The crowning glories of Gabe and Amanda’s 1954 midcentury marvelous house may well be those groovalicious mid mod mailbox, mailbox post and address name sign. Gabe did most of the work on these pieces himself, so I asked him if he could tell us how he made it and he quickly responded:DIY midcentury modern mailbox post and address sign — Gabe explains how
Posted by: • April 30, 2012
The crowning glories of Gabe and Amanda’s 1954 midcentury marvelous house may well be those groovalicious mid mod mailbox, mailbox post and address name sign. Gabe did most of the work on these pieces himself, so I asked him if he could tell us how he made it and he quickly responded:Stunning midcentury modern house — 28 photos of Gabe & Amanda’s1954 time capsule house
Posted by: • April 30, 2012
“Luckily we didn’t have the money
to do all the renovations we wanted right away,
because we ended up falling in love with many of the
original aspects that we had considered changing.”
Gabriel and Amanda own a stunning house, designed by architect John Erwin Ramsay, in North Carolina. “Own” may not be the right word, though: To me, Gabe and Amanda clearly have taken on the role as “caretakers” of this house with so many original features. Above: Holey Jetsons, one of my newest favoritest kitchens ever. Continue on for the story and 27 more photos of this beautiful home.
Heck yeah there is more →
306 photos of reader living rooms — Upload your photos
Posted by: • April 27, 2012
May 8 update: 306 photos so far in our gallery — wow, this has been EPIC! Hey, readers: Keep getting out the camera, get artsy fartsy with your angles, and let’s see your living room, too! Uploader enabled —>
Bathroom remodeling — a checklist of 84 costs to consider
Posted by: • April 27, 2012
Bathrooms are the smallest rooms in the house, but they pack a lot of utility into every square inch, so they can be complicated — and expensive to remodel. I thought it would be fun haha to compile a list of every piece of a bathroom remodel that you need to plan, budget and spend. I am going to take a first run at the list based on my experience with several bathroom renovations — but welcome your additions, as I may not have been hit with every possible expense. Here goes:
Vintage framed poems for Mother
Posted by: • April 26, 2012
Here is another vintage idea for a Mother’s Day gift: Framed Mother poems from etsy or ebay. The first place I’d start, for overall ease (there’s not that much time left until Mother’s Day May 13) is etsy.com: I found plenty available and put 16 into my Treasury above and here. These lovely, sentimental little works seem to be very widely available at affordable prices and come in a variety of vintage styles — mostly very prewar or early postwar imagery, I’d say.
4 ideas for Mother’s Day gifts, retro-style
Posted by: • April 26, 2012
It’s just about two weeks until Mother’s Day. I came up with a four ideas. To start: Anne Taintor is now offering 8″x8″ canvas print wall art of three of her sassy sayings, $33.99. Yes, it’s not romantic, but I sure want someone to come and clean my whole house. Link: Canvas print wall art by Anne Taintor.
