September 3, 2008
And there’s support walls also. This one is 1×8 planks with an offset bias. It’s from McNeil, which is one of the most popular of the Vintage Vegas Neighborhoods. There’s actually 4 separate subdivision names within […]
August 2, 2008
Shoot Out at the HYDE PARK corral. It’s not even at a Liberace home. Also from HYDE PARK Hyde Park Is […]
July 20, 2008
This weeks “best foreclosure deal I can find” is in the famous McNeil neighborhood. The brick fireplace I showed you the other day is in this home. There’s not a lot of “cool” vintage fixtures, […]
July 17, 2008
Found a couple of interestin fireplaces the other day. The Brick one is in McNeil and the Stone is in Glen Heather. Both of these houses are contenders for […]
June 5, 2008
This one has lots of hidden little designs in it, depending on where you look. It’s fairly common, and I’ve found it in both […]
May 22, 2008
This is pattern #35 in our series, but there’s more to it than that. There’s this mid mod in McNeil that’s for sale for 450,000. It’s hard to miss if you’ve driven thru the neighborhood, […]
May 5, 2008
I found this decorative block pattern in McNeil, which is on the west side of Rancho, between Oakey and Charleston, I’ve only ever found it on 2 of our mid century modern homes, so it’s truly a […]
April 28, 2008
Pattern #17 in our series, seems to be everyone’s favorite when the subject of the decorative block walls comes up in conversation. We call them the “champaign bubbles”. I’ve seen […]
April 21, 2008
Pattern 10 (selected randomly from the collection) has a half circle notch at the top, and 2 quarter circle notches on the bottom corners. Combine them together, and alternate them top […]
April 18, 2008
Last night at the Lo-Pro Mixer, someone asked me what I consider to be Very Vintage Vegas. At first I thought he was asking about the types of neighborhoods, and types of homes. But it […]