It was our 41 wedding anniversary. I can’t wrap my head around that number, but there you have it. We have a big trip planned later this year, so we decided to get away. Went to visit a friend in Palm Desert. More on that later. Now I simply want to share mid-century homes from the Twin Palms neighborhood in Palm Springs.
We didn’t have as much time as I had expected. Since we needed to be in Redlands by 12:30. So instead of getting out of the car and walking the neighborhood, we just drove around and I snapped most of these pictures from the car.
The neighborhood got it’s name because every house had to have twin palm trees. I missed the famous ones with the trees growing out of the roof. Anyway, today, there are all kinds of palms, or not.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, the only place where I find Mid-century modern homes attractive, is places like this. Palm Springs, the weather is perfect for these houses. The streets are wide, there are no tall buildings around. Oh, and people probably spend more money on maintenance than the original house cost.
Quirky, someone took the mid-century and did some funny things to it. Which is fine, some of the houses have been torn down and a 1980s’ house replaced it.
Like this one. At least they did a good job decorating for Halloween.
What intrigued me here was that beautiful pot by the entrance. You can hardly see it. You can see the reflection of our car in the glass of the garage…
LOVE this door! It’s not square and the graphic element of it is amazing. I also like the side door that is simple but follows the same principals. I may be wrong, but I bet that door was not an original part of the house. That is a lot more planning and design than was done in the 50s.
More Halloween!
How cool is this?? Also, look at the backdrop, even the 1980s’ house wouldn’t look too bad with that back drop. I love that people go all out with the decorations. Unlike the planned golf club community where we were staying…. The uniformity was too much. I think I saw one small pumpkin.
The two tall thin palms may be the original twins of this house. Now they have a lot of company as well as that incredible view.
More on the trip later.
Leah