Add CategoryThere’s no sitting on the fence when it comes to this joint, you’ll either love it or loathe it. And by that we mean really love it or really loathe it.
It’s a bit like your favourite flavour of bubble gum really.
The Bubble Gum House on Staten Island. Picture: Realtor
It comes complete in polarising pink. Picture: Realtor
This Bubble Gum House did get the big tick of approval from MAC Cosmetics, one of the top three leading make up brands in the world, who wanted to use it for a photo shoot earlier this year.
But it didn’t end up happening because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bubble Gum Heaven. Picture: Realtor
Rolling out the pink carpet. Picture: Realtor
No explanation has been offered as to why the chandelier isn’t pink too. Picture: Realtor
This very well preserved yet polarising 1960s time capsule has more retro flair than you drive a Ford Mustang through. And it’s just hit the market in New York City for anyone who just loves hot pink.
“Everyone calls in the Bubble Gum House,” owner Barbara DeLeo told the New York Post.
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You would never guess what lies inside. Picture: Realtor
But there it is. Picture: Realtor
The four-bedroom home on Staten Island is covered head to toe in shades of blush, Mrs DeLeo’s favourite colour, from the carpet to the bathroom tiles to the hallways to the wallpaper, window trims, the staircase and even the stately bar.
It’s almost like someone blew a massive pink bubble out of gum and it burst all over the house.
And it all sits behind an unassuming brown facade.
But it wasn’t always that way.
It’s always the 1960s here. Picture: Realtor
“When I first built the house, it [the staircase] was brown — and then I said, ‘That’s gotta go,’ ” Mrs DeLeo told The Post.
“I love pink.”
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And it hosted plenty a party in its heyday, according to its owner.
Mrs Leo and her late husband Richard built the home from the ground up in 1969. The two-storey home has a kitchen on each floor, a common feature in homes belonging to multigenerational Italian immigrant New York families.
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Mrs DeLeo’s daughter Barbara Lynn Veneziano said that while the home’s makeover was divisive, the family loved the home and were sad to see it go.
“It was bright and cheery,” she said.
“I don’t think all the men loved it too much, but my father never complained.”
It’s on the market for $US829,000 ($US1.18 million).