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Mid-Century Style Magazine Ning Group closed

Unfortunately due to lack of traffic and time for us to maintain it, we have decided to take down our Ning group – hopefully anyone who was enjoying the social aspect there will find us on Facebook! Please click the link here to “like” our “Mid-Century Style” Page on Facebook and we also have  “Mid-Century Motels” page on Facebook as well! 8FKXA6FDM8N8

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Early Postmodern Design and Quality

What is it about the ‘50s that we find so riveting, so very chic? There was a Utopian quality back then, of course. This was part of the overall prosperity of the post-Wars era. Things were peachy in the economy, industry, pop culture and technology. America was on top. It had massive confidence. And, design in all fields flourished. Postmodern 50s It’s not just a little quirk of this site or hobbyists to love the

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Mad Men Update: show delayed until spring but it’s happening!

I’m not sure if anyone else was wondering, but I was curious what was up with the “Mad Men” and taping for next year. The show has been delayed, but thanks to some dispute resolution, One of the negatives of success is conflict and it appears there’s been a ton when it comes to “Mad Men”. Matt Weiner finally signed a new contract in April  with the main dispute being over his salary and the

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Detail of Kitchen handles from other house

My friend over at Ranch Handy posted about this Kitchen (not hers) quite some time ago, but I’m not sure she ever found these handles…aren’t they cool? I also LOVE the knotty pine cabinet doors. We had a ton of this in our old house – knotty pine built ins and we loved it. Even when we ripped out a wall with closets between two very small rooms, we carefully saved all the lumber. The

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