Having my "Martini in the Morning"

Our favorite Mid-Century blogs – Vintage Travel trailers

One of my favorite movies is the Lucille Ball movie “The Long, Long Trailer” – and while it doesn’t glorify traveling in a trailer, it sure makes me want to hit the open road! With the huge appeal of airstream trailers and travel in general – there’s one blog that stands out – the long-time bloggers Atomic Addiction started a blog WAY back in 2009 when they acquired a trailer that needed a lot of

Updating and renovating? Purist?

I was thinking about renovating this morning – mainly because we’re at a lull on projects until we have some money drop in our lap! 🙂 But I was looking at some real estate ads in Palm Springs (pretty much the mid-century capital) and one mentioned that the kitchen had been “ruined” in an update. There weren’t any pictures, but it got me to thinking about a house we have down the street who ripped

Decorating the kid’s rooms with Mid-Century Style!

Mid-century is a design style that may seem boring to your kids because it’s all about simplicity and minimalism. However, there are many interactive furniture additions that can help you stick with the mid-century motif while keeping your children’s rooms fun. When designing children’s rooms, you must take safety and durability into consideration. What might work for your master bedroom might not work for your kids’ space. Instead of using glass, stick to plastic and

About time? Mad men will be back in March – vote in our poll!

It’s not “official” word, but John Hamm (who you would think would know) apparently let it slip during an interview that Mad Men will finally return in March – March 25th to be specific. Here’s another article as well. AMC is still declining to confirm the date at all. So, what do you think? Has it been to long? Would you watch no matter how long it took? Will it have to be an amazing