Updated Eichler kitchens
Last week, a woman named Johnna left a series of feedback right here and she or he cited that she changed into having trouble making selections approximately the way to renovate her Eichler domestic. She wanted to replace the kitchen specifically, however in a way that commemorated the architecture of her home at the same time as nonetheless allowing the business of lifestyles in 2009 to continue effectively.
Well, the terrific website Styleture ran a story yesterday about that very thing, updated kitchens in Eichler homes. So with all attribution to and great admiration for Styleture , I'm going to talk about the same thing. But first a little background. Johnna, if you're reading this, you can skip this part.
Joseph Eichler was a post-war, California real estate developer who built homes in a Modernist style. He worked with some of the most notable architects of the time and together the style of their buildings came to be known as California Modern. California Modern was a middle class homage to Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others. The homes featured exposed beams, vaulted ceilings, open floor plans and they pioneered the idea of indoor/outdoor living through the use of enormous windows and sliding patio doors. California Modern is what gave the rest of the world the very idea of a great room.
Most of the closing Eichlers are clustered in the suburbs of of San Francisco and there are pockets of them outside of LA and into Orange County. Nothing screams California to me like an Eichler and approximately the best aspect that might get me to percent up and head to suburban San Francisco would be the risk to stay in a single.
Eichler homes were were revolutionary for a host of reasons that transcend architecture. Eichler built affordable homes for everyone. In 1950, Eichler Homes instituted a policy that stated that they would sell to anyone without regard to race or religion. He had a vision of an integrated, modern suburbia at a time when such views were considered to be beyond the fringe. The National Association of Home Builders refused to endorse his non-discriminatory policies and in 1958, he resigned from the group in protest. All hail Joseph Eichler.
Eichler homes by no means actually took off even as they were being constructed and Eichler in the end went bankrupt within the mid-sixties. He left in the back of an architectural and cultural legacy and today his homes revel in a fanatical reputation he may want to in no way have imagined.
So, this brings me to the great piece in Styleture the day past and Johna's remarks from remaining week. The picture above is what a vintage Eichler kitchen looked like:
Now I want to pressure that this isn't Johnna's kitchen, but here are earlier than images of a a kitchen in an Eichler in Palo Alto.
Here it is publish-preservation and ADA-compliant.
Oh my oh my is that suitable or what? It does everything it needs to do even as honoring the home wherein it sits. I'm getting goosebumps.
And Johnna, here are a pair greater notion images.
If you have never spent any time poking around on Styleture, please add that site to your reading list .
***Update, noon 10/15
Styleture has an expanded look a the Palo Alto, ADA-compliant renovation and you can find it here . All of the cabinetry in the Palo Alto house is by Alno USA.