Retro Travel
Mid-century Motel Monday: White Eagle Inn, Cortez Colorado
You have to give owners credit when they change the name of a motel, and yet keep the cool Googie sign. The new one is a bit bland, but we love that they have tried to keep the original feel of this cute motel. Formerly the El Capri Motel, established in 1958 – the rooms
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Recent Posts
- Mid-century Motel Monday: White Eagle Inn, Cortez Colorado
- Mid-century Photo Friday: Stylish Windows
- How to stock a Mid-Century cocktail bar for the summer
- The Ultimate in Mid-Century cool – a cold war bomb shelter!
- 1950’s Modernism: A guide for the clueless.
- The iconic Charles Eames DAR Chair
- Pasadena Heritage presents Pasadena 1940 Forward
- MidCentury Style on a budget
- MidCentury Photo Friday: Lighting
- Mid-Century Photo Friday: Glamorize your Floors
Retro Travel
Mid-century Motel Monday: White Eagle Inn, Cortez Colorado
You have to give owners credit when they change the name of a motel, and yet keep the cool Googie sign. The new one is a bit bland, but we love that they have tried to keep the original feel of this cute motel. Formerly the El Capri Motel, established in 1958 – the rooms
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Mid-Century Motel Review: The Canyon Motel and RV Park
Continuing our spring break tour, we were excited to hit Williams, Arizona and especially happy to check in to the Canyon Motel and RV Park! This historic motel was slated to be torn down and replaced with townhouses. It would be gone today if not for Kevin and Shirley Young, a couple of California transplants, who
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Mid-Century Motel Monday: Wigwam Motel Holbrook Arizona
Spring Break we hit the road and traveled a bit of the “Mother road” (Route 66 for those of you new to the hobby!)! One of our favorite stops was at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, AZ! The Wigwam Motels, also known as the “Wigwam Villages”, was a motel chain in the United States in
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Mid-Century motel Monday: fabulous new mid-century Motel listings
The Curly Redwood Lodge, Crescent City, CA The Curly Redwood Lodge is one of northern California’s most unique lodges. It was built from one curly redwood tree that produced 57,000 board feet of lumber. Curly redwood is unique because of the curly grain of the wood, unlike typical straight grained redwood. Located 5 minutes away
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Mid-Century Motel Monday: Desert Hills Motel, Tulsa, OK
The neon green cactus sign welcomes guests to the Desert Hills Motel, a charming mid-century getaway along the Tulsa, Ok stretch of Route 66. Built in 1953, the building is laid out so that all of the rooms are built on angles. This unique design optimizes the amount of room space, so that there are
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Mid-Century Motel Monday: CarlinVilla Motel, Illinois
Near the heart of historic Carlinville, Illinois, The CarlinVilla Motel offers a relaxing getaway for the whole family. Spend a day with the family visiting Macoupin County’s “Million Dollar Courthouse,” Historic Cannonball Jail, or the Historical Society Museum; take your teenager for a visit at Blackburn College, then return to the CarlinVilla to unwind by
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Lifestyle
How to stock a Mid-Century cocktail bar for the summer
It’s summer and this long winter we seem to have depleted our bar selection, so it’s time to stock up! So, what do you need to stock the perfect Mid-Century Bar? The Alcohol Selection: Gin Vodka Rum Bourbon Scotch Tequila Sweet vermouth Dry vermouth Cointreau For the non-mixed drink crowd: White wine Red wine Beer
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter from Vera Ellen (courtesy of Dress Up and Play), Vera-Ellen began dancing at the age of 10, and a few years later became one of the youngest Rockettes. She appeared in several Broadway musicals until she was spotted by film producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1945. She was only 24 years old when Goldwyn
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GM Heritage Center Images – a retro feast!
Watching the Facebook posts, we came across this treasure trove of fabulous images – the GM Heritage Center has some astounding images for you to look at (seriously, get a cup of coffee and have a long sit). They feature a lot of their old brochures and information on cars! Some fun peaks in to
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Interior Design
Mid-century Photo Friday: Stylish Windows
Window dressing was huge in the 1950′s, but we don’t seem to have resurrected the love of pinch pleats: Interesting suggestions – would you use these in your home? And we couldn’t resist – the wall of curtains! Taken from the “Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book” Copyright 1956, we thought we’d turn Mid-Century Photo
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The iconic Charles Eames DAR Chair
When you think of iconic furniture designers, for most people, one of the first names that will spring to mind is that of Charles Eames. The American designer, born in 1907, was one of the 20th century’s most celebrated and revered designers of furniture and he was responsible for crafting some of the most recognisable
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MidCentury Style on a budget
We’ve seen a resurgence of mid-century style in the past few years, thanks to era-specific shows like AMC’s Mad Men. Since its airing, viewers have had a chance to see how appealing mid-century design really was. Nowadays, you’re hard pressed to find a bar cart for under $300. You can thank Don Draper for that.
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Architecture
The Ultimate in Mid-Century cool – a cold war bomb shelter!
Need to get away from it all? Wish we could all be transported back to the days of “duck and cover”? Here’s a way to own your very own Cold War Era Atomic Bomb Shelter in Fort Pierce, Florida. The structure, built in 1967, was built during the Cold War, to “withstand the big blast”
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1950’s Modernism: A guide for the clueless.
What is characteristic of Modernist architecture? Do the major design features involve steel and glass? Was the design machine-inspired? (does it look somewhat like a machine?) Do the upholstery’s and fabrics look like those found at www.maharam.com? Does the design lack unnecessary details? Does its form follow its function? Does the design emphasize linear qualities?
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Pasadena Heritage presents Pasadena 1940 Forward
This spring, Pasadena Heritage will offer unique programs in a Getty-initiated celebration of the city’s modern architectural heritage through exhibitions and programs at cultural institutions in and around L.A. A leading historic preservation organization founded in 1977, Pasadena Heritage will host a three-part lecture and panel discussion on May 16 and an architectural tour of
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