Mid Century Modern

Have you been looking for the mid century modern hourglass shaped light fixtures? You may not have to look no further – On February 3, 2010, Rejuvenation is releasing “Hourglass Collection” as an addition to its popular Mid-Century Modern line.
Galaxy – Close Up
The Hourglass Collection features four handcrafted aluminum light fixtures: Galaxy, Asterix, Vektr, and [...]

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Here are some Valentine’s Day gift ideas for mid century modern lovers…

Get your camera ready! Modernica is having their first “Pets on Furniture” contest. The rule is simple – send quality photos of your pets on modern furniture (doesn’t have to be mid-century modern) to petcontest@modernica.net with “pets” in the subject line (don’t forget to include your pet’s name). They will post top photos daily and [...]

Palm Springs has one of the largest concentrations of modern architecture in the United States. As early as the 1930’s and into the middle of the 20th century, many visionary architects were drawn to Palm Springs to create many public, commercial and residential buildings.
Tramway Gas Station (Palm Springs Visitors Center)
To pay tribute to its architectural [...]

[ February 27, 2010; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. February 28, 2010; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] 20th Century Cincinnati show celebrates the century’s classic forms including mid century modern, art deco, streamline, and futuristic. The show features 50 vendors offering a wide selection of vintage-modern furnishing, lighting, decorative objects, vintage clothing and accessories.

Date: February 27 – 28, 2010
Time: Regular show hours on Saturday and Sunday [...]

An Eames Primer by Eames Demetrios
If you are in Tulsa, Oklahoma area, be sure to join the Philbrook Museum of Art’s “3rd Thursday” speaker series event on January 21, 2010. This series of 3rd Thursday will be joined by Eames Demetrios, a filmmaker, director of The Eames Office, author of An Eames Primerand a member [...]

Now that the walls are painted, I needed to decorate my walls. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I painted my walls in “Chartreuse” that was from a color palette called “Suburban Modern” offered by Sherwin Williams. To give an accent, I painted a wide border going across the walls in “Classic French Gray” [...]

I have posted my bed building experience on this website and my Flickr page. I’d like to thank those who left nice comments on my bed. I’d also like to thank Ian Maclean, the owner of hairpinlegs.com. My bed would never have the classic mid century look without his hairpin legs. I ordered a set [...]

So now the bed is complete, our next project was to build a pair of mid century modern inspired nightstands. Originally, I was going to buy a pair of nightstands. I wanted a pair of Paul McCobb nightstands that matches my dresser. I looked all possible sources, but could never find one within my budget. [...]

My First Eames Fiberglass Chair
Now that I learned how to restore the Eames fiberglass shell chairs, I decided to tackle another project. I was going to restore one of the two orange arm shells I purchased online a few years ago. I have been using one with a rocker base and the other with an [...]