Showing posts with label home design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home design. Show all posts

January 1, 2011

Atomic Dining for Space-Age Lovers, and a Resolution?


Well another new year is born and another one bites the dust. It's a time when people often clean out the old to make a fresh start or make new year's resolutions. First of all I'm going to do a slight clean up to my blog by removing the playlist that's been floating at the bottom of the page for far too long - especially since it's been bogging-down the vintage Etch-a-Sketch computer that I use whenever I attempt to load the darned thing :)

The playlist will be kept archived here in this post since there may be someone out there who may still have some fun from it.


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Next I need to make a New Year's resolution... hmmmm, that's quite a bit harder. Maybe I should resolve to put away all the Christmas decor before the end of January this year? Nope, that is a challenge for me, but not challenging enough!

The past is history and one should look ahead. It's time for a change. I'm bored of looking at these same four walls. I need something new, something exciting and different. Maybe Mid Century Mod has had it's day, it's dated and out of place today. Should I give this up, sell it all off and start decorating in vintage 70's decor with macrame owls hanging from the wall and some groovy lava lamps? Just as dated. A little Shabby Chic? Not in this man cave. Maybe we could go for a home make-over in all new post-millennial, like in the photo above? Let me think about that one for awhile. In the meantime I'll ask you this:
Do any of you make a resolution for the new year? And if so, just what is it that you're making a pinky-swear to do?

July 8, 2010

North By Northwest - the VanDamm Residence


I've always loved this bit of mid-century fantasy architecture that Hollywood created for the Alfred Hitchcock thriller "North by Northwest" in 1959. When I think of the movie, I think of this wonderful home situated in the Black Hills of South Dakota. I don't know if anything can come any closer to being the epitome of MCM design.

The above still needs to be viewed in full screen to be properly appreciated. Look at the concept of blending the structure in with the landscape... the low, long flowing lines... the floating, gravity-defying living area levitated over the canyon drop-off... floor to ceiling windows everywhere... all elements popularized in 50's modern architecture. That's atomic living.

As for me? I wouldn't want to live there, as much as I love the scenic Black Hills... but having a good hunk of my home clinging from a drop-off?? That would wear on my acrophobic nerves to no end :P ...Yet it sure is inspiring to admire it's style!

June 15, 2010

"Shooby Dooby Wah-Waaaaa"

The home tour takes a break today so that I can take a moment to fulfill a request and share an update.

And thank goodness! ...because that perky tour guide was really starting to get on my last nerve :P


First, we have a listener request for this little number (I feel so like a DJ now!). It's an oldie but a goodie called "Dutch Door, Amour" by Miki and the Atomics (I didn't say I was a good DJ) and we'd like to send this one out to Michael at the Fab Cul-de-sac Shack.... take it away!


And I remember when Dad installed this Dutch Door too! So that'd make it 70's sometime? These doors were popular for a long time, through out the mid-century. At some later point Dad had bolted the two halves together permanently. Originally there was a latch mounted above the doorknob for locking the top section to the bottom.



Next up on the turntable is the unforgettable tune "Put a Hot Red Sling Chair Cover Over My Broken Heart." Oh, the memories that brings back...

I found this red w/ white trim cover along with a collapsable 60's frame for less than the cost of ordering a new cover alone. What a deal! My 50's butterfly chair looks happy again in it's new threads. And the collapsable frame means we can go camping in style on our next trip. I'd be jealous if I were you!


That's all folks! Thanks for tuning in today, and be sure to come back tomorrow for more of your classic favorites. This is your friendly Space Commander signing ooo-off . . .

May 26, 2009

A-Frame Beach Cabin




Designed by Dr. David T. Hellyer

May 21, 2009

Seaside Summer House



May 17, 2009

Roof Overhang Supports

Saw this on Flickr and wanted to share the wrought iron work on this ranch - subtle and very retro.

May 15, 2009

Weekend Beach Cottage



February 15, 2008

Dream Get-aways

How about these for swanky get-aways? I can picture myself lounging in a shaded built-in patio, sipping on a icey margarita...

I can always dream, can't I?




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