Show us your vintage home!

[kampkatz]

There's a great picture for next year's Christmas/holiday cards!

 

[Giftmacher]

I knew there was something missing..

 

[redlinerobert]

The wife and I acquired this restaurant/wine tasting property in San Juan Bautista a few years ago. We are in process of rehabbing the property back into a wedding reception/private event/ locale. We are directly next door to the mission in San Juan Bautista. We expect to be booking events for the summer and beyond. The barrel is at the Mission entrance to the property, and the view is from the patio.

 

[1mach1]

The wife and I acquired this restaurant/wine tasting property in San Juan Bautista a few years ago. We are in process of rehabbing the property back into a wedding reception/private event/ locale. We are directly next door to the mission in San Juan Bautista. We expect to be booking events for the summer and beyond. The barrel is at the Mission entrance to the property, and the view is from the patio.

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Love it! Thats awesome!

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[redlinerobert]

Thanks! We're excited to start booking, and have had several inquiries!

 

[redlinerobert]

Had this installed today in our home - a pot filler. Hard to find a countertop version, as most are wall mounted. This one by Kohler goes with the rest of the faucets in the kitchen.

 

[Fading Fast]

Had this installed today in our home - a pot filler. Hard to find a countertop version, as most are wall mounted. This one by Kohler goes with the rest of the faucets in the kitchen.

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Enjoy your new faucet (cool rooster). Love all the brick and the arch around your fireplace.

 

[1mach1]

Had this installed today in our home - a pot filler. Hard to find a countertop version, as most are wall mounted. This one by Kohler goes with the rest of the faucets in the kitchen.

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Slick as glass!

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[vitanola]

Well, we are papering most of the house. So car have completed six of the rooms. Terry, our painter, is papering the two parlors just now. The color is a trifle fluffy for my taste, but I believe that the pattern on the walls makes the rooms a bit cozier and less sterile.

Of course the furnishings are stacked higgelty-piggely whilst the work is finished. I managed to buy out a fairly large selection of dead stock papers, some of which date back to the 1920s for a negligable figure, and so can afford this sort of work for once.

 

[3fingers]

^^^ Very nice. I am at present attempting to persuade my wife to consider papering a couple of rooms. I have access to some very nice NOS rolls of paper. She is resisting.

 

[1mach1]

Well, we are papering most of the house. So car have completed six of the rooms. Terry, our painter, is papering the two parlors just now. The color is a trifle fluffy for my taste, but I believe that the pattern on the walls makes the rooms a bit cozier and less sterile.

Of course the furnishings are stacked higgelty-piggely whilst the work is finished. I managed to buy out a fairly large selection of dead stock papers, some of which date back to the 1920s for a negligable figure, and so can afford this sort of work for once.

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That looks great V. I always thought wallpaper got a bad wrap, and maybe deservedly so after the 70s and 80s, but I grew up with it in my parents house. We plan to wallpaper a few rooms and/or walls in the near future.

 

[scotrace]

I'm packing and moving from my 1920's Craftsman to an all new place with one fewer bedroom and no basement. It's much nicer--everything works! (and will actually save money to live there)
But getting rid of stuff quickly is pretty sad. I'm selling off furniture at token prices and earmarking the rest for a church raffle donation. Time to shed all this crap.
You quickly discover the things no one else wants. All these stupid Hallmark "collectable" pedal cars. Grandmother's dishes. Knick knacks.
But I'll have functional plumbing, a working dishwasher, no more yard upkeep, etc.

 

[Fading Fast]

I'm packing and moving from my 1920's Craftsman to an all new place with one fewer bedroom and no basement. It's much nicer--everything works! (and will actually save money to live there)
But getting rid of stuff quickly is pretty sad. I'm selling off furniture at token prices and earmarking the rest for a church raffle donation. Time to shed all this crap.
You quickly discover the things no one else wants. All these stupid Hallmark "collectable" pedal cars. Grandmother's dishes. Knick knacks.
But I'll have functional plumbing, a working dishwasher, no more yard upkeep, etc.

I love Craftsman houses, but living in a 90 year old apartment building myself, I well understand the challenges of old structures. You sound happy to be moving, so I'm happy for you. Best of luck to you in your new home.

