Great Mid-century modern and mid-century modest architecture from the Portland Area! NOTE: THESE ARE NOT MY LISTINGS, merely of mid-century examples I've handpicked, but I can show them to you!! For my listings go to the LISTING page!!
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Vaulted beamed tongue and groove ceilings - even in the kitchen. Picture windows everywhere, decks and patios, territorial view. Wooded 5.29 acre lot in trendy Damascus on the way to Mt. Hood. Listed by Joyce Morrelli, Windermere.
Granny ranch stuck in perfect 70's decorative timewarp, with pristinely vintage 50's attributes - period kitchen with gorgeous cabinetry, gleaming original doors and trim throughout, grass wallpaper. Looks to be very well maintained and is in great Montavilla "East Tabor" location. Funky-fun wallpaper!! Great price for proximity to town. Listed by Belinda Garcia, The Garcia Group.
Close-in foreclosure, FANTASTIC vintage paneling & built-ins, crazy interior brick planter, period kitchen, nice hardwoods. Convenient tuck-under garage, long driveway. Close to the cool stuff on Holgate/Gladstone - like Trader Joes.
Fabulously vintage ranch built by Asbahr Homes. Spectacular modern built-ins and room dividers, original lighting, roman brick fireplace, huge picture windows with spectacular views. Period kitchen with reeded glass display cabinets, tile countertops, and vintage lighting. Vintage baths with inset sinks, aqua porcelain fixtures, and original cabinets. Second kitchen! Decks with stellar view and established garden. Wowza!! Listed by Troy Doty, Northwest Realty Source.
06/26/11: 1962 Guildford Custom Built Standard Ranch, Milwaukie. 4 beds, 2.1 baths, 4152 sqft. $475,000.
Custom built standard hipped-roof ranch on huge .78 acre beautifully landscaped lot, backing to Kellogg Creek. Grand living room
with full wall half paneled/half roman brick fireplace and floor to ceiling windows.Updated kitchen, but looks to be original cabinetry
with new doors. Dining/Family room with box beam coffered ceilings paneling and fireplace. Vintage baths with pink sinks! Fully finished
daylight lower level with second kitchen, brick fireplace, original lighting and flooring and covered patio with view.
Ahh, Milwaukie, a beautiful time-warp! Listed by Linda Heinrichs, REMAX.
An almost completely vintage ranch. Vauled beamed ceilings, walls of windows, brick wall fireplace. Original lighting throughout.
Period-perfect kitchen with original cabinetry, salmon formica countertops with aluminum trim, super cute vintage stove!
Large .30 acre lot. Listed by Ann Martin, Prudential NW Properties.
06/20/11: 1966 Guildford Standard Ranch, Milwaukie (Kellogg Creek Acres). 3 beds, 3 bath, 2365 sqft. $249,000.
Pristinely vintage ranch with half lap/half roman brick facade. Large living and dining area with gorgeous paneling, roman brick fireplace, original lighting. Vintage kitchen with original cabinetry, period flooring. Large .38 acre grassy lot in close-in Milwaukie, a short jaunt to downtown, farmer's market, and the stunning Milwaukie Elks Lodge! Milwaukie is THE next boom! Listed by Susan Miller, Hasson.
Interesting modernist design, glass block entry added in 1990, but very well done! Large living area with coved ceilings, recessed can lighting,br> arched entries, and full wall windows. Vintage 50's style kitchen with contemporary updates. FANTASTIC covered patio with tongue & groove ceiling, nice hardscaping and mature plantings. OASIS!! Listed by Tammie Crane, The Crane Group.
Cute "Granny" ranch with rick-rack scalloped trim, half stone/half lap siding and interesting garage windows! Mostly vintage
kitchen with bookmatched cabinetry, inset plate/curio shelf. AWESOME bath with period blush pink shower/tub, aqua tile, and matching
sinks in formica counter. Nice close-in location! Listed by Lori Lane, John L. Scott NE.
06/20/11: 1959 Terwilliger Hts Kenneth Nelson Designed MCM (SW, Terwilliger Heights). 4 beds, 4 baths, 2878 sq ft. $895,000.
Barrel Roofed Redwood & Glass house, designed by Kenneth Nelson. This house has been totally gone through and nicely updated
in the Dwell Style. Includes a guest house space disconnected from main house. Multiple decks and sun spaces. An architecturally
significant and interesting showplace in the woods of Terwilliger. Listed by Jim DeMarco.
Wow, this funky 'very-brady' time-warp home in Ilex Hills Ranch speaks for itself, from the raised yellow enamel 60's fireplace, the flagstone chimney, to the super kitsch basement rumpus room bar, with built-in 'mod' seating, to the kid's captain's beds! Swimming pool on a .21 acre lot with mature pom-pom tree landscaping, and a view of Mt. Hood! THis is one of the most coveted homes in Argay Terrace!! Listed by Barry McMenamin, Lakestar LLC.
Super cute flat-roofed ranch with unpainted beamed tongue & groove ceilings. Well-done modern kitchen. Nice .15 acre lot walking distance to Mt. Tabor!
05/16/11: 1958 Lake Oswego Midcentury Modern. (S, The Skylands of Oswego Tract) 4 beds, 4 baths. 3695 sqft. $1,098,000.
