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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:20 PM Mar 2016

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The Modernist 1969 Palm Springs Dream Home Where Time Stood Still

In 1969, construction finished on 2055 S Joshua Tree Place, Palm Springs, CA 92264. The three-bedroom, 3.350 square feet property was decorated in the Palm Springs style. There were Moire wallpaper and draperies, gold crystal chandeliers and a wainscoted den. There still is. The place was decorated and left alone. To step inside is to enter a time warp. Let’s take a look around this Modernist masterpiece, valued at $850,000:

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The Modernist 1969 Palm Springs Dream Home Where Time Stood Still (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2016 OP

My God - that's the very definition of 'tacky'... Aristus Mar 2016 #1

That's what my Heaven looks like! valerief Mar 2016 #2

Way cool! Its deliciously awful riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #3

Early American TV Evangelist. Turbineguy Mar 2016 #4

Ding Ding Ding! 2naSalit Mar 2016 #14

That is ucking fugly. sarge43 Mar 2016 #5

Only $850K? malthaussen Mar 2016 #6

I think the furnishings LiberalElite Mar 2016 #9

Got to get a Lotto card shenmue Mar 2016 #7

FUGLY is an understatement. 3catwoman3 Mar 2016 #8

I love green. Tobin S. Mar 2016 #10

I love it! The Second Stone Mar 2016 #11

I've seen those rooms before....it was during a flashback. Solly Mack Mar 2016 #12

The brown acid? Turbineguy Mar 2016 #16

Not sure. It was a strange night. Solly Mack Mar 2016 #17

Of course, it couldn't have been just "left alone." kentauros Mar 2016 #13

My word awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #15

Those colors are so loud. I had to put in ear plugs. n/t Yavin4 Mar 2016 #18

This dropped an old Top 40 45rpm into the windmills of my mind. Special Prosciuto Mar 2016 #19

And since you mentioned "windmills of your mind", Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #20

Aristus

(66,316 posts)

1. My God - that's the very definition of 'tacky'...

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:33 PM

Mar 2016

Gold-flecked mirrors; enough said...

valerief

(53,235 posts)

2. That's what my Heaven looks like!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:39 PM

Mar 2016

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

3. Way cool! Its deliciously awful

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:49 PM

Mar 2016

I wanna jump on that bed.

Turbineguy

(37,319 posts)

4. Early American TV Evangelist.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:36 PM

Mar 2016

Heaven looks like that, ya know!

2naSalit

(86,536 posts)

14. Ding Ding Ding!

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 12:09 AM

Mar 2016

sarge43

(28,941 posts)

5. That is ucking fugly.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:39 PM

Mar 2016

That bedroom alone would drive anyone to a psychotic break.

malthaussen

(17,187 posts)

6. Only $850K?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:44 PM

Mar 2016

For 3350 square feet? Property values are less in Palm Springs than I had imagined.

-- Mal

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

9. I think the furnishings

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:18 PM

Mar 2016

depress the price.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

7. Got to get a Lotto card

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:57 PM

Mar 2016

I want to win a million and buy that thing.

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)

8. FUGLY is an understatement.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:12 PM

Mar 2016

No one had ever lived there? I can understand why.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

10. I love green.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:56 PM

Mar 2016

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)

11. I love it!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 08:06 PM

Mar 2016

Other than the popcorn ceiling spray, which has a 30 percent chance of having asbestos in it, it is a marvel.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

12. I've seen those rooms before....it was during a flashback.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:39 PM

Mar 2016

Turbineguy

(37,319 posts)

16. The brown acid?

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #12)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 08:47 AM

Mar 2016

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

17. Not sure. It was a strange night.

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #16)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 03:58 PM

Mar 2016

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

13. Of course, it couldn't have been just "left alone."

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:48 PM

Mar 2016

Someone had to keep it clean and care for everything, especially outdoors. I'm more surprised that nothing is faded.

More pics and info here. I'm still not sure if it was renovated to match the original or what.

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

15. My word

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 12:27 AM

Mar 2016

that would make Liberace blush.

Yavin4

(35,437 posts)

18. Those colors are so loud. I had to put in ear plugs. n/t

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 04:23 PM

Mar 2016

Special Prosciuto

(731 posts)

19. This dropped an old Top 40 45rpm into the windmills of my mind.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 10:58 PM

Mar 2016

It was 'Incense and Peppermints' by none other than 'The Strawberry Alarm Clock.'

Please make it stop. It hurts.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

20. And since you mentioned "windmills of your mind",

Reply to Special Prosciuto (Reply #19)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 04:30 AM

Mar 2016

I've got that song stuck in my head.

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