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 […]
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 […]
I think I'm in love – the Mad Men craze continues
This delectible house is here in Denver in the famous Arapahoe Acres – wow, what a fabulous house! Check out the other yummy photos by Stacie Ann Smith of what is known as the “Pool House”. It was used for this tribute to “Mad Men” fashion photo shoot.
Wow! What a great FLickr group for mid-century home enthusiasts!
So, I was surfing cool retro mid-century stuff and found this awesome group on Flickr: Mid Century Home Brochures and Ephemera – a little tasty sampler: –
Vintage residential architecture illustrated!
Go catch this little mid-century yumminess with Ward-O-Matic. His blog is mostly illustration, but he definately has a deep love of all things midcentury! If you like this sort of thing, check out his blog regularly because he always knows the illustrators and gives an extra insight into those magazine covers we all love! This […]
1950's furniture arranging
I got to thinking today about what has made our house more of a 50’s home. I think part of the challenge of living in any period house is to try to keep within the time, but to update it and make it your own. Our furniture is partially 50’s and partially – well, “dorm […]