danemodsandy
Well-known member
Cory:
"Yes, that room needed some work, and yes, it's entirely the owners' right to change the house as they see fit, but some of these renovations are akin to taking a classic car and chopping, hacking and customizing until the vehicle is no longer recognizable...and they aren't building any more '58 Buicks."
I agree wholeheartedly - things are only original once. What is really crazy is when something that has been "remuddled" finally gets back into the hands of a sensitive, sympathetic owner. The Bay Area's Eichlers are a good example - now that they're hugely popular(and wildly valuable) midcentury icons, owners are having to spend megabucks putting back features obliterated by years of DIY remuddling. In many cases (like the sheet-lauan panelling found in original Eichlers), replacement materials are hard to find in the first place, and often against code in the second (stuff left in place from when a house was new is usually grandfathered).
Today's "big-box" DIY stores are a great resource for many things, but they have a lot to answer for when it comes to putting inappropriate materials into the hands of the insensitive.
"Yes, that room needed some work, and yes, it's entirely the owners' right to change the house as they see fit, but some of these renovations are akin to taking a classic car and chopping, hacking and customizing until the vehicle is no longer recognizable...and they aren't building any more '58 Buicks."
I agree wholeheartedly - things are only original once. What is really crazy is when something that has been "remuddled" finally gets back into the hands of a sensitive, sympathetic owner. The Bay Area's Eichlers are a good example - now that they're hugely popular(and wildly valuable) midcentury icons, owners are having to spend megabucks putting back features obliterated by years of DIY remuddling. In many cases (like the sheet-lauan panelling found in original Eichlers), replacement materials are hard to find in the first place, and often against code in the second (stuff left in place from when a house was new is usually grandfathered).
Today's "big-box" DIY stores are a great resource for many things, but they have a lot to answer for when it comes to putting inappropriate materials into the hands of the insensitive.
