by Marisa | Jul 13, 2009 | Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
UPDATE: THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN SOLD BUT ITS STILL FUN TO LOOK. While browsing through the listings in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood looking for a great mid century home find, I stumbled upon this amazing Atomic Ranch offering owned by Portland’s famous Poiriers. Now,...
by Marisa | Jul 10, 2009 | Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
kitchen/dining area and one of the three atriums 4725 SW Canterbury Ln Looking through the home listings the other day I came across this incredible mid century modern listing. It was custom built in 1960 by architect Frank Shell for himself. Inside of the house were...
by Marisa | Jul 9, 2009 | Atomic Living, Rummers
UPDATE PART 2: Per Tualatin Parks and Recreation records, the 2.58 acres for Eichler Park was donated in May of 1992 by Oregon resident Alena Eichler who owned the last at least as far back at 1943. They named the park after her and not California builder Joseph...
by Marisa | Jul 6, 2009 | Architectural Features, Modern Homes
Webster Wilson design on Mt. Tabor Being a fan of contemporary modern architecture, I have been drooling over this listing ever since it hit the market. It is one of the few homes designed and built by architect Webster Wilson and Portland is lucky to be one of the...
by Marisa | Jul 6, 2009 | Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
While out and about searching for the perfect cabinet to house towels in my bathroom, I decided to actually go inside of Lounge Lizard to see if they had anything that would work for me. I have driven by many times and have always assumed that A) it is going to be...
by Marisa | Jul 3, 2009 | Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern, Rummers
Builder Bob Rummer built Eichler-esque homes in Portland during the 1960’s and 70’s after his wife Phyllis toured Eichler’s Rancho San Miguel subdivision in Walnut Creek California in 1959. Rummer built up to 750 of these mid century modern homes in...
by Marisa | Jul 2, 2009 | Mid Century Modern
I have been loving the new VW commercials…not for the cars but check out the backdrop when you watch them. They are filmed in the Fairhaven tract of Eichler mid century modern homes in Orange, California built around 1962. Each time one of these airs my heart...
