Woah! We happened to drive past this on Saturday. I yelled out, "LOOK! A METAL HOUSE!" and I got to explain Lustrons to my son. Probably drove past it 100 times and never noticed it before. Glad it is getting the love it deserves!
Am assuming this fantastic home is in the St. Louis vicinity. Are there enough wall panels and an extra doorway in the disassembled Lustron Home pile to wall off the utility room from that front facing back door?
Love everything this guy does but the yellow and blue on the outside is very of putting..Paint it black with natural wood features and lots of greenery and it would be a show stopper... If your trying to get the newer generation to appreciate this craftsmanship (which I totally do) this is going to be a turn off ..
@@lysem4392 I get it...I really do. But I still don't like it...For me it just isn't aesthetically pleasing..But I'm very happy for him. Restoration is definitely a labor of love ...
Now I have a little history to "Fallout 4" that has the players house almost exactly like your project house. As you walked around, I can see the game house in my mind. So cool.
Great! I own Lustron #1237 in Iowa Falls. It is the standard 2 bedroom Westchester, and I do have the original build-ins and windows. I don't have an original kitchen sink, but do have the original room divider- china cabinet. I watch the restoration of the 2nd Empire home, and horror of horrors, I have my Lustron decorated with Eastlake furniture, some of it from my maternal grandmother's home. All best wishes. If I can ever be of help, let me know.
This is wild to me. I've spent hundreds of hours playing Fallout 4 and never realized the houses in Sanctuary Hills were based on real world houses, let alone real world houses that were made an hour away from where I grew up. Also found out there's one of these Lustrons in my town, and I knew the old couple who lived there.
Ah - wonderful! Online, I saw 1949 Lustron for sale, last year, in Plattsburgh, NY - loved it! The people that recently bought our 1926 wood-sided cottage, that we lived in some decades ago, have infuriatingly removed all character, including the fab original wooden windows for stupid vinyl, covered over the wonderful golden wood floors with that "trendy" gray flooring that the crowd just has to have this decade in time! I am so sad. It makes me happy to see your Dad restoring original windows - HooRay!!!
They probably wanted a new house tbh. A lot of people want new homes but they don’t build enough in that area or they’re too expensive so they settle for a used home and flip it
Your father and you are definitely visionaries. I was born in 1955. Some of the items you describe, as i grew, i still remember seeing. Not everyone could afford to update. I appreciate the tour.
I’ve been watching your channel since the first episode. I noticed this house many times passing by, as I live in the neighborhood. I had no idea it was your dad’s place. Anyways, your channel has been a huge inspiration to me and I just wanted to say thank you keep up the great work. Your fellow city residents are rooting for you!
I was born in 1952 so this is super fun for me to see. Playing mini golf was a favorite childhood pastime - love the course in the backyard. All it needs is some kind of windmill on one of the greens! Your dad must be a really fun guy!
I live in Fargo, ND and there are at least 5 Luxon houses near us. Only 2 have the original exterior panels and windows. The others are obviously the house underneath because of door and window placement. One of the two with the original features also has a very fine matching garage. Thank you for your videos!
This is the coolest! I’m from the UK and had only seen houses like this in the game Fallout 4, I had no idea they were actually based on real houses. Amazing work!
You can definitely see the massive inspiration. Heck the layout is nearly identical to the houses in Fallout 4. Seeing this makes me want to buy one and rebuild it and maybe rent it out for vacationers.
Thanks for the awesome tour. The house will be fabulous. My sister has owned and used the exact same stove and my brother owned and used the very exact fridge. We always giggled because his name is Phil and said the fridge was made just for him. I do hope your dad finds the needed kitchen cabinetry for the kitchen. I think he needs a big old two tone Buick out in the driveway. My dad had one that was red and white and what a beauty it was. Can’t remember what year it was, I will have to look it up. I think it was a 1956 Super. So nice of you helping your dad out. I’m sure there will many wanting to stay in this historic home ❤
We live down the street from this house and the hippo always makes us laugh, but now after watching this video, I truly appreciate what you all are doing and the thought put into this project. Thank you for sharing your work and bringing joy to the community!
