Very Vintage Vegas

A Retro Mid Mod Remodel In The Vintage Beverly Green Neighborhood Of Las Vegas

November 30th, 2009 Categories: Las Vegas Real Estate News

Someone FINALLY took me up on it. I’ve offered to show before and after pictures of VeryVintageVegas renovation, restoration and retrovation projects.

Welcome to Heidi and Scott’s before and after in the Beverly Green Neighborhood of Vintage Las Vegas.

Actually, you’ve seen some of this house before. The VERY FIRST EVER Worst MLS Photo of the Day series was from this house. Let’s start with that one.

It was the dirty ashtray that became the focal point of the picture that first made me think about bad MLS pictures.

 

 

 

 

Here’s the same bathroom today after being redone with aqua boomerang Formica facings instead of the brick facade paneling. Now it has blue ceramic counters, and tub surround, and no ashtray. Though the counter wasn’t in bad shape, the tilework around the tub is what caused the old tile to have to come out. When the vintage tile work isn’t damaged, we recommend re-grouting it. In this case, is was beyond salvation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once I’d started doing the series of Worst MLS Photos, I grabbed another one from the same house. I didn’t think this photo quite did justice to the amazing 3 sided stone fireplace that was the centerpiece of the entire home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s the same rock fireplace in the newly redone living room.

The horrible pergo is gone and was replaced with VCT in one foot squares. VCT (vinyl composite tile) is very retro authentic and is practically indestructible. It’s also amazingly versatile for creating patterns or single color accent blocks as they’ve done here.

 

 

 

 

Someone along the way had tried to do some sponge painting. It wasn’t pretty. Here’s the east wall of the living room as it was the day Heidi and Scott got the house. That’s the same wall behind the dining room table in the picture above.

 

 

 

 

  

Heidi and Scott are especially proud of the kitchen. A local cabinet maker was able to faithfully reproduce the missing doors and drawer fronts. (Yes, we know how to reach him).

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 Most people would have ripped out the kitchen and started over. The undamaged parts of the cabinets were beautiful, original, and had never been painted.  Heidi and Scott saved a bundle by saving the kitchen.  

 

 

 

 

 

And the real killer in the kitchen is the new aqua boomerang Formica countertops. This is the exact color and pattern that was in the upstairs bathroom of the 1956 mid mod that I grew up in, back in Columbus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s an amazing “butler’s pantry” area of the kitchen. It includes a bar with an indoor rotisserie oven that’s the back of the fireplace. Here’s the before.

And the after:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Master Bedroom and Bath were special challenges. Especially trying to paint out the Mondarian color blocks that I had mentioned the other day. Removing the foil wall paper wasn’t fun either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But now it’s all cleaned up and looking good. The cultured marble countertop in the bathroom was salvageable, and the cabinets were refaced with Charcoal Boomerang Formica.

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing the dramatic change that retrovating can accomplish. So much more fun than doing one over in Mediterranean cookie cutter. 

If you’ve done a project or a room or a whole house that you’d like to have showcased, drop me a line or give me a call.

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1. 50s Pam said at December 1st, 2009 at 5:35 am

   What a great job on this retro renovation! I LOVE the laminate-doored bathroom vanities in particular! Congratulations to Heidi and Scott — it’s clear that the house found the owners that it was looking for!

2. Bathroom vanities made from laminate said at December 5th, 2009 at 4:01 am

   […] mid-century. Over on Very Vintage Las Vegas, Uncle Jack spotlights Heidi and Scott’s mid-century bathroom and kitchen renovations, where laminate was used beautifully. I also have a good start going on a gallery of laminate […]

3. Miss Jess said at December 5th, 2009 at 11:58 am

   Wow, what a gorgeous transformation. The kitchen is beautiful, congrats to the owners on their hard work and a beautiful restoration

4. Julianna Verboort1 said at December 6th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

   I would like to use laminate over the existing tile counter tops in my kitchen. The tile is ceramic 4″ x 4″, set in heavy mortar bed with metal lath. The backsplash is the same and runs about 18″ high, from the counter top up to the bottom of the upper cabinets; the backsplash tile are glossy, the counter tiles are matte. There are some hairline cracks in the counter, but the main problem is staining — I’ve tried numerous remedies and can’t clean it off. Ripping the counters and backsplash out would damage the walls and cabinets; I’m hoping to keep the painted plywood cabinets.

   I need to know if I can apply the laminate directly over the tile, using a construction adhesive or epoxy, or if I have to apply plywood substrates first. Applying the plywood adds height to counters and thickness to the backsplash which is not desirable in this situation. I’d appreciate any advice out there and would be delighted to post before/after photos!

   Julianna Verboort in Portland, Oregon

5. Kitchen Renovations Toronto said at December 30th, 2009 at 10:50 am

   Awesome job! Love that they saved money by not ripping the cabinets out, sometimes people don’t realize what they can do with their existing cabinets or appliances.

   Congrats to Heidi and Scott!

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