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PALM SPRINGS, EDMONTON
SPONSOR CLASSIC LANDSCAPES
When you drive into this part of Laurier Heights, you’ll notice that every home looks different. But when you walk up to this particular home — with its retro, mounted yellow mailbox, matching front door, and starburst doorbell with distinct buzz — you’ll probably think, “This home hasn’t been updated since the ‘60s!” And you’ll be right — but not in the way you think.
This home’s been renovated a lot in the last four years, but instead of a modern makeover, owner Jesse Raimondi has turned it into a testament to the very best of mid-century modern style. You’ll walk in to see a swag light hanging in the corner. It’s activated by antique-style, push-button switches — the same as all the lights in the house — and sits above a wood-sideboard cabinet (with a plastic-dome record player on it) next to a green fiberglass chair and a grey tufted couch.
The kitchen’s ash wood-panel cupboards and copper-tile backsplash will bring readers of a certain age directly back to their childhoods. Those came with the house, but almost everything else — including the small white tulip kitchen table
