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.
Paige says
Rather than live with the foil on a daily basis, I would love to spend weekends here (or come for weekend parties and drink Manhattans). The safari foil is my favorite!
Seldom says
I wouldn’t want to live there, but I would want my best friend to live there so I could visit it often. It is a masterpiece!
Noir says
I’m not a fan of most foil wallpaper, but even I sort of like the blue. Not sure I could live in this house though.
Jordanna says
Thank you Pam! Sorry, the search wasn’t working! I remembered glorious articles on vintage paper (that I’d be afraid of ruining) but not the modern retro-style ones.
Thanks forever, off shopping. oxoxo.
Jordanna says
I’ve replied in the wrong thread, that went in Endangered things re: wallpaper.
I love this house, btw. It does sort of connect, I need wallpaper!
Wendy Oborne says
Oh dear God, No! But – I LOVE your enthusiasm!
hourglass susie says
Wowee. The house I grew up in had the most beautiful grey and pink floral foil wallpaper. It was such a contrast to the rest of the house which was typical late 60s red, orange and gold. Wish I had pics. I never thought the style would be cool again and my parents sold it a few years ago.
Janet says
I too am overwhelmed by the wallpaper and know I couldn’t live with it – too busy for me! Hey, most of us WERE there in the sixties and seventies. I can attest that the foils were around in 1967. I tagged a ride home from school with a high school acquaintance so this was before I got my license in late 1967. She had to stop at home quick and I was appalled, even at that age, to see that her mother was having a black and white zebra print foil put up in the KITCHEN of her turn of the century Victorian. I didn’t like it then and I don’t like it now. Hope this posts – I tried several times yesterday and it wouldn’t show up. Pam, does the site go off on maintenance in the AM?
pam kueber says
Janet, yesterday morning there was a plugin conflict. Now fixed. In general comments should always be working so if you get blocked let me know and I can jump on it. Like you did yesterday! thanks!
Susan Rissover says
When we bought our 1958 ranch in 1991, the powder room had blue and silver foil paper with balding men taking bubble baths all over it. Of course, I took it down immediately. Now, I’m so glad at least I took a picture of it. It just makes me laugh to think of it 🙂
pam kueber says
Balding men taking bubble baths! I wanna see that pic! Can you send to me? retrorenovation [at] gmail [dot] com 🙂
Susan Rissover says
Done! You won’t believe it!
pam kueber says
🙂
hannah says
Do we get to see the picture, too? 🙂
Stacey says
Wow. Wow. Oh wow. A tad too energetic for me, so not my cuppa. Except that blue bathroom – that is beautiful! That shade of blue in the fixtures and the wallpaper is the best!
gsciencechick says
Whoa, that’s a lot of wallpaper! I know my mother put foil wallpaper in our house in the 70’s. Although I like it, I would not want a whole house full.