The expansion of Mid-Century Style

We’ve finally gotten organized and launched Mid-Century Motels! It’s still in it’s infant stages, but look for posts over the next few weeks with more motels and more pictures! Please let me know if there are motels you’ve stayed at that should be highlighted. I’m going to be scouring the internet, but I’d love input […]

What an awesome idea!

Isn’t this fantastic! What a wonderful idea! I found this on Manly Vintage and it makes me want to suggest it to anyone with radiators in their home. Run, don’t walk to get one!

Want to spend hours looking at 50's interiors photos?

Sure you do! I haven’t plugged my fantastic Flickr group here for a while, so I thought I’d take this change to direct you all to the group I started on Flickr FOREVER ago – now with 1700 members (can you believe?) and almost 5000 images – there’s a ton of great stuff to look […]

One man's trash….I found a home for my retro Animal Crackers box!

And honestly this became a treasure – I’m SO happy! Jason on Flickr, found my picture of this box that I posted for Pam’s 1st Annual Useless but Wonderful contest. It turns out that this is Jason’s “thing” – Go visit his Flickr page to check out the fabulous collection he has! It’s great if […]

Check out this patio

I’m sure you’re all as eager for summer as I am and so I was thrilled when I saw this finished patio makeover by Stephen over at Cliff May Restoration: Things have been unnaturally busy here (more later) but I wanted to share this with you – be sure to click through on the link […]

The Apache Motel in Moab Utah

Another notch in our Mid-Century Motel belt is the Apache Motel in Moab, Utah (be careful, fabulous photos ahead!) Thanks to my friend Staci for this one! The ONLY place we will ever stay for a shower/pool/sleep-in-a-real-bed break in the midst of summer camping/exploring adventures in the Canyonlands area is The Apache Motel in Moab, […]

The White Sands: Mid Century Motel – Alamogordo NM

Night before last we enjoyed a lovely night at the White Sands Motel in Alamogordo New Mexico. Situated along main street within reach of chain restaurants or some interesting local eateries, it was a nice place to rest after a long day. If you’re not familiar with the area, this is a fabulous place to […]

Doing a little housecleaning

So, I’m doing my duty and cleaning and organizing Mid Century Style – and if I don’t mind saying, it looks clean and shiny!

More bathroom updates

Ok, so here’s the tile selection so far: So, now the drama is the floor tiles. Grey? (to match the vanity?) or black? (too dark) – white – too bright! What? ideas? Help! The other issue is what’s available. Everything is these earthy (NON-50’s) tones that are NOT us. Frankly anything esle is really hard […]

The bathroom plan – so far

Ok, so I may take flack, but yes, we’re taking down the pink plastic tiles in the bathroom, too many are missing or broken and so we’re replacing it all with square black tile. Here’s what we’re planning for a vanity (to the right). Then we’re going to inset some glass tiles in a stripe […]