930s-sugar-adorable) sounds like a great decorating term to me! I hereby anoint it thus!
I think I’ve found the blueprints for this house, in my 1927 Home Builders Catalogue Co. of Chicago. It’s called the Coghlan -
it matches pretty much with the exception of the window frames.
If I could figure out how to scan & upload this, I certainly would! I’ll have to work on that for you all.
cool! hey: take digital photos of the blueprints – same as a scan! thank you!!!!!
Pam – I’m going to send some scanned pics to you. Stay tuned.
Hello Nina,
I am very interested in the scanned or digital pix of the model that you believe this house is patterned after. I have tried to find it online to no avail. We plan to renovate a kitchen in a home of this era.
Thank you,
Debra
This house reminds me of some of the Storybook homes built in LA in the 1920s.
Wow, gotta say too bad about the 70′s “improvements” but we are all guilty of that before your not-so-old house becomes retro.
Thanks to Bill for the background. I’m a former tile setter and I love to hear the old timers tell it like it was. My 1949 cement basement floor was signed by the concrete guy that was active in the area at the time. Had an old timey home inspector told me it was a good thing to see his initials in my basement. Bought the home and haven’t looked back! Love the pride in craftsmanship, it might not be in style for a while, but if you wait it out, it will be recognized! Long live the pink bathrooms!
Very cool find!
We just bought a house in Grand Rapids MI that was owned by the same family for 59 years. It hadn’t been touched a hair. We ripped up old yucky red carpet two hours after closing and hardwood was underneath. The sad part is in the upstairs, the son had the bedroom floors refinished and they are all light wood colored now when the rest of the house is a much darker stain including the hallway outside of the bedrooms.
It was wallpaper in every room which I adore, but had to remove some of it. The sunroom was a similar bright wallpaper to this kitchen and my MIL adored it. I say it because it was not my favorite and in my defense I love original rooms, but I wish the homes came with all the furnishings instead of being sold off in estate sales that I then frequent to find items perfect for my home. 
I kept strips of every type of wallpaper and plan to put them in frames along with the original blueprints of our 1929 home.
We only have one small pink bathroom that is off the kitchen and in rougher shape. I adore our black and white upstairs bath though. Soo perfect. This pink bathroom is amazing!
I would love to send in pics and get feedback. I love keeping things vintage, but also feel a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of decorating such an older home since I am new to the process. I want to respect the integrity of the home, but still make it my own. I promise no boring beige!!!
I don’t know about the roof having been changed. We have lots of these storybook houses in Portland with similar asphalt roofs. I always think of them as Hobbit roofs. In fact “Grimm” used a house in the woods (creepy) similar to this one on their first episode giving it a Black Forest feel that’s in keeping with the Little Red Riding Hood flavor of the show.
puddletowncheryl, yes, I agree – i think the asphalt is an original design with the Storybook houses – and i so LOVE the show ‘Grimm’!
Did you notice it still has an antenna on the roof. Not many left in the city.
It is very nice, but didn’t they do in the 70′s what people are doing now….Updating…It is not a true timecapsule, at least not from the 30′s. It just isn’t a Tudor anymore. That being said I do love the VCT tile floors.
Yes, you are right! But I’d still say it’s a time capsule with treasures circa-1940 and then more time capsule additions circa-1970!
Such a beautiful house… save for that kitchen. If I had that house there would be a pre-war frenzy of restoration going on in that kitchen. There is something about 1930′s and 1940′s slightly art deco tile kitchens that leave me swooning. The rest of the place made me wishing I lived in the area and could buy it.
I love this place. Especially the checkerboard floor tiles. The sink in the basement that they said was concrete I’m guessing is maybe actually soapstone. We used to live in a an old house with one just like that in the basement laundry area. When they are dirty they look and feel like concrete, but a circular sander will get the grime off, a light coat of oil to seal the soapstone and these sinks are gorgeous.
This one is off-the-charts charming!
So much to love:
-the facade
-the roofline
-the fireplace
-the kitchen floor
-the bathroom with built in vanity
-EVERYTHING about the basement
-and on and on and on…
Just by looking at it, you can tell it was a happy house. Hope it finds some great new owners who’ll take care of its cool features.
I’m going to Portland for a work conference soon. Will have to make time to wander a bit in these old historic areas.
OH MY OH MY. I cannot even believe how amazing this house is. Can you please tell the realtor to give your website name to the new owners so we can see what they do with this beauty?
I totally love that you punctuate the concrete slop sink with “Yum.”
Going to shamelessly date myself here: I was reading The Old House Journal when it was a six page, no color *newsletter*, back when some of us boomers were tackling dilapidated urban Second Empires, and doing it mostly wrong. Anyway, as said periodical grew more sophisticated and took on more cultural/critical heft, it began calling houses like this (if memory serves) an English Cottage, and saved the Tudor Revival designation for the gorgeous monsters of the 1900s-30s that actually attempted to mimic the Country manor houses of the Tudor Era English gentry. Perhaps this darling charmer would fit into the “Cottage” category. Gets my vote anyway!
I love Storybook style and have the book on it that Aleta mentioned earlier. This is a great little Storybook house. I especially like the original light fixtures. If this were mine, I would rip all the 70s kitchen “improvements” out lickety-split and take it back to the 1930s. I think that is the decade where the roots are.
Hi Pam,
Great talking to you yesterday. Thanks in advance for your efforts to get us the plans for our new time capsule home. Your site got us so excited about our ‘knotty grotto.’ Thank you so much!
Debra and John Bennett
I like your review on this home,hope to hear more.
wow, in love with this house – okay, honestly the first part of the basement made me scream (and not in a good way) – but that was one of the most lovely pink bathrooms I have ever seen!