Museum quality mid-mod. Three of the most beautiful fireplaces I've ever seen! Fantastic paneling and built-ins, clerestory and floor-to-ceiling windows. Huge 1.29 acre lot with stunning views including Mt. Hood. Listed by Justin Harnish, Realty Trust Groups.
04/28/11: 1958 Russell Tri-Level. (NE, Clifgate Tract). 4 beds, 2 baths, 1776 sq ft. $164,000.
Kitschy-cool Clifgate Tri-Level. Fixer with lots of mid-mod potential. Vaulted/Beamed ceilings, roman brick fireplace, hardwoods. Vintage kitchen with minor updates - yellow wall oven still in place! Listed by Cindy Andrews, Willamette Realty Group.
03/18/11: 1960 Creston-Kenilworth Standard Ranch DUPLEX (SE). 2 beds,1 bath, 1665/1485sq ft per side. $299,000.
Wow, a mid-century duplex in really fabulous shape! Original kitchens with vintage tile counters & cabinetry & pass-throughs!
Gorgeous "Ribbon" phillipine mahogany paneling, roman brick fireplaces and even vintage lighting fixtures. Each duplex has it's own tuck under garage, basement, porch and lawn. Close in - walkable to Safeway and TraderJoes. What a great investment!! Live in one side, or buy with a close friend!! The best housemate has his own house!!
03/18/11: 1969 Hyland Hills, Beaverton "Rummer" MCM (Beaverton, Taliesen Tract). 4 beds, 2 baths, 2564 sq ft. $430,000.
Fabulously funky and especially large "Rummer-Home" with rare roof style. Quite original with only a few updates, japanese shower/bath intact , pickled tongue&groove ceilings with tons of beams, large airy atrium, working radiant floor heat. This is a real find, usually they're not in such great shape! Listed by Jan Martin, Coldwell-Banker.
Stellar pacific nw style low gabled MCM on large lot with swimming pool! Nice modernist updates, but vintage features exist throughout - check out the T&G/Beamed wood ceiling in the kitchen & living room! Great decks show off secluded .38 acre setting.
Listed by Alana Burnett, Windermere.
Nice flat roofed mid-mod with some updates to top floor but a completely vintage and funky lower floor!
Check out the beamed, knotty-pine paneled, and cork-floored basement rumpus room, and super cute crazy daisy bathroom!
Hickory flooring,vintage baths, large treed .44 acre lot! Listed by Deanna Wilson, Windermere Raleigh Hills.
02/12/11: 1964 Tigard MCM Dayranch (SE, Obrs Heights, Tigard). 4beds,3 bath, 2544sqft. $379,900.
Super cute and completely original daylight ranch. Vintage kitchen with original stove, flame birch cabinetry, dining area with view! Floor-to-ceiling windows through out and several decks/porches allow for territorial view. NICE!! Listed by Kristine Focht, REMAX.
02/12/11: 1963 Riverdale Van Evera Bailey NW Regional Style Contemporary (SW,Strahorn Add). 5bed,4.1baths,4200sqft. $899,000.
Secluded and picturesque. This NW Regional style Van Evera Bailey home is stunning with vaulted ceilings, floor-to-ceiling and clerestory windows, open kitchen, extreme gable ends and decking. Showplace home with minor updating. Listed by Kathy Hall, Hasson.
02/14/11: 1958 Kellogg Creek Standard Ranch (SE, Milwaukie). 3 beds, 3 bath, 2352sqft. $200,000.
Fantastic rambler on a huge treed nearly half acre lot, in a neat bend on Oatfield Rd by the creek. Original Kitchen with vintage marmoleum throughout, vintage wall oven, original hardware.
Awesome rumpus room with full bar in grey wood-grain laminate, and salmon pink formica with actual sparkles, vinyl roll-top bar and stools!
Full wall fireplace, bath and sliders to lower level patio and yard. Total party house, just needs a little love.
It's a short sale with a few failed attempts at some 'dwellification' but most the kitsch is intact, because of this the pics used were from a previous seller's listing (hence the kitsch displayed). Listed by Steve Roesch, Keller Williams.
Stunning "dwellification" of this spectacular vaulted, beamed MCM. Clerestory windows, stone fireplaces, modernist updates - new kitchen and baths, swanky front door!! Situated on a .39 acre lot in trendy Hayhurst.Listed by Dawn Meany, John L. Scott Cascade/Summit.
Fantastic ranch with NW regional style aspects. Vaulted and beamed ceiling, overhanging gables,clerestory and floor-to-ceiling windows and tons of gorgeous wood paneling. Stellar vintage kitchen with original and GORGEOUS mahogany cabinetry (Sapele?), in wall-oven and counter-top stove. Huge .40 acre lot. Listed by Barbara Covert, ReMax.
Fantastically original ranch! What a stunner! Large living room with roman brick full-wall fireplace, rick-rack top-lit window valances (these are awesome and hard to replace!), vintage kitchen with original cabinetry and tile counters. Knotty pine basememt with period VCT tile, AMAZING full-wall roman brick fireplace AND the cutest walk-in wet-bar with beautiful glass and wood shelving/matching paneling. Listed by Carl Brendan, Windermere Lloyd Ctr.
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