Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Innovative Renovation

Excuse the dark pictures. I took them in the afternoon and we have had quite a string of gray days. This house and the one next to it are identical and renovated by the same creative person. Not sure how old the houses are, but the brick seems
fairly old. Maybe the 1920's?

A lot of recycled materials were used- pipes as railings-seen above, a diner booth chair as a porch swing, beautiful tiles covering concrete steps and a stove top vent as a flower box!!
Olive Oil containers are used as ornamental gutters...
All in a row...a beautiful presentation.
A VERY interesting facade- cans mashed, flattened and molded onto this wall. Extra insulation perhaps? Ornamental only? Exquisite-definitely!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing such an inventive recycled/renovated home. You seem like you are loving Portland. Hope all is well!
Love love,
Sarah in New Orleans