I bumble bumble don’t even know how to start. The bedrooms and bathrooms in this 1960 Houston time capsule house — are just blowing my mind. All the glorious, mirrored vintage wallpaper — covering the walls, covering the ceilings… accented with glamorous lighting, raised platform beds, smoked plexiglass screens, yadda yadda yadda sing: We got the funk, we gotta have that funk…”. Thanks to reader JamieAbe for tipping us off to this beautiful home — gold star! And thanks to real estate agent Linda Scarborough for permission to feature these photos — I am showing 9 11 fabulous photos in all, prepare your eyeballs –>
Above: You know I adore the wallpaper, along with the overall layout of the room — amazing. I am thinking those are vinyl parquet floor tiles, though. Not so much likey if they are vinyl, but if I bought this house and they were in fabulous shape, I would probably keep them. I certainly like the look. Much of the parquet flooring in old houses was real, 3/4″ thick wood, cut special to make a parquet design. I have it my dining room. At the time, it was more expensive than tongue-in-groove oak laid the regular way.
House details: 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2928 s.f., on the market for $450,000. Right now the listing says “option pending”.
Fantastic colors. Love the green. You know, there is a lot of vintage carpet h*** bombs being thrown around these days, I think. If it’s in great shape, I say clean it and keep it. In particular, I love carpet in a bedroom and in a family room.
It’s impossible to choose a favorite, because there seem to be new delights behind every bedroom door. This vintage foil wallpaper design is just wonderful…
Sauna alert!
I am not a huge fan of fiberglass shower inserts. But I would keep this. Super cool. Update: I super duper wooper agree with reader/commenter Patty who wants to see the faucet handles. I have just added close ups from two bathrooms, there seem to be two different designs:
Focus on the bathroom faucet handles — glass or crystal or maybe plastic, each bathroom looks to have a slightly different designYes YEs YES!
Okay, so now I’m gonna say I like this one the best. French Provincial cabinetry… meets crazy foil wallpaper… my oh my. Note: There is a Joan Rivers video from her 1960s talk show in which she talks about this foil wallpaper, calling it “the new look” or something like that. It was ALL THE RAGE. I gotta go find that episode.
Yes, there is an outside the house. And a kitchen, too. The kitchen seems lovely, but a much more sedate, newer wallpaper there. I would love to see photos from the 60s – I bet there was mod wallpaper in the kitchen, too.
This house overall: YOWZA, Fantastic in so many ways!
What do you think?
Could you live with all this foil wallpaper?
P.S. Even if your answer is “no”, please express your opinion in a nice way, let’s spread luv 🙂
(That is: I’m moderating downers, so phrase it happy-like even this ain’t your cuppa.)
Link luv:
- The listing (property now sold) — shows “pending option” right now.
- Linda Scarborough, of the Reyna Group.
hannah says
I think it’s all fabulous. Especially the ‘rumpus’ room (?). Love it all, and I’d tend to leave it alone, though some of it is not my taste (powder blue bedroom). I adore vintage foil paper and have coveted some for a spell now.
René says
I can’t even begin to imagine how much skill it would have taken to wallpaper the ceiling in the green bedroom.
JamieAbe says
I does require quite a bit of patience, and is definitely easier with two people.
Brian T says
I remember my mom putting up some foil wallpaper in the late 70s or early 80s. I don’t think the foil trend could have lasted 20 years. I’d bet this house got a thorough redecoration in the 70s and all these foil papers were put up then.
With the right furniture — I’m thinking Art Deco, old Hollywood — I could really like the green bedroom. Just think what it would be like at night with candles.
Silvercat says
Wow! That’s a little much for me, but I love that animal print and the blue bathroom.
Costumedzyner says
Holy cabooses! I want this house so badly! Yes, it’s over-the-top, but in such a wacky, fantastic way. As a visual artist, I love to be bombarded with visual stimuli. This house would definitely do that! No greige box for me. I certainly hope that the buyers treat that treasure nicely.
Terry C says
Too much of a good thing. One or two rooms would be OK, but the whole house? I’d lose my mind.
June Cahill says
I’d have to vote for early 70s – but I LUV it!!!:)
Trina Bobrowski says
I love it, I would keep it, just no flash photography please.
René says
Ha!
Lynne says
Kinda groovy, like an acid trip, man…..
Rebecca@MidcenturyModernRemodel says
For sure, utterly an acid trip. But a good one, ya know. From an “it’s art” perspective you have got to love it. It is so far beyond time capsule and heading into museum territory. Cool beyond words. Would anybody, besides Pam of course, buy this house and leave the wallpaper up? Seriously doubt it. I would love to see the looks on people’s faces when they wander in for the open house. Now those would be some fun pictures. I wish the kind real estate person would walk around with a hidden microphone.
Sherree says
Gotta agree; that house has 70’s all over it (literally).
Does not look like 1960 to me 🙂
It does kind of scare me, too.