I spent not one — but two — days this weekend at a fabulous estate sale in Adams, Mass. I’m really busy with work right now, so don’t have a lot of time to post, but I wanted to start getting photos from the house (and my finds) online. This is a 1952 Geneva kitchen. It was the second, upstairs kitchen in the house. As far as I could tell, it was virtually unused – absolutely pristine.
This is a shot from the dining room, looking through the butler’s pantry toward the downstairs kitchen. You can see Geneva’s also in the butler’s pantry. But the downstairs kitchen was renovated in the 70s, so there were melamine cabinets there…plain white, nothing eye-popping. However, look at this fabulous vinyl-tile floor. Seriously wonderful.
Gold metallic-Asian inspired 70s wallpaper in the (Victorian) dining room. You know I love this paper. Beyond words.
The downstairs master bathroom / dressing room was expansive — a dream bathroom. . Notice the tiled-in nooks just above the vanity top – a very nice feature. That’s a big mirror looking at the closet opposite. The sinks are avocado. The floors are a small multicolored mosaic of white, avocado and harvest gold tiles. This bathroom was incredible.
On the walls were 4×4 harvest gold American Olean tiles, each designed to look like three smaller, longer, rectangular tiles (see image below, as well). Interestingly, I have about 5 big boxes of this very same tile that I picked up at the Re-Store last year. There were Hall-Mack Towelscopes on both ends of the vanity. Just beyond the door on the right is the separate toilet — that’s a Danish Modern light fixture on the wall, I have some close ups coming. Oh, and to the left of the Towelscope … look up… and you can see the can lights kind of sticking out of the ceiling about an inch… satin chrome or maybe brushed aluminum finish. It was a wonderful detail. Oh yeah – wallpapered ceiling. If you have a house built after, say, 1965, I’d say you must think seriously about wallpapering your ceilings.
Oh — a gorgeous vintage Frigidaire in the upstairs kitchen.
It is going to take me like, five days, to get through all the photos from this house. And then I will start on WHAT I BOUGHT. I was so enthralled, I spent 3 hours at the house on Saturday, then I drove back on Sunday to go through it again. The house was an inspiration.
Cindy says
Wow, we are all agreed, that kitchen is fantastic! My first thought was that I’d splash in some wonderful color.
I have a really silly question for Pam and others: where do you see notices of these estate sales? Are they posted in the newspaper, or do you find out via an auction site? I never know when/where to see finds like this!
Christine says
Where do you find these estate sales! I also live in Mass. and would have definitely drove the 2 hours to Adams to see this house!
Virginia says
Do the stripes on the kitchen floor actually line up with the reverse stripes in the adjacent room? It looks like it in the top picture, and if that is so this is my favorite kitchen of all time. Attention to the details slays me!
pam kueber says
Yes, Virginia, the floor reverses. I’ll aim for more photos tomorrow.
Mod Betty / Retro Roadmap says
I’m having heard palpitations just looking at this! Those floors, those cabinets! Thanks for documenting this- hope who ever gets the house loves it like we all do!
Rachelh says
Wow! The upstairs kitchen is so amazing, from the dynamic flooring pattern, to that great rounded cabinet. It looks like something out of a 1950’s design magazine. I dearly hope that the next owners appreciate it for what it is! It would be a travesty to tear it out.
Leah@storybookranch says
whoa..that does look/feel like a time capsule. I would have walked through the entire home in mouth-gaping awe. Thanks so much for sharing! Can’t wait to see what you bought..
loumeigs says
I’m breathless!
Gretchen S says
Wow, everything is top shelf! A home obviously loved. How cool is that?
denise says
Wow! what a find, I would have spent a couple days there, too. How nicely kept! Can’t wait to see what I am sure are fabulous finds!
Jeanne says
What a find! I love the floors. My basement has that stripey-thing going on in it, too. That seems like a lot of extra work for the installers. Nice touch! And that FRIDGE looks like NEW!!