Show us your vintage home!

[Viola]

AnnaMaria, that kitchen is too cute!

 

[Chaps]

This is how my old appartment used to look.I'm turning it into a sewing studio now since I moved in with my fiancee.

Kitchen

Living room (lovely view isn't it)

Your living room looks kind of like the room Jimmy Stewart lived in in the movie "Rear Window". He had the same kind of view. I love your furniture.

Danny

 

[missmelly]

AnnaMaria: I luuuuuuvvvvv that living room furniture! I want to steal it. lol

I am seperating from my husband and will soon be moving into a fantastic 1940s townhouse apt. I have decided to deck it out in vintage style as part of my "fresh start". I have a lot to start off with but when I buy things, I'll buy nothing but antiques or reproduction furniture for it down to the linens! After I get settled in, I'll post some pictures.

 

[Medvssa]

I've been searching for a while and this is the most suitable thread to post this, I think. Loved the thread so far by the way! it really needed to be bumped

My boyfriend inherited this painting a few days ago:

Lily of the valley, my favourite flowers here is a picture without frame. And the signature:

1946, painted by Yvonne Guns, born in Belgium in 1911, died in 2001.

 

[scotrace]

Merged with "Show us Your Vintage Home"

 

[Medvssa]

Duh, I didn't find this one lol

 

[scotrace]

All good. I just knew where to look!

 

[Indy Magnoli]

We have been doing extensions to our circa 1926 villa for the past two years and finally we're getting to the decorating stage. Here is our new dining room:

And the new "north wing" hallway (no pictures hung yet, hopefully will do that soon):

The hallway is almost all new (the doors and lights are vintage, but everything else; wood, switches, trim, is recent)... oak floors, red cedar windows, pacific rimu architraves and skirting boards.

Kind regards,
Indy

 

[scotrace]

Fortunate scotrace

In September, I'm moving into a largely untouched 1920's two-storey. Ceiling high kitchen cabinets, clawfoot soaker tub/shower, etc. Pics when I can.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

I'd love to see pics of the bathrooms....
Rob

 

[Mr. 'H']

Nice!

Any pictures from the sales brochure?

 

[scotrace]

My GOSH what great spaces Well lit, great use of color.

 

[Forgotten Man]

In September, I'm moving into a largely untouched 1930's two-storey. Ceiling high kitchen cabinets, clawfoot soaker tub/shower, etc. Pics when I can.

Wow Scott, I can't wait to see photos!

 

[vitanola]

This past March I lost most of my collection of Talking Machines, records, and radios when my carriage house burned.

Well, I've received my settlement from the insurance company, for an amount far less than the cost of replacement. Since the local real estate market is SO depressed, however, I was able to purchase a nearby house (and a rather interesting one, too, being the only "Airplane Bungalow" in the county!) for less than half the cost of rebuilding.

the house needs the usual roof, etc, but cost considerably less than the framing lumber for the replacement structure. At 1500 SF, and having an 8'6" poured concrete basement and a detatched two-car garage the building is amply large for display space. I intend to repair it with a strict 1931 cut-off date in mind (no visible portions of the structure or furnishing to post date 1931) this should be an interesting and entertaining excercise, and should help me to find a use for so many items that I have been storing.

Here are a couple of "snaps".

 

[Story]

For inspiration's sake

Second World War bunker in Cornwall converted to holiday home
A Second World War bunker has been turned into a Cornish holiday home with 360-degree views around Land's End from its grassy roof.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...er-in-Cornwall-converted-to-holiday-home.html

The Real Estate listing - with interior photos
http://www.millercountrywide.co.uk/property-details-rpsMIL-PNZ080111

With the right art on the wall and lighting, this furniture might have been more appropriate
http://www.vintagedanishmodern.com/

 

[Story]

1924 House kitchen redo - more updates promised, at the end of this article.
http://www.dailypress.com/features/family/dp-life_kitchenredo_0723jul23,0,4839604.story

 

[Foofoogal]

vitanola
Congratulations. Very nice Arts and Crafts or Mission elements to your new purchase. Love it.

http://www.sandysfancypants.blogspot.com

 

[cassylynn]

kitchen with a vintage oven

I have been searching for an oven exactly like that one! It is the perfect oven for canning, So lucky!!

 

[David Conwill]

Here's mine:

I’m not sure how old, but I’d guess it was built c. 1882 (newspapers from 1881-1882 fell out of the dining room ceiling), with substantial remodeling c. 1918 (newspapers from 1917-1918 came out of the upstairs bathroom floor). It’s 90% original with a couple very high-end, midcentury upgrades in the kitchen, downstairs bath, and enclosed porch.

And the garage:

I don't know exactly how old, but there are handwritten fuel-economy figures written on one wall dated July 1914, so it’s old. And huge for its age.

-Dave

 

[Vanessa]

I'm so inspired by this thread. I keep making mental decorating notes for when I have my own house someday. Keep the great picture posts coming.