It’s been a long journey through terrazzo floor restoration, cement floor polishing, custom cabinetry and more — and now it is time for the big reveal — the eighth and final installment of Mike and Lindsey’s Edward Durell Stone ‘House of Good Taste’ remodel. Mike sent us 12 before-and-after photos, plus a helpful list of resources. So without further delay, lets take a tour!Heck yeah there is more →
Midcentury modern doors galore inside Mike and Lindsey’s House of Good Taste
We’re in the home stretch of our series chronicling Mike and Lindsey’s Edward Durell Stone ‘House of Good Taste’ remodel. In this seventh installment, the couple tease us one last time with a few ‘project in progress’ shots as they work on the finishing touches before they move into their mid-century modern dream house. Today, let’s see how the woodwork, door installation and painting turned out.Heck yeah there is more →
Mike and Lindsey gut remodel the kitchen in their 1965 midcentury modern house
In this sixth edition of the series, Mike and Lindsey have called on the help of their friends at L&D Construction — the same guys that custom built the midcentury modern master bathroom vanity in their first home — to help them gut remodel the kitchen, including making custom walnut kitchen cabinets. Drawing inspiration from fellow Retro Renovators and a photo of an original Edward Durell Stone House of Good Taste kitchen, Mike and Lindsey are well on their way to creating the midcentury modern kitchen of their dreams.Heck yeah there is more →
Mike and Lindsey restore and refinish their terrazzo flooring — with gorgeous results!
“I am sure we are biased,
but it is the best looking terrazzo we have ever seen” — Mike
From the day they closed on their ‘House of Good Taste‘, Mike and Lindsey dreamed of restoring the home’s original terrazzo flooring. For a job of this magnitude, the couple called in the professionals — and now after much hard work — they have brought their terrazzo back to gorgeous life.Heck yeah there is more →
Mike & Lindsey choose polished concrete floors to complement their original terrazzo flooring
Mike and Lindsey have been going full steam ahead on their ‘House of Good Taste’ remodel, and today they share their secondary flooring material decision. The couple appreciates the many good suggestions readers offered and — after much deliberation — they have chosen polished concrete as the finish for all of the non-terazzo flooring in their home.Heck yeah there is more →
Mike and Lindsey’s House of Good Taste renovation — the first unexpected cost
Report #3 on their new Retro Renovation journey
While Pam and I were off enjoying ourselves at The Hukilau, Mike and Lindsey were up to their eyeballs in work, continuing the fast-paced the restoration of their Edward Durell Stone House of Good Taste. And, they experienced their first unexpected expense. In today’s installment — the third in the series — Mike and Lindsey share the tale. And, they ask for our ideas for a secondary flooring material to complement the original terrazzo floors in many other parts of this gorgeous 1964 house.Heck yeah there is more →
Is there beautiful terrazzo flooring under all the carpet in Mike & Lindsey’s “House of Good Taste”?
Report #2 on their new Retro Renovation journey
Mike and Lindsey were so eager to see whether there was beautiful original terrazzo flooring under the miles of wall-to-wall carpet in their “new” 1964 Edward Durell Stone “House of Good Taste” that after they closed, they made an immediate bee-line to pull up the carpet. Much to their delight, they uncovered a whole lot of terrazzo flooring in excellent structural condition — although there were also a few strange surprised hiding under all that cream carpet.Heck yeah there is more →
Mike and Lindsey’s Edward Durell Stone “House of Good Taste”
Their first report on their new Retro Renovation journey
Mike and Lindsey — known here as the careful caretakers of two vintage pink bathrooms — have started a new Retro Renovation adventure: The couple recently closed on their new home, a 1964 mid-century modern adapted from a famous “House of Good Taste” design by architect Edward Durell Stone for the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. The house needs some TLC, and Mike asked us if we’d like for him to document this new, labor-of-love project. Heck to the yeah, we said! Here’s his first report on this jewel of a house… some historical photos we dug up… and their epic restoration plans ahead. Heck yeah there is more →
