Clare’s 50s Cape Cod in Lee, Massachusetts
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 11 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration, Reader homes
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Nancy completes her yellow 50s bathroom
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 10 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration, Reader homes
From Nancy’s yellow 50s bathrooms
Maryland Nancy has completed the retro renovation of her 50s bathroom - and it’s spectacular. Nancy gutted two small, worn bathrooms to create one larger guest bath. She was intent on maintaining the mid mod feel - and incorporated original yellow fixtures. I recall at one point, she emailed me that [...]
On “kitsch”, “camp”, Susan Sontag — and “Retro Renovation”
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 09 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
10. Camp sees everything in quotation marks. It’s not a lamp, but a “lamp”; not a woman, but a “woman.” To perceive Camp in objects and persons is to understand Being-as-Playing-a-Role. It is the farthest extension, in sensibility, of the metaphor of life as theater.
- Susan Sontag, Notes on “Camp”, 1964
Dan the Man at the [...]
La La La can only take you so far
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 07 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
TGIF. This music video hot off the presses from comedians in Australia is just my style. Makes me so happy.
via Frankie.
See the new Retro Renovation shop
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 03 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
Hey, I’ve opened a SHOP - it’s up in the navigation bar. Just three items so far - but watch for more! How about this one - for a favorite niece or a baby coming?:
Mint-in-Box “Natalie” pink ballerina boudoir lamps.
Absolutely beautiful pink porcelain lamp bases with flirty shades still in their original cellophane wrappers.
$95 includes [...]
Retro kitchen and bath highlights from October
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 02 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
Your favorite October posts
Mid Mod Pam on