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Before & After: A glorious renovation for a midcentury modern home in Oregon

By January 1, 2024

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This midcentury modern home built in 1954 has undergone a complete transformation by Skylab Architecture, nestled in a lush Pacific Northwest wooded landscape in Portland, Oregon. Reimagined, this home is now a durable, warm, and modern retreat that stays true to the spirit of the original home while embracing more open and connected spaces with the surrounding nature.

The renovation included maintaining the primary structure of the house with a full re-envisioning of the spaces of daily life. The single-story, 2,900-square-foot courtyard-style home design focused on the horizontal with projected overhangs that both shelter and allow light into the house through skylights. Continue below to see the “before” pictures!

DESIGN DETAILS: ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS Skylab Architecture GENERAL CONTRACTOR MCM Construction Inc STRUCTURAL SCE Engineering LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 2.ink Studio

mid-century home exterior

The modernized plan links together a yoga studio, guest suite, three bedrooms, and bathrooms with open living, kitchen, and dining space. The kitchen was transformed into the open filtered hub of the living space with integral skylights and courtyard views.

mid-century home exterior

The bedrooms and living spaces were updated with more and larger amounts of glazed openings onto the private garden to develop more naturally lit connections to the exterior.

mid-century modern home exterior

The outdoor pathways invite the flow of living inside and outside day to day and for entertaining. The exposed timber structure pitched roof and exterior siding were restored and augmented to preserve and reveal the original wood finishes.

mid-century modern home exterior

The renovation was centered around the idea of being true to the nature of Pacific Northwest traditions of exposing the timber but also refinishing the exterior and interiors with a series of clear, stained, and burnt wood finishes.

mid-century modern home exterior

In all spaces, there was an exploration of ways to open the plan and facade to the outdoor private courtyard while maintaining select solid areas for structure and privacy.

mid-century modern home entry

The crisp new metal standing seam roofing was additionally a significant selection to protect and preserve the exposed wood structure and finishes.

mid-century modern home covered porch with a skylight

The transformation of this mid-century home into a durable warm modern retreat was developed by being true to the spirit of the original home while embracing more open and connected spaces with the surrounding nature.

mid-century modern home exterior

What We Love: This midcentury gem was completely reimagined to open the living spaces to the property’s beautiful woodsy site. We are loving the strong indoor-outdoor connection and all of the natural light flowing through the interiors of this home. A refined material palette and new furnishings help to create a relaxed living environment that is modern yet inviting. Overall, we think the project team did a fabulous job of reimagining this home for their clients.

Tell Us: What are your overall thoughts on the transformation of this midcentury modern home in Oregon? Let us know in the Comments below, we love reading your feedback!

Note: Be sure to check out a couple of other sensational home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign by the architects of this project, Skylab Architects: Modern prefabricated house with a blackened cedar facade in Oregon and Weathering steel mountain retreat perched hillside in Colorado Rockies.

mid-century modern living room

mid-century modern home ceiling

mid-century modern living room with a fireplace

mid-century modern living room

mid-century modern kitchen

mid-century modern home ceiling

mid-century modern kitchen

mid-century modern bedroom

mid-century modern bedroom

mid-century modern bathroom shower with a skylight

mid-century home exterior

mid-century home exterior with a covered porch

mid-century home exterior

mid-century modern home exterior patio detail

mid-century home exterior aerial view

PHOTOGRAPHER Caleb Vandermeer

mid-century modern home exterior before the remodel

mid-century modern home exterior before the remodel

mid-century modern home exterior before the remodel

mid-century modern home kitchen before the remodel

mid-century modern home kitchen before the remodel

mid-century modern home dining room before the remodel

mid-century modern home living room before the remodel

mid-century modern home exterior before the remodel

mid-century modern home exterior before the remodel

mid-century modern home exterior before the remodel

One Kindesign has received this project from our submissions page. If you have a project you would like to submit, please visit our submit your work page for consideration!

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Sue Nayden
10 months ago

Such a cool house and Beautiful renovation without removing what the real core of the house is. Love the before pics – was one of them the original owner? She looked very proud and she should be. I would love to live there.

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