Thursday, June 18, 2009
Scrolley, Frilly, Awesome old Cottage on Laveta Terrace
Do you know the owners of this house? Can you help me speak to them of my deep abiding love for their silly and deteriorating treasure? It is a derelict eyesore, it's true. But it's also a lovable save-able treasure the likes of which I haven't seen elsewhere in Echo Park. Please support my efforts to reach the owners and make sure it's treated properly. My dream is to fix it up in place as a home, but moving it or making it a cafe would also be fantastic. A girl can dream so make my dreams come true. Go buy this house and fix it up right now. My nightmare: Stucco and vinyl windows.
And now for more pictures of Laveta House:
Behold its dazzling variety of decorations. Was the builder on the 1885 version of acid? Or just suffering from a great obsession for frilly wooden things? And its peeling layers of paint couldn't be quainter! A Disneyland-like picture-perfect weathered, stoic relic of Victorian Echo Park. But let's stop waxing nostalgic. This building is in serious danger because of its lack of protection from the elements.Let me know if anyone tries to knock this house down because I will run over and handcuff myself to its shapely porch post.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
What NOT to do with a 1910 Cottage. Stucco and Slider'ed
Oh, Well. A girl has got to make a living. And if I sell this house to a family or investor who likes its current, traditional shape, it won't be knocked down for another apartment monstrosity on our block. The hoped-for new and tasteful owner can always take out the tile floor (original subfloor wood is under there, I checked)and un-stucco the house, and then go to Silverlake Architectural Salvage, get some original windows....Come and visit my open house if you can Tuesday night, and say hi.
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