A little background on the house

Our lovely mid-century home is a 5-bedroom, red brick-on-frame basement rambler. The bricks, I've been told are "roman bricks" that they don't make anymore. They were made in a circle with the bricks connected together and broken apart from each other when used. This produced a rough, slightly irregular face to the bricks.

Some of the wonderful mid-century features include all-original lighting, working 6-chime doorbell, two original beige folding doors that are in good shape, stone faced fireplaces (2), stone faced planters (2), 3 built-in linen/storage cabinets, 1 built-in closet, and tile floors in 2 of the baths, the kitchen and dining area. 2 pink baths - the main bath in beautiful shape with a pink tub and "salt and pepper" white tile surround and counter. It also has a built-in fish tank, and an intercom system (that worked briefly, but needs repair). The kitchen appliances are original and include a built-in double oven (both working), a stove top (one burner doesn't work), a non-working original top-loading dishwasher (since replaced with a working model), and a working refrigerator. All brown, the stove, ovens and dishwasher are all an interesting light brown.

This same salt and pepper tile was used for the window sills in the baths, bedroom and kitchen. The living room and dining area had a peachy-goldy color tile. Unfortunately, the tile window sills didn't survive the new windows.

We chose to wood wrap the bedroom windows (a cost/time decision) and replace the living room/dining area tile with Daltile "luminary gold", since it was similar in color to the original. We salvaged tile from rest the windows in the house for the master bath window in order to match the existing tile work.

We are working hard to keep renovations true to the nature of a 1961 house.

Here's a link to the Picasa photos of the house details.