So much demolition. So little time. Anyway, so here we are at the second week. Nathan and I did a lot of demolition, and Mike Fassett, the VP of the Tucson Historic Preservation Society came by the house to take a look at what we have and what we should/should not do. Mike has been a wonderful resource on Tom Gist and Tucson's mid-century homes. If you plan on purchasing a mid-century home here, we cannot recommend the Tucson Historic Preservation Society enough. Anyway, to the pictures. Here is the second bedroom, with the carpet removed. We are planning on having the concrete slab polished. Master bedroom. Notice the cracks in the slab - although the overall slab is in great shape, these cracks give a ton of character. Obligatory doge photo. This is Kona (L) and Kimo (R). They also love the new place. We have also started removing the crappy scaffolding in the kitchen. As you can see, there's a skylight. Covered by 1980 office lighting. WHY? Here is the scaffolding removed. We had hoped that we could salvage the cabinet boxes, but it looks like everything original was removed in the 1980s. So, a complete kitchen renovation is likely. Here is a panorama of the living room. The next few pictures are going to be room panoramas. Dining room, door to the kitchen, entry, beginning of hall, more living room. Den/Bar room. Plenty of untouched Philippine mahogany in here. And yes, that's an original GE fridge in the wet bar. Family room and the current kitchen mess. Screened porch. Note the Jalouise door to the kitchen on the left. There are no screens currently, but we are thinking about putting wood on the bottom part, and louver windows on the upper part. We shall see.
There is still so much work ahead of us right now. We have contacted a few general contractors to help us with this process, and Nathan and I looked at new appliances for the kitchen this past weekend. Things are moving along, keep on this page for a weekly update (I hope).
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In October 2016, Nathan & Rachel bought a 1958 Tom Gist custom home in the Mid-Century filled Wilshire Heights neighborhood in Tucson, AZ. This is our blog documenting the restoration! Archives
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