Mid Mod Pam on Dec 22 2007 | Filed under: decoration
I wasn’t going to do any holiday posts, until I saw Mitzi of Vintage Goodness‘ post about this great website, wishbookweb.com. Scans straight out of old Sears Wishbooks, and Spiegel, too. What memories - of days when shopping wasn’t such an everyday affair. The photo below is from Speigel 1955. Dig the slipcovers, matching [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Dec 20 2007 | Filed under: decoration
Is anyone else in love with these? I am sure that the same instinct that makes me want to buy many useless but wonderful house things, also makes me want to buy every vintage charm bracelet that I come across. This one has a couple of little kitchen fixtures and accessories on it - even [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Dec 17 2007 | Filed under: decoration, dining room, living room
In vintage ads from 1957 and 1961, I picked up on these awesome Chinese Emperors as decorative art for living rooms. Aren’t the colors and graphics extraordinary? To be sure, Asian influences became very common around this time.
Palm Springs Stephan clues us into their history, and where to get them. Very cool.
Note, I swear I [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Dec 12 2007 | Filed under: decoration
Update: Sold for $34.99
Who says that midcentury design has to be all googie…or colonial? Let’s not forget: Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
Hey, I even like the fact it’s missing one rhinestone. The (decorating) gods do not want us to achieve perfection, they will become jealous and smite us.
Just two days to go on this [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Dec 10 2007 | Filed under: Reader homes, decoration
Today in lieu of ebay:
Stephan from Palm Springs weighs in on last week’s post about WPA posters:
If I may add a little something more to today’s post on WPA posters:
The National Park Service picked up on the Retro craze some time ago and has for several years been selling reproductions of these posters [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Dec 06 2007 | Filed under: Reader homes, decoration
Instead of ebay today….
Kay writes:
Hello Pam,
I just found your blog in the last few weeks and I am really enjoying it. I live in a 1952 house that seems to be in the style of a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Though I am not going totally 50’s I am trying to keep that 1950’s feel. [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 22 2007 | Filed under: Inspiration, decoration, living room
Kindred spirit Jenn Ski has had her awesome mid century style artwork picked up for a TV commercial. Dig this family toasting the holidays with grandma, Hood Pumpkin Eggnog in hand. Yummy stuff to go with an equally yummy interior - Jenn says it’s a house in Maine. Great chairs. Great lines. And lovely art! [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Oct 10 2007 | Filed under: decoration, living room
I acquired this photo for a post on mid century wall-to-wall carpeting, but that will have to wait ’til later. Today’s post is about arguably your most important retro reno room accessory: a Monsterosa Deliciosa plant!
You can see it in the foreground of this image - to the left of the fireplace. When we first [...]
