Tag Archives: mid-century
open house!
The time-capsule apartments are 99% finished and ready for the open house wine & cheese…. 9/8/10 at 6pm. Sale listing seen here. (disclaimer: I didn’t select the furnishing for ‘staging’ the apartments for sale – I do like the mod … Continue reading
Filed under Mid-Century Remodel
mid-century remodel….construction
STEEL! Here are a couple of beams ready to be installed in the ceiling/roof of the mid-century house, so we can remove most of the walls in the living areas. (quick reminder: this project consists of [2] buildings on a … Continue reading
Filed under Mid-Century Remodel
1950s mid-century: demo
Permits in hand, lot-split done, demolition has begun on the “1950s time capsule” as posted back in August. Kitchens, bathrooms, carpeting (ew), doors, windows, rotten framing, etc, all being torn out. Being a fan of most things mid-century, it’s been … Continue reading
Filed under 1950s Time Capsule
1950s bathroom and fireplace progress
Moving along! The glass tile in the shower is a 3×12 pale green we are orienting vertically. A shampoo niche is carved in to the wall opposite the showerhead, to be lined with rectangular glass mosaic tile in a blue/green/brown … Continue reading
Filed under 1950s Bathroom
1950s bathroom – and fireplace
We are also tackling the fireplace which the owners want to revamp. The white painted brick, the brass and glass doors (yikes), and the overall height don’t go with the low-slung mid-century feel of their living room. We’ve removed the … Continue reading
Filed under 1950s Bathroom
mid-century san francisco time capsule
1959 was a good year. A good year for the color turquoise, apparently. Here is a 1959 4-unit apartment building up behind a single family house on a lot in San Francisco that have both sat virtually empty for over … Continue reading
Filed under 1950s Time Capsule
