Monday, March 18, 2013

2. Comparing our house to known Cliff May designs

Features in actual Cliff May homes or in Cliff May designs/sketches are shown with corresponding features in our home.


Sketched entry door & Living Room fireplace, compared to ours:

image from CAREFREE CALIFORNIA: CLIFF MAY AND THE ROMANCE OF THE RANCH HOUSE

Unusual entry doors & deep, tapered entryways are seen on early Cliff May hacienda-style homes:

 
 Note the colorful tiled-in home address number (another Cliff May characteristic):


Cliff May liked beehive fireplaces (ours is on the right):
 



Wall-art comparison:
a painting in Cliff May's own home at left, a sculpture built-in to our LR wall on the right:
image on left from The Regents of The University of California, UC Libraries, powered by the California Digital Library.


Interior door comparison:

image on left from Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May


Our doorbell is operated by pull-string:




A comparison of lighting fixtures:
image on left from Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May


The original gutters in our courtyard were wooden "Vee" like the pic below:
image from Western Ranch Houses by Cliff May

Links To Blog Posts:
1. Discovering a Cliff May Home | 2. Comparing to known Cliff May designs | 3. Olive Tree | 4. Floor Plan | 5. Backyard Brick Path and Clothesline | 6. Pine Tree | 7. Driveway & Mechanic's Pit | 8. Wild Parrots | 9. Misc Pics 

 

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