The national Trust for Historic Preservation has posted Resources for Repair of Post-war housing. The list seems fairly complete to me…can you all think of others? Would it be helpful to start our own here (for myself, I still think it would be neat to have interior and decorating resources as well. )
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One of our favorite parts of Mid-Century travel is finding those fabulous out of the way motels for an affordable price. One of our biggest challenges on our trip back east was finding something near New York City. We knew we wanted to stay close by – because we were spending the day in Manhattan. Just 21 miles north we found the Mamaroneck Motel. Although the website doesn’t do it justice, it’s a fabulous retro
If you have your head in a mid-century fog, you might have missed Mid-Century Menu a category/feature on “No Pattern Required”, where Ruth makes the long-suffering Tom try a myriad of fabulous (ahem, see the picture in the post? maybe not?) dishes! The feature got so popular that Ruth has spun off a separate blog where she can abuse (oops, I meant “test”) more recipes on poor Tom. Here’s my most recent Mid-Century find! I
Nearly 50 years after Georgia and the late Tom Webb hired architect Talivaldis Meijers to design an H-shaped post-and-beam home, with lots of windows, the residence represents an architectural milestone in Hoosier history. The Webb home is one of three houses designed and built by Meijers that will be featured on the Mid-Century Modern Home Tour on May 21 in Columbus. For the rest of the article, click here…..
So, I’m kind of waiting to hear if Trading Spaces will let me dish the “behind the scenes story” and all the really cool dirt about what went on! Summary…the girls, had a blast, said they’d do it again and were very very tired. There were a couple of fights and a couple of “staging” dramas….but you’ll have to check back to see if I’m allowed to talk about any of that! 🙂 So, here’s
