Mid Century Style

We were out being mid-Century voyeur’s this weekend. I’ve glanced at these houses while driving by, but we finally drove around up close and personal and wow! totally cool! I didn’t get the best photo of the first one because you have to drive down their driveway to get it, but it’s a great house. The pom pom junipers are awesome and I bet most of the stuff on it is original. According to Zillow it was built in 1964. This house is across the street and has an amazing view of the mountains. Again, according to Zillow it was built in 1932, but ... Read Full Story

Ok, this is LATE - but we’ve been madly searching for a new chair (pictures to come of that, so far failed, hunt) but here’s our fabulous sofa find: Yep, $35 on Craigslist. Skippy eh? Now, it needs recovering because of some “cat damage” on the arms, however we have 3 cats ourselves who are “learning” not to scratch it. Then I plan to recover it in some totally funky barkcloth fabric. (oh, and click through on Flickr if you want to see a front view) The fun part of the story tho - was look what we had to drive throught to get ... Read Full Story

I have been hardly able to contain myself for the last month (I’ve been waiting for the new sets to be finished), but in the next couple of weeks, I will be interviewing one of the wonderful people who design the sets on the series “Mad Men”! (insert hysterical screaming here). If you’re into mid-century style, you surely have drooled all over the sets, wondered where they get their inspiration and wondered how authentic they try to be. Some of you may even have been picking it apart and noticing some faux pas! So, if you have a question for them, what would it ... Read Full Story

What a fantastic remodel! Congrats guys! If you remember this post , you’ll remember that my reader was trying to give away some wonderful bathroom fixtures - they just hated to see them go in the dump! (I totally relate). Well, here’s a happy ending, they didn’t get rid of them, but couldn’t let them go and so incorporated them into the remodel! Yay! Isn’t that a wonderful use of color? I love the yellow behind and the black accents! So, for all of you who aren’t quite sure how to “update” colored bathroom fixtures, here’s a great example! No update yet on my ... Read Full Story

Denver’s Mod Livin is starting voting for their BEST IN SHOW” Eero Aarnio Puppies contest and Auction (sort of the “mod” version of the big painted cows). Go check out the entries so far here . Love this one by a concrete company - creative! Oooo, and just my style! Anyway, it’s for a good cause to benefit the Downtown Animal Care Foundation and Small Businesses. The fabulous news? Eero Aarnio actually signed one! Go get em puppies! Read Full Story