OMG a kitchen to die for! (sort of)

[appnut]

Is that a KitchenAid dishwasher? Bautiful house and kitchen.

 

[gansky1]

Ooooh, ahhhhhh.

Very nice kitchen, I do like the granite choice - very unique!

I had the very same '95 KitchenAid dishwasher in my previous house - fantastic performer. When I bought this house, it had a D&M Roper that worked OK, but I missed my KA.

 

[rocketwarrior]

Granite in Bedroom

I also have granite in the master bath and in the master bedroom. I will try to get a couple of pics.

 

[rexaircollector]

It's a Kitchen Aid

Yep, the DW is definitely a Kitchen Aid. It was the 3rd DW installed since we owned the house. Prior to that, the kitchen was home to a Maytag, which was the replacement to the original Frigidaire. All the appliances were Frigidaire when the home was built in 1963. I have included a picture of the powder room sink fixture that my mother was very proud of and chose herself. I know, it is a bit garish but then, a reminder of old Italian mother's taste.

Dan, my parents purchased the home for $78,000 in 1967. I still have the purchase contract that was in my Dad's files, along with my grandfather's Immigration papers when he came to the US from Italy in the 1920's. In 1967, the median price for properties in CA was about $30.000. The home was paid for when Dad sold it so he did quite well with his initial investment. When my partner and I left So. CA in 1995, we thought we made a killing on our property in Toluca Lake. Little did we know that costs would rise even further.

 

[rocketwarrior]

Greg - Granite?

Note the granite in our kitchen (Post #248765 and following above) - Well, Darryl also put a piece in the bathroom. Note that we have the world's smallest sinks (12") just for fun. (Actually, I use a different bathroom off the hall).

 

[rocketwarrior]

..and more granite

..and that was so much fun we decided to put curved granite decks in the bedroom - on either side of the headboard deck.

 

[rocketwarrior]

..and yet more granite

Here we have decks (make up deck for my wife on the right and a deck for a laptop for me, or whatever, on the left. That 'room' between the decks is a walk-in closet the size of a bedroom.

 

[rocketwarrior]

Oops

Here is the photo with the two decks referred to in the post above.

 

[gansky1]

Great Granite! The bathroom/bedroom is about the color I'm looking for. I'll have to stop and visit Darryl soon.

 

[rocketwarrior]

Marble anyone?

We also have some marginal marble that was in the place when we arrived - like a couple of marble showers, etc. Maybe I will post a couple of pics later.

 

[hoover1060]

what a house

Robb I love that house, its absolutely beautiful!

 

[rexaircollector]

Jeff

Thanks a lot. I was 11 years old when we moved into that house and there were treasured memories spent there. The saddest day of all was March 14, 1994, the day my mother passed away there after battling breast cancer....a day I will never forget. It was her wish to die at home, the home she cherished and decorated to her and my father's tastes over the years. Her wish was fulfilled. I was sad when my father sold it and I am reliving the same feelings seeing it sold once again.

Robb

 

[hoover1060]

Robb,
I can understand the feelings you have, I felt the same way when my grandmother's home was sold, a home that had been in the family for years.
The house will probably be sold many times in the future, but you will always have the memories of your time there. No one will ever take those away from you.
here's a hug from me!
JP