New house 17 August 2004, 21:54

Our new place, vintage 1980, is a nearly perfectly preserved swingin’ disco pad. It has fixtures I remember seeing in swank digs of the period, belonging to my parents’ hipster friends.

This presents a design difficulty: whether to tone it down or milk the vibe to ridiculous extremes. The temptation to do the latter is strong.

Textures


Cedar paneling: accent throughout, alongside offwhite walls


Brass: frightening array of lights (main bathroom, other white and clear corridor wall and ceiling lamps not shown)


2” Brown tile (foyer, kitchen and dining room floors, fireplace)


Vanilla blinds with two chocolate stripes: mmm (master bedroom)


Cream bamboo wallpaper (party wall in corridor)


Tiny abstract brown flower on offwhite textured wallpaper: I’m not so pleased with this (kitchen)


5” white tile with geosymmetric flowers in green, blue and yellow: the first to go (kitchen, downstairs bathroom)
Mottled dark brown vinyl countertops (kitchen, bathrooms)

Fixtures


Toilet roll: smoked brown plastic (ensuite)


Toothbrush holder: smoked brown plastic including cup (ensuite)


Ladder to loft: chestnut brown carpet (stainless steel railings not shown)


Bellows: brown leather and steel


Cupboards: maple veneer with round, dark brown wooden handles (bathrooms, kitchen)


Dixie® cup dispenser (downstairs bathroom)

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Comment

  1. # And then like 1420 days ago Scoots goes:

    I like that bamboo wallpaper.

    — Scoots · 1420 days ago · #

  2. # And then like 1418 days ago Darren goes:

    It is a nifty, nifty place. ;) I think you two are going to make it look just spanky when you're done with it.

    — Darren · 1418 days ago · #

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