Show us your vintage home!

[imoldfashioned]

Burl Vanity Circa 1920's?

That's a beauty, and quite the steal! You'll have to post pictures of it with all your stuff on it in the "what's on your vanity" thread when you get it home.

 

[imoldfashioned]

If you can look past the "moving in" mess...

I've been in my place 3 years this October and I still have moving in mess!
Very nice bamboo set!

 

[SamMarlowPI]

I've been in my place 3 years this October and I still have moving in mess!
Very nice bamboo set!

lol yah its quite a project and thank you!...im currently in the process of getting a really nice roll top desk for $75 its gonna be perfect for all my office stuff...

 

[Atomic Glee]

Here's some photos from my friend Steve's place here in Fort Worth. He's a Mid Century Modern fan, as you can see.

 

[imoldfashioned]

I love the colors in this home, but especially the blue--really gorgeous.

 

[CherryRed]

Check out that robin's egg blue oven! Cool!!

 

[Lauren]

Just got my twin beds all situated for a guest room. I used a restore-a-finish from Howards on them and they got a new lease on life!

Here's a detail of the headboards:

 

[imoldfashioned]

Oooh! If that's the result I may have to get me some. Beautiful woodwork.

 

[Lauren]

Thanks! This stuff works miracles! Look at my before and afters from my dining room table:

Here's a link to Howard's website.

 

[imoldfashioned]

Here's a link to Howard's website.

You're a mind reader Lauren, I was just going to ask you for one!

 

[Miss 1929]

Home sweet home

We painted the house this summer! Next summer, a front garden is my priority.

And, here's a sneak preview of the dining room...

 

[SamMarlowPI]

my office...almost done...the phone isn't hooked up though :eusa_doh:

 

[Mid-fogey]

Not exactly vintage...

...but traditional. Here is our place a few springs ago.

Here is the pedimented portico I decided to build. At this point I'm half way done, and haven't painted it.

Here is a closer view. Still unpainted.

 

[Decodence]

Old. Pic. Probably 2 years old now. Landscaping is much better nowadays.

1930 Tudor Revival.

QUITE the small stock of golden era housing in Phoenix.

 

[MaryDeluxe]

Decodence...wow so cute and in AZ too!


Here's a pic of the front of my little house. The other side of the porch belongs to my neighbor.

 

[Big Man]

This is the old home place ...

The house was built in 1907. My grandparents bought the place in 1917, and the family has been there ever since.

This is a shot from the front.

View from the side. The bathroom (that slant roof part at the rear of the house) was added by my grandfather around 1920. It was built on the back porch (makes for a fast trip there and back in the winter).

The "front room" is used for company only. The old organ belonged to my great grandmother.

The furniture in the front room was bought about 1923. It still has the original finish and upholstery.

The oven in the kitchen is the "new oven" that replaced my grandmother's wood cook stove (much to her displeasure). For a number of years this oven sat on the back porch before she gave in and let it be put in the house. It's a late 1940's model Hotpoint, and still works fine.

Old iron bed with a real springs (not "box springs"). The night stand is marked on the back with the freight weighbill "deliver to Brown & Padget, Nebo, NC". My grandfather and his brother-in-law operated a store in Nebo from about 1914 to 1924. Evidently, they ordered a lot of the furniture and had it shipped in by train. There are a number of pieces in the house with this kind of marking still visible.

The house is heated primarily by two fireplaces. About 20 years ago my aunt had a couple baseboard electric heaters added in the bedroom and kitchen to "take the chill off", but the old coal burning fireplace remains as the primary heat source. There's nothing like the smell of coal smoke on a cold, damp winter day to remind you of what "vintage living" is all about.

 

[MaryDeluxe]

Big Man... Now that's living the vintage life!

 

[Spitfire]

Big Man - that is one fantastic house!!!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
WOW!

 

[Big Man]

This was where and how I grew up. Very little has changed in the house over the years. I like the feeling of "home".

 

[Big Man]

One other thing really nice about the house is that it sits on the hill above the railroad tracks. Late at night when the coal trains run, the windows in the upstairs bedroom will ever so slightly begin to rattle from the vibration of the train. I'm sure to someone unaccustomed that would be rather disconcerting. But to me it's like music to my ears.