Futuro Houses

After having this picture (on the right) go viral on our Facebook page,  we decided to conduct further investigation into their history. There are several sites dedicated to tracking the whereabouts of current houses as well as the history of them. Here’s what we found in brief: The Futuro, or Futuro House, is a round, […]

War Seemed More Relaxed in the 1950s

In today’s society, the mere mention of a bomb on a social networking hub could have the police knocking on your door. The term “terrorist threat” is held by loose standards as children and young adults could face jail time for inappropriate comments made to friends in jest. Would this kind of behavior been worthy […]

Two cool internet finds

Thanks to my friend Sarah for this one – here’s a great way to see Disney “Mid-Century” style wise! : And my second “find” is this great site on how to date bottles. I found a ton of old bottles in the back stoop of my last house when we took it out – glass […]

The great couch hunt

Ok, this is LATE – but we’ve been madly searching for a new chair (pictures to come of that, so far failed, hunt) but here’s our fabulous sofa find: Yep, $35 on Craigslist. Skippy eh? Now, it needs recovering because of some “cat damage” on the arms, however we have 3 cats ourselves who are […]

Just when you thought Christmas was over…

This was spotted over on Boing Boing, but I love this idea of custom gingerbread house to look like your home! And it’s midcentury (whoopee!) I think I like this one even better than the modern one I posted before! 🙂 There’s more to the kitchen sink saga but I’ll post it later today. Sigh, […]

Pam's 1st annual Useless but Wonderful Contest

Well, the holidays are kicking in here….and I’ve been a little slack about my houseblog. I realized today that I’d been missing a ton when I found out about this: Pam at Retro Renovation’s 1st Annual Useless but Wonderful contest!  So, here’s my submission…and yes, I’ve had this sitting around in the house for 7 […]

OMG! I have to make one of these!

Isn’t this totally adorable? Wow! if I hadn’t vowed to give up my gingerbread house addiction, I’d make this one this year! 🙂 And if you haven’t noticed, we’re completely broke! Not without MANY MANY projects to do around the house, but without the money to complete them. I was thinking about getting an interior […]

Dog Warning

DOG WARNING SIGN Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. I had just passed a hedge this morning when I looked back at the front gate and saw this sign. I laughed so hard I had to go back with my camera. Can’t wait to see the dog!

You have no idea how weird you can appear

Interesting 50’s door in our “hood’ Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. So, I’ve been driving around our neighborhood trying to covertly take photos of cool front doors. You have NO idea how weird this makes you appear. I have a group that I’m going to appeal to to send them to me. I desperately want to […]

"What's a little nibble among friends"

I was doing a search for 50’s Interior residential design and ran across this site on Interior Design – Kingwood College….got a ton of links! Now there’s some weekend fun! Alec’s bite Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. I guess somewhere (our basement, the backyard?) Matey Moo got bitten 3 times by a spider (that’s our current best guess). […]