Mid Mod Pam on Jul 14 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, historic preservation
Oh my gosh, Seattle Julie is THE woman of the week of the month of the year of infinity, for sending in this fabulous home-for-sale listing from the Alki area of Seattle. A biggie at 3,300 s.f., it was built in 1957 (peak year!) and this is the first time on the market in 47 [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 08 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation
Mom tells us check our local PBS listings for a new documentary, “Leisurama.” It’s the story of a 1963 vacation-home development in Montauk, NY. Read about it below– there’s also a book (different author) — and a little bit of from YouTube, too.
Summertime - and the living is easy, especially if you have one of [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 07 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation
Hi, a journalist contacted me about a story on “treasures” - anything of value - that people have found while renovating. Stories from all countries are welcome — so if you have one send me an email - and I’ll be happy to connect you to global fame!
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 07 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation, pink bathrooms, pink kitchens
Angela, a new Flickr friend, sent me the listing link to this house in her Dallas neighborhood of Sparkman Estates. $255,000.
A real time capsule and perfect for another Monday of voyeuristic vintage living.
Oh my gosh, there are so many ideas to take from this house, I’m speechless!
Thanks so much, Angela!
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 06 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation
A new reader - another Pam - wrote recently to tell me about her Royal Barry Wills home north of Boston and to ask me some kitchen questions. Meanwhile, she has turned me on to this amazing designer - whose Cape Cods and colonials were just as important and influential in postwar design history as [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 03 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation
On Sunday I took another walking tour of a little 50s neighborhood in Pittsfield, Mass. - which is right next door to my quieter village of Lenox. Pittsfield was going gangbusters in the 50s, mostly due to a big General Electric manufacturing facility that employed some 15,000. In addition, there was still lots of manufacturing [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 03 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation
I stumbled into a story about staying in old, converted railway cars while on vacation in the U.K. This company in Cornwall has three different conversions for rent, including this old luggage van. To heck with the canned ham trailers. I want a rail car!
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 29 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation
Yesterday I repeated my new summer Saturday morning routine: Sleep in, drink two cups of coffee really fast, check the blog and emails, then head to an estate sale.
This time, I was there…four hours. Of course, I found lots of cool stuff — like four vintage England’s Department Store boxes. Aren’t they pretty? I love [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 20 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration, historic preservation
Wow, yesterday was the Hula Hoop’s 50th birthday. I am a born-to-hula hooper, a California girl. My favorite was the shoop shoop hula hoop.
One of my proudest moments in the past few years was beating a 17-year-old at a company picnic hula hoop contest in a final-death elimination round that involved the TWO hula hoops. [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 17 2008 | Filed under: historic preservation
The Eames stamps are available in the post offices today. My husband has always wanted one of those $4000 lounge chairs — now I can get him one for 41 cents. From the U.S.P.S. news release:
In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames [...]
