Taken from the “Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book” Copyright 1956, we thought we’d turn Mid-Century Photo Friday into a learning experience. This week we tackle color – which if you’ve seen full color photos in the 50′s, they had a different interpretation of.
I wonder how many interior decorators still follow the following rules?
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Our second night in Manitou Springs we decided to try another mid-century motel – and we were lucky to stumble on the Silver Saddle Motel – locally owned by Artur Bryja and Brittany Kelly, we found the staff very friendly, the rooms andd facitilies clean and it was pet friendly! Although our room didn’t have one, they offer in-room Jacuzzi tubs and a cute heated outdoor pool. They offer non-smoking only double and single bed
I won’t take credit for these…a friend of mine sent them in a joke email: There are more on my flickr site! Enjoy the giggle!
Known as the Andrew Fuller House and designed by modernist A. Quincy Jones in Fort Worth Texas, the house isn’t selling, so they’re tearing it down. The December 1950 issue of the magazine Architectural Forum featured a “Builder’s House of the Year” designed by A. Quincy Jones. The same issue also awarded the innovative Palo Alto building magnate Joseph Eichler “Subdivision of the Year”. Eichler then invited Jones to tour the Palo Alto development he
