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I just had to throw this in. I used to be a realtor and I fell in love with a house that came on the market in Tyler, Texas.
It was built in the early 1970s. It was a luxury home and was built for entertaining. It had every bell and whistle, and every high end trendy aspect of the early 1970s - I swear it was almost like visiting Graceland! The kitchen was especially an amazing time warp, but really the entire, once spectacular home was fascinating.
It had a sort of "Mediterranean" feel, with lots of light fixtures with big, metallic swags, really interesting and ornate tile throughout, foil/metallic wallpapers in mint condition, an indoor atrium right in the center of the house (filled with well maintained plants), and the entire kitchen was decked out in avocado green, 1970s state of the art appliances - warming drawers, hidden refrigerators, you name it.
OMG I wanted to buy that house! I wouldn't have touched much in it, because it was simply fascinating, even though the early 1970s weren't an era known for beauty of design. But this house had managed to capture all the best of that era and very little of the worst (in that kitchen, even the avocado green appliances looked good!). If the house hadn't been 5000 square feet, I would have bought it -the price wasn't bad. But I didn't want the utility bills associated with it.
I can understand that. There are definitely some mid-century modern homes where I wouldn't touch much at all! But, for every 1 of those spectacular homes, there are probably 5 from the era that I would like the bones of, but would want to rework a handful of things to really enjoy it.
It had a sort of "Mediterranean" feel, with lots of light fixtures with big, metallic swags, really interesting and ornate tile throughout, foil/metallic wallpapers in mint condition, an indoor atrium right in the center of the house (filled with well maintained plants), and the entire kitchen was decked out in avocado green, 1970s state of the art appliances - warming drawers, hidden refrigerators, you name it.
Sounds amazing! I love the idea of the indoor atrium.
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I love the idea of the indoor atrium.
