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Originally Posted by Embraer (Post 10433204)

I'm redoing my MCM...one man job, and taking longer than expected, of course. I will include this in the before and after thread. the original tongue and groove redwood siding was past its prime. I salvaged as much as possible, and will be using it in different parts of the house. the exterior walls have been taken down to the studs, new insulation, and then re-sheathed in 3/4" plywood. the "house wrap" is a german product made by Cosella-Doerken for open cladding systems..creating a rain screen. the exterior is now being sheathed in 16 gauge A606 "CorTen" steel with each piece plasma cut by hand, and then attached. I started last fall. should be done later this spring. I spoke with the original architect (an understudy of FLW), before he passed, and got his blessing before I switched to the CorTen. Will post more pictures once progress ramps up here....

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The exterior is just about done. Ended up having to make each piece of roof trim, the gutter, downspout.... hand welded and fit to finish. The interesting thing about this house, is that nothing is built at a 90 degree angle. Everything (By quirky design) is either 105 degrees or 95 degrees. I destroyed my landscaping by driving the all-terrain lift around the property, so that is all going to have to be redone next. Doing a project on this scale, completely by myself...is something I will NEVER do again. All in all, I ended up reframing about 20% of the house. The back of the house is a 2nd story deck, which was replaced, in order to complete the back half...since it overlooks a ravine/creek and I had no way of getting the lift back there. Have I mentioned that I'll never do a project like this again? Ha.

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Originally Posted by Embraer (Post 10910511)

Love it. Great Job! (to never be done again!)

Frank Sinatra home in Palm Springs.

Tasteful design considering the age of the home.

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Mills House in Greenwood, Indiana. Same architect who did my house....

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These were posted in the MID CENTURY MODERN Facebook group. I highly recommend it to those of you who love this architecture.

We bought an architecturally designed MCM that has had just one owner since 1956! For us, this was a dream as, aside from some funny 1970s wallpaper, the house was intact, right down to the 1956 Thermador wall oven and Nutone intercom system. We set about putting it back to its 1956 glory by pulling up the carpet in the bathrooms (ewwww!) and replacing the original carpet with new (the same) and stripping metre after metre of wallpaper, replacing all of the damaged Formica etc. etc. We were determined to honour the home and not "wreck-o-vate." So, after this exhausting and rewarding work, we had accomplished what we had set out to do, we had friend over who looked around and said, "Wow! This is an amazing place! It will be really nice when it is renovated!"

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The sleeping beauty the day we moved in.

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Our first Mid Century snowfall.

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Summertime. No more strange green driveway. It was moss! We live on Vancouver Island. It was strange; like a Martian landing strip! Alll clean now.

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Dining room. The seventies light fixture, while very cool, was replaced by a more period correct piece.

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Nutone: great for waking up the kids!
It still works and reaches every room and outdoor living space.

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1956 Thermador!

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Carport and front entrance

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Sputnik doorknob

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Living room

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Thermador Masterpiece Griddle 'n' Grill

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Originally Posted by Jeff Hail (Post 10911987)

California's Gold

Huell Howsers residence. The Volcano House.

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That reminds me of Chemosphere by Lauther on Torreyson Drive right off Mulholland, right where you used to raise hell. I did all the interior on that during the last renovation when I was young, ambitious, and dumb. Wish I took pictures then.

house in the film Zabriskie Point before explosion

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A couple of historic old estates in Palm Springs, CA.

The former residence of Mary Pickford ↓

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This property once belonged to Gloria Swanson ↓

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This is pretty neat

https://ablitthouse.com/

signing closing papers today .... hope to find a modern house somewhere in the wasatch front.....here in utah....

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Originally Posted by porsche930dude (Post 11025054)

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Anyone else hearing "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones" when you look at this photo?
They really are a modern stone age family...

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Originally Posted by RWebb (Post 10922879)

was a model used?

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The house in the boulders was an actual house in Carefree, Arizona.
The explosion of the house was done by recreating a mock-up of the
house on the back lot of Southwestern Studios, also located in Carefree,
Arizona. The mock-up was exploded.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066601/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

We're thinking of building a small cabin behind my mom's house in east Texas since my wife has a hard time staying in my mom's house with cats. She found this cool Finish design but I have a feeling the cost per sqft for something barely over 500 sqft would be silly.

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