😊oh my gosh! I absolutely love this restoration! Your dad has a wonderful vision for this cool place! It’s kind of great that y’all get to make this memory together! Thank you for sharing his restoration along with yours!❤❤😊😊
@The 2nd Empire Strikes Back Thank you, and thank your father, so so much for putting the time, money, and effort i to restoring this fantastic old house. Played Fallout 4 so much, when you showed the master bedroom window I was instinctively looking outside for Bloatflys lol. Everything from the laundry room to the hallway closet is perfect!😂
I was born in 1955, and grew up in southwestern Ohio. There were a number of these metal houses in our area; I wonder if they survived. We lived in a frame house that my dad built, and though the house was wood, we had very similar metal cabinets and appliances in the kitchen. Fun project bringing this piece of history back to life!
I forgot about this. Again, my best friends rented one in North Muskegon MI. It was like living in a drier. We made a lot of jokes. (It was the unsung 4th little pig's house, etc.)
You and your family are special people. Y'all have such a passion for the older things. Like making sure that there are still houses around that reflect a bygone time. Y'all restore them properly and take us along with you. I'm glad that your roots run so deep. And I hope one day when you and Kim have kids that they will appreciate these things as well. That they will strive to restore beauty to neglected places. As always I look forward to seeing what y'all do next.
There is a house like this across the street from my moms house. It recently sold so I was able to see the realtors photos online. It was all original except the kitchen sink and bathroom sink.
I grew up in Maplewood, MO. There was a metal house down the street, unfortunately that part of Maplewood was all torn down for a car dealership. Great video as always
That is so cool. Out where I live, Eichlers are the pre-fab home. Collectively, they are protected structures. Its pretty amazing the see whole neighborhoods of all Eichlers. Most have been "modernized". Eichler homes were so forward thinking that many remain as built new just fully restored.
Dude! Just today my wife said she'd love to see the inside of your place, and researching more about Lustron houses I found this video! Very cool. Your dad seems like a great guy! Awesome you doing this project with him. When you guys have it all polished up and ready and need a camera guy I'd happily shoot a nice little video/photos for your listing if you give my wife and I a tour!
Oh wow! It is looking soooo much better, lovely to see it all coming back together in its original glory, I absolutely commend you both for your passion and enthusiasm to preserve the past, there needs to be alot more people like yourselves to preserve these historical gems. Look forward to seeing more progress soon, thank you for sharing with us both your wonderful restoration journeys 😊
Super fascinating. My first thought was it would be the opposite of cozy. Would it be cold or noisy? A backyard put put course is the coolest idea ever! :o)
I have never heard of this type of a house or even knew this was a type of house that was available back in the 50s. It’s definitely a rare home to own. Can’t wait to see it all finished and decked out in 1950s decor which is one of my favourite time periods.
When I saw the heating room and the kitchen, I started to wonder if the finished house would look like a mixture of retro-SciFi (you know, what was supposed to look futuristic in the 50s) and a submarine (the cover plates at the wall). It's gonna be interesting to watch the progress of this project :)
The stove has a deep well burner! The original slow cooker!. Ours had a tall pot that fit down in the deep well. Cooked awesome pot roasts and soups. And if I remember correctly, you could raise the burner up to the top so you could use it like a normal burner
The dinosaur and Hippo in the backgarden reminds me of statue dinosaurs in a place called Crystal palace park in south London in the UK that have been there since the 18th century!
I sure learned a lot from this video. I had never heard of Lustron before. What a great idea to return this house to how it was intended to be. Keep up the good work!
Your Stove is a 1958 Fridgesdaire if its the same one my mom had the back burner lowers to sink a deep pot to make like corn on the cob or boil soup. I like your home, my parents converted a three floor Victorian into a mid century modern. I hate mid century stuff personally. But your dad has treasure there. Good luck Alex
This is beautiful! I love everything about what you guys are doing. I wish everyone preserved history with such love and care as this. Wow. I can’t wait to follow the progress!
really glad youtube suggested these to me. Such a fascinating piece of history. Theres a handful here left in town, but im a good day away from 2 cities just loaded with them. Maybe someday if I feel bothered i'll take a trip to just see how it looks having more than 1 together.
I know this comment sounds off subject, but I hope you and Kim, and the fur babies are all doing well. This sudden Lustron update makes me fear that something troubling has happened. You will be in my prayers.
Thank you for the reassurance. By the way, I think the mini golf statues are hysterical. If we ever get out to St Louie, you could provide backyard passes to the course for folks who visit you at the Brown house!😊@@The2ndEmpireStrikesBack
OMG, I LOVE that Lustron home! So, so 50s. What an era! Have you seen the space ship-looking home in the Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI?? They loved the "space-age!"
