This was a likely botched shot of my brother but there's a clear view of the front of the Arden Park home in 1961. The turquoise stucco with the redwood stained trim. The screen door. The brick wall constructed by my father with the wrought iron columns supporting the lattice to shade the living room. It really was a smart idea to combat the heat and intense sunlight of the Sacramento summers. Two large camelia bushes and some other shade plants. Maybe a honeysuckle vine on top? Bamboo shades in the kitchen window. No trees in the back high enough to see over the house.
Compare to a similar view of the same home 46 years later. The upper lattice is still there. Different posts. Maybe those bricks are the same, maybe not. Honeysuckle vine is gone but one of the camellias is still there as well as the shrub beneath the kitchen window. New living room window. Wood panel still there but now painted. That front walk was not there in 1961.
Attractive in both views, I think.
Sandy Barnes
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At the end of the kitchen on the left was a pantry and I was going to get rid of it. And the Builder said "If you get rid of it, I'm not doing the job"
Sandy says...I remember the un-remodeled kitchen black and plaid. Mom says "no".
It had no central heat and two cabinets in the kitchen. It was done by a kitchen contractor
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