Up for grabs is this 1955 Palmer & Krisel-designed home
in Parkwood La Mirada. This three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is 1,384 square
feet with a two-car garage on a 6,200
square-foot lot and carries an asking price of $449,985.
This home is filled with some great vintage mid-century
goodies, starting with the exterior. The side of the garage features some great
decorative stonework, while the front holds some great patterned decorative
screen block. There’s a neat wooden
sunscreen over the southeastern most window on the front façade to screen it
from morning sun, a feature which was originally found on many Krisel’s but has
been disappearing over the years.
Out front there’s even the original Olive tree, which was
one of 51,000 planted on Andrew McNally’s Windemere Ranch, in which Parkwood La
Mirada was built upon by the Devon Construction Company. It’s because of Krisel
that this tree still stands – he was able to convince Devon Construction that
salvaging the trees and using them in the landscape would be a positive selling
feature.
Inside the home features plenty of great Krisel hallmarks –
walls of glass looking out to the backyard, open, beamed vaulted ceilings, and
a large, low & dramatic fireplace with vintage wood paneling. There’s even
a large light soffit spanning the distance between the living and dining areas
as seen in other Krisel models.
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| Living Room |
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| Dining, Entry & Kitchen |
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| Dining & Living |
The kitchen is immediately off of the dining room and tucked
from view from the entry, and holds what appears to be a treasure trove of
vintageness – original cabinets; original saucer pulls; what looks like the
original range hood and what appears to be the original Western Holly Deluxe
built-in range. Too bad the wall-oven is
out of view from the photograph – we’d love to see what that looks like.
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| Original Kitchen |
The hall bath retains the original double pink sinks and
pink tub along with original light fixture and ventilation fan; the door
fronts, tilework and counters appear to be newer. Imagine how cool that vanity
would look with a charcoal boomerang Formica top, flat-faced cabinets and large
reproduction saucer pulls (to match the kitchen) from Rejuvination. The master
bathroom appears to have been redone at some point in the late 1980s, but
retains the original layout and stall shower. There’s no images of the
bedrooms, so we have no idea what’s happening with those spaces.
The backyard is relatively simple, featuring a small covered
patio area and a small patch of lawn. Also seen, presumably for a bedroom or
bathroom window, is another wooden sunscreen running from the fascia board to
the ground – a great outdoor Krisel design feature.
This is a neat home – listings in Parkwood La Mirada usually
don’t last very long, so check this one out before it’s gone.
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| Hall Bathroom with original pink fixtures |
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| Backyard - check out the original sunscreen in the far left corner |
Check out Redfin for more photos: 14209
Gandesa Road
Or Zillow here: 14209
Gandesa Road
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