Built by George Heltzer in 1959 is this 1,383 square-foot
Palmer & Krisel-designed midcentury modern home in Winnetka, CA. The property includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms, a two car detached garage and an
in-ground pool all on a 7,400 square-foot lot with an asking price of $498,000.
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| Front entry |
The home sits on a corner lot and generally faces south.
With a lush green lawn and mature shrubbery, the property maintains a green appearance
while being devoid of any shade trees, with the exception of one lone palm at
the rear corner of the backyard. The garage is located at the rear of the
property and accessed from the corner side of the lot, keeping the front yard
free of driveway space. The front of the home is rather unassuming and modest,
with the exception of a full-height decorative screen block wall obscuring the
guest bath and secondary bedroom windows.
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| Entry |
The master bedroom and bath, dining room (original breakfast
nook), guest bath and secondary bedroom all sit at the front of the home, while
the living room (along with original dining room), kitchen, laundry and
secondary bedroom sit at the rear of the home. The entry hall has had a hole
cut in the wall, allowing for visibility into the former breakfast nook,
currently used as the dining room. The
hole gives visitors and guest an unobstructed view into the kitchen and dining
room, eliminating privacy from visitors.
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| Living room |
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| Living room |
The living room is anchored by its original signature Krisel
modernist fireplace, whose surround has been unceremoniously covered in floor
tile. The original form remains intact, and the original clerestories flanking
the chimneys remain. The original dining room was once part of the living room,
and still features a ceiling fan over the center, but is now located in the
area originally designated as the breakfast nook.
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| Dining room as seen from entry |
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| Dining and kitchen |
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen |
The kitchen has been updated with a very traditional and
heavy style of cabinetry, with raised panel doors and thick crown molding.
Granite counters, black wrought iron door pulls, ornate light fixtures and
stainless steel appliances complete the traditional appearance of the kitchen.
The kitchen ceiling has been lowered for an unknown reason, leaving it one of
the only rooms in the house with a flat ceiling.
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| Master bedroom and partial view of bath |
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| Guest bath |
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| Guest bath with original Italian glass tile surround |
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| Secondary bedroom |
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| Secondary bedroom |
The master bedroom is split from the secondary bedrooms,
located between the living room and entry hall. With vaulted ceilings, the
master overlooks the front yard and appears to retain the original bathroom.
The secondary bedrooms sit on the east end of the home and feature their
original vaulted ceilings and windows on two walls allowing for lots of natural
light to flow in. The guest bathroom features the original marble floating
vanity with pink American Standard Pullmans, and the original Italian glass
tiled shower surround sitting above the pink bathtub.
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| Pool & bakcyard |
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| Pool and backyard |
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| Backyard deck |
Most of the backyard is occupied by the swimming pool and
detached garage, with a small raised deck sitting between the pool and home. A
small patch of green lawn sits off to the side of the pool allowing for a small
patch of greenery in the otherwise hardscaped yard.
This home has had some traditional elements placed upon it
making it read a little less contemporary than originally intended, but luckily
it’s got great bones and original bathrooms which still read midcentury. It’d
be a great restoration/renovation project, and it wouldn’t take much to make
this one shine.
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