Catching up and my Goodwill find!

We have had an insane summer – crazy busy. we’ve moved and taken all of our mid-century finds into a 1970’s home in the burbs. We still own and love our 50’s house, but we’re loaning it to someone else for a while! 🙂 In settling in tho we have more room (hooray) and so […]

New Year's resolutions on the house

For those of you who don’t read my other blog, my “word of the year” this year is “Focus”. One of the things I want to focus on is fixing the things we have. So, I got the great idea to make a list here and see how many we accomplish: Fix the plumbing in […]

Pictures of "Franks" bar and other insights into our home

My husband’s bar is named “Franks”….not oddly after Frank Sinatra (although there are pictures of him) but after Frank Zappa – I bought an expensive photo of him years ago and that’s what started the whole bar theme! So, here’s the new and improved “Franks”. Some of the “Franks” around the bar – it’s fun […]

Happy Mother's Day

Enjoy  your mid-century Mom’s Day – if I can shake this cold, I think we’re off to buy flowers and plants! I’m still looking for the perfect 1950’s midwestern landscaping resource (I’ve found a lot in California!). Anyone have any great ideas? Anyway, enjoy!