What to buy the mid-mod man in your life this holiday season? Mr. Retro Renovation has Everything, so it is exceptionally hard. I’ve been prowling around all week and have come up with a few things. But, I need help bad. My guy would love this mid-century decorative tile from bungalowbill.com for his home office, I bet. Heck yeah there is more →
Mid-mod man gifts: Help!
Posted by: • December 13, 2009
Lilly Pulitzer 2010 day planner
Posted by: • December 13, 2009
If I buy a pretty planner, will it force me to get more organized? Here’s the one I want — the Lilly Pulitzer 2010 “Time Flies” planner full of die cuts and stickers and Lilly prints and “surprises.” It’s $24.95 here.
Hunker down with favorite seed catalogs
Posted by: • December 12, 2009
My friend Margaret is the go-to-goddess of gardening with her luminous blog, awaytogarden.com. She has an extensive list of favorite seed catalogs, and with old man winter now upon us here in New England, she recently launched a discussion of her favorite seed catalogs, old and new, and asked her readers for theirs, as well. Forget the visions of sugarplums…I’m spending my long winter nights dreaming of spring and all the little pretties to go into my garden. Image: Select Seeds Cosmos “Rubenza” – a top-10 in 2009 seed.
Bargello needlepoint pillows from Jonathan Adler
Posted by: • December 11, 2009
Bargello needpoint pillows were this week’s big learning for me. If you don’t have the time to look for vintage, and you have a little dough re mi to play with, head straight for all the mid-mod Bargello needlepoint pillows available from Jonathan Adler. Heck yeah there is more →
Koronette fireplace, bar, high fi combo
Posted by: • December 11, 2009
Spotted over on the Retro Renovation Forum — a Koronette combination electric fireplace and mantel that includes a hidden bar and high fi. Wow. Thanks, Katvt, for posting this craigslist item. And thanks, JSPatak, for identifying it. The piece looks to be in Central New Jersey, asking $650.
The Sixties turn 50
Posted by: • December 10, 2009
The 1960s are poised to turn 50…and to mark the anniversary the LA Conservancy has created a website spotlighting architecture and history of the period in the city, and is also running educational programs through the year. Heck yeah there is more →
The #1 tip for displaying your collections
Posted by: • December 9, 2009
There is a rocker in Rebecca’s 1961 split level house. Not the grampa on the porch kind. The guitar in the living room…and dining room…and family room kind. Which leads me to the #1 rule of displaying your collections: Bring them together. “Mass them,” it’s called. To be sure, these guitars look lovely — architectural — in their present locations. And maybe you’ll want to keep them that way. But collections of objects often make a bigger, even more beautiful statement when you display them together. Oh, and once you have three of anything — you have a collection. Heck yeah there is more →
Upcycled journals from vintage library books
Posted by: • December 9, 2009
I went to a handmade craft fair this weekend, and discovered a new world of journals made from vintage library books. The ones that I bought — for holiday gifts, if I can bear to part with them — include the original pocket for the library check-out card. Oh my, they are so sweet! I purchased my journals from Moe O’Hara, recycle artist extraordinaire from Burlington, Vermont, and her attention to detail and quality seems very high. Heck yeah there is more →
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