If you’re looking for a great Palmer & Krisel in the San
Fernando Valley that hasn’t been altered, this is it. This 1956 beauty, built
by the Investment & Building Corporation, includes three bedrooms,
two bathrooms, a detached two-car garage in 1,344 square feet all on a 7,500 square-foot
lot in the picturesque Storybook Hills community with an asking price of only $428,000.
The exterior of the home is nearly as it was in 1956, with
the exception of updated windows. This property features vertical banding on
the street-face of the garage; a design trick that Krisel used in the mid 1950’s
to break up large blank surfaces. Those with a keen eye can spot that the
vertical bands actually sit off the face of the garage, and are supported by
five projecting square blocks that the bands overlap, a design-form
that we’ve seen on dozens of other Krisel homes.
The façade of the home features rock accents under the front-facing master bedroom windows, in addition to a later-added rock planter at the base of the
garage. The front yard will definitely be a fun project and creative
opportunity for the new owners, as the
asphalt driveway is worn and chipping, the turf patchy and the plantings in
need of a tune-up.
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| Living Room - check out that fireplace with clerestories |
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| Living Room and Dining Room |
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| Dining Room |
Walking into the home, the foyer provides access to the
jack-and-jill master bathroom on the left, as well as the master bedroom, and
opens up into the living and dining rooms at the rear of the home. The living
room is anchored by a signature modernist Krisel-designed fireplace, with a
dramatic overmantle, surround and hearth that dramatically and sharply extends
the full width of the living room wall. Adding light to the room are
clerestories above the overmantle, which in this home have been covered up from
the outside but still hold the original crinkle-glass on the inside.
Dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the backyard
join the living and dining rooms, along with the open, beamed vaulted ceilings.
The dining room is relatively open to the living room, with a small wall
creating spatial seperation while allowing the flow to remain open.
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| Check out the original Kitchen - love those saucer pulls |
The kitchen is the star of this home, appearing just as it
would have in 1956, just a little more worn. Everything appears to be in fantastic,
restorable shape. We love those large saucer cabinet pulls; the clean, square,
streamlined look of the cabinets; the original range hood; and check out those
original mosaic tiles behind the cooktop – fantastic vintage features. The bad
news? As this home had no dishwasher
originally, it looks like someone placed one under the wall oven. A quirky
feature, but we hope its one that the new owners embrace when they restore that
kitchen.
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| Master jack-and-jill bathroom as seen from entry. Those with a keen eye will note that the medicine cabinet and mirror is the original Krisel design. |
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| Guest Bathroom opposite Dining Room |
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| Secondary bedroom |
Behind the kitchen and dining room sits the two secondary
bedrooms and guest bath. Both bedrooms feature a large signature floor-to
ceiling window, with one bedroom overlooking the backyard and the other
overlooking the courtyard between the front of the home and the garage. The
backyard is in similar condition to the front yard, and there’s a solid covered
patio for entertaining and enjoying mild southern California evenings.
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| Backyard Patio |
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| Backyard with lots of potential |
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| Rear of home as viewed from backyard |
This home is the perfect candidate for restoration, with
great bones, great original features and great modernist lines. At $428,000
this property will move quick, and we hope the new owner loves this property as
much as we do.
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