This 1953 time capsule house in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan includes a number of lovely classic features (pink Cinderella bathtub alert!), but what really caught our eye is how the architect repeated one architecturaly motif — the pinwheel — three times throughout the house. We love repetition of architectural elements… and we love things in threes. Thanks to Teri for this time capsule tip!
#1 (above): The exterior trellis is comprised of six pinwheels. It’s very nice, also, how the trellis is used to add architectural interest to a very long slab o’ otherwise-unadorned brick on the front facade of the house. (This appears to be a house set on a corner lot.)
#2 — The pinwheels are repeated on the front doors, creating an immediate transition from the outdoors, in.
#3 — Pinwheel-mullioned glass between the kitchen dinette and an adjacent room.
Above: We can only wonder: Why no pinwheel flooring??? Perhaps, though, enough of a good thing. Yes: A light hand is often best.
This house is currently for sale. From the listing:
- Price: $275,000
- Year built: 1953
- Square footage; 3,300
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 2 full, 2 half
…Radiant heat floor and ceiling…. 3 lots with irrigation… Square footage estimated.
Thanks to reader Teri for alerting us to this home and to realtor Robin Stressman and photographer Auric Stressman for allowing us to feature the property on Retro Renovation.
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Some more photos from the listing: Click on first image… it will enlarge and you can also read my captions… move forward or back via arrows below the photo… you can start or stop at any image: