Ten Sheets of That Handsome Paneling, Please

This was in a house that's mostly unrestored 1950s Midcentury Modern, and quite a period piece if you like that era.

However, someone did some impromptu remodeling in the entryway. Maybe they found themselves one aisle over from the paneling department at the Home Depot.

Made me smile. Thought I'd share. I like houses and I like photographs of interiors, so I poke around Zillow a fair amount—but I never saw this before....

Mike

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Featured Comments from:

Rob L.: "I can see the line art illustrations in a '50s Popular Mechanics detailing how to 'Perk up a room in a Weekend'—but it looks like a house where the folks that lived there, lived there. I bet they had friends over for drinks and play canasta and there's a homemade brick grill out back."

Mike replies: It does look like interesting people lived there.

Arch Noble: "So where did you find this? I'd like to see more of this house."

Mike replies: Yikes, I was afraid someone would ask me that. Give me a while...here it is.

Kent Wiley: "Generally called lattice. Comes in 4x8 sheets. Often used to cover an open space below a deck or a porch. Never seen it on the ceiling before."

Calvin Amari: "I am mentally Photoshopping into this room a decorator with that classic finger-to-cheek pose. I occasionally look at real estate porn too, though my mission is to try to find good art on the walls of super expensive properties. Not easy to do."

Comments

[hugh crawford]

Maybe it fixes the acoustics? I don’t know, I’ve see a lot worse, perhaps Frank Gehry dropped by in the 80s? That missing lath would drive me nuts. That reminds me of “The Last Lath” book of architecture cartoons
https://www.archdaily.com/178611/the-last-lath-architectural-cartoons
I have a copy of it somewhere, it was always out at my architect grandmother’s house.

[Kodachromeguy]

Turquoise GE built-in oven, range, vent fan, and matching sink! The next owner needs to save these classics. The street appeal is poor because of the expanse of driveway. Astro-turf on the steps??

[John Krumm]

Some kind of fancy floor standing speakers, almost look home made. The whole house has some appeal to me, despite the glass tables that I don't like at all.

[John McMillin]

My home office used to have a lattice ceiling like this. Even rougher and worse-looking, because there was no sheetrock behind it. The room was a late addition, built as a potting shed. I assume they just hung pots from hooks on the latticework. When I removed it and installed a real ceiling, I saved the lattice panels because they make excellent partial shade covers for my garden.

[Adam R]

Made me think of a house that my family has rented a couple of times in Fort Bragg, CA north of San Francisco. It's a large house with an open plan kitchen/dining/living space that's probably almost 1000 square feet with very high ceilings. That entire space is covered in redwood paneling - but if you look at it, there's not a single knot anywhere (i.e. it's "clear" redwood). Judging by the architecture it was early 1970s - getting that kind of wood today would be an absolute fortune, if even possible at all!

[abacaxi]

I apologize for the late comment-I'm a slow reader.

There's a mirror on the inside of the door of the half-bath in the Laundry Room which would create an interesting "picture".

[Rick]

I would not want to be in charge of making sure every one of those lattice squares got properly cleaned each week! Great dust catcher!