 

[EmergencyIan]

I'm packing and moving from my 1920's Craftsman to an all new place with one fewer bedroom and no basement. It's much nicer--everything works! (and will actually save money to live there)
But getting rid of stuff quickly is pretty sad. I'm selling off furniture at token prices and earmarking the rest for a church raffle donation. Time to shed all this crap.
You quickly discover the things no one else wants. All these stupid Hallmark "collectable" pedal cars. Grandmother's dishes. Knick knacks.
But I'll have functional plumbing, a working dishwasher, no more yard upkeep, etc.

As romantic of an idea it is to live in a 1920's home, particularly of that type, I can fully understand where you're coming from. Sometimes, it's just not worth it to deal with all of the associated issues that come with living in a home of that vintage (or living in your own home, at all, for that matter). It sounds like this move will make life much easier for you and therefore much for enjoyable. That's what it's all about isn't it? Life is short, enjoy it. Good for you and all my best!

- Ian

 

[1mach1]

As romantic of an idea it is to live in a 1920's home, particularly of that type, I can fully understand where you're coming from. Sometimes, it's just not worth it to deal with all of the associated issues that come with living in a home of that vintage (or living in your own home, at all, for that matter). It sounds like this move will make life much easier for you and therefore much for enjoyable. That's what it's all about isn't it? Life is short, enjoy it. Good for you and all my best!

- Ian

I have to have AC. Yeah, I'm that guy [emoji14]

 

[vitanola]

Here are some photos of a non-vintage home. A new resident in one of the cottages in the lakeside recreational community (we call them cottages, but they are really trailers with lean-to additions) which we own wanted to upgrade his place. I removed the dark 1960s panelling, replaced it with dry wall, and moved the kitchen to the little used rear of the lean-to addition. This allowed me to install a large triple window on the lakeside end of their cottage, giving them both a view and a 24'×12' living room.

The resident's wife is a fan of Chip and Joanna Gaines' show on HGTV (shudder) and so I built up the cabinets and counters in their style. Naturally there was both reclaimed lumber and subway tile involved. Not quite to my taste, and in no way of any era but 2018, but I believe that the job turned out rather well.

 

[Fading Fast]

Here are some photos of a non-vintage home. A new resident in one of the cottages in the lakeside recreational community (we call them cottages, but they are really trailers with lean-to additions) which we own wanted to upgrade his place. I removed the dark 1960s panelling, replaced it with dry wall, and moved the kitchen to the little used rear of the lean-to addition. This allowed me to install a large triple window on the lakeside end of their cottage, giving them both a view and a 24'×12' living room.

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The resident's wife is a fan of Chip and Joanna Gaines' show on HGTV (shudder) and so I built up the cabinets and counters in their style. Naturally there was both reclaimed lumber and subway tile involved. Not quite to my taste, and in no way of any era but 2018, but I believe that the job turned out rather well.

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Very nice looking work - well done. And, as you note, 2018 overall for sure, but the white subway-ish tiles, wood counters, clean lines and simple iron shelf brackets echo an early 1900s "back of the house" kitchen from the mansions of that day.

This one from one of the Newport mansions for example:

 

[1mach1]

Here are some photos of a non-vintage home. A new resident in one of the cottages in the lakeside recreational community (we call them cottages, but they are really trailers with lean-to additions) which we own wanted to upgrade his place. I removed the dark 1960s panelling, replaced it with dry wall, and moved the kitchen to the little used rear of the lean-to addition. This allowed me to install a large triple window on the lakeside end of their cottage, giving them both a view and a 24'×12' living room.

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The resident's wife is a fan of Chip and Joanna Gaines' show on HGTV (shudder) and so I built up the cabinets and counters in their style. Naturally there was both reclaimed lumber and subway tile involved. Not quite to my taste, and in no way of any era but 2018, but I believe that the job turned out rather well.

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Simple and clean. You did excellent looking work. It looks great. Sometimes we have to do not what we want, but what the "customer" wants. Either way, its very nice man. Cheers!

By the way, moving the kitchen to get that view, genius.

 

[Big Man]

My "vintage" kitchen. Almost everything in this kitchen has been here since it was new.

 

[Big Man]

Here's something I think is interesting. This old crate has been at the house for a long time. My aunt used to have it covered with some cloth, but the covering finally wore out. She used the crate (like I still do) as a storage unit.

Anyone have a general idea of the age of this crate? Also, I want to protect the advertisement on the top. Any suggestions as the best way to do that?