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Houzz Tour: Midcentury Gem in Oregon Gets a Contemporary Update
A historically sensitive remodel of a 1971 Rummer-designed home includes updated finishes and a sleek white kitchen
In the living room, the original clinker brick facade and firebox remain. Hullinger furnished the home with a mix of high and low pieces, keeping items such as the couple’s leather sofa and adding other pieces such as the royal blue club chairs from Room & Board. He also paired warm and cool tones throughout the space to play up the teak, concrete and other materials.
Roots of Style: Midcentury Styles Respond to Modern Life
Roots of Style: Midcentury Styles Respond to Modern Life
The formerly dark kitchen is now illuminated by a cable lighting system and a new soffit over the workspace. Reflective surfaces — such as the glossy white tile backsplash — also bounce light around. A new cozy bar area provides a dining spot for the couple, and a large open island area makes for easy entertaining.
Durable glossy white Thermofoil cabinets feature minimalist brushed chrome finger pulls and quartz Caesarstone countertops.
Browse chrome bar pulls
Browse chrome bar pulls
The dishwasher and refrigerator are tucked behind cabinet doors to give the kitchen a clean and streamlined appearance.
Cabinets 101: How to Get the Storage You Want
Cabinets 101: How to Get the Storage You Want
In the laundry area, new Thermofoil slab-front cabinets conceal the washer and dryer.
Slab-Style Cabinets Offer Flexibility and Value
Slab-Style Cabinets Offer Flexibility and Value
The laundry area is dressed up with a marble and mirror tiled backsplash arranged in an eye-catching chevron pattern.
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House at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Size: 1,741 square feet (161.7 square meters)
Designer: Garrison Hullinger of Garrison Hullinger Interior Design
With their low-pitch roofs and atriums that embrace the great outdoors, the midcentury modern homes of real estate developer Robert Rummer are all the rage in Portland, Oregon, these days. Rummer, who created residential neighborhoods throughout the area in the 1960s and ’70s, drew his inspiration from Joseph Eichler’s homes in California.
When a 1971 three-bedroom, two-bath Rummer home just outside Portland in Beaverton was due for a face-lift, designer Garrison Hullinger came to the rescue. The homeowners wanted to embrace the house’s original midcentury architectural characteristics, but the home was in need of updated finishes, better lighting and more thoughtful storage. “I wanted to elevate the finishes and use materials and surfaces that didn’t need a lot of maintenance,” Hullinger says.
Above, the interior of the front door is painted a vibrant green and the concrete aggregate walkway runs from the exterior to inside the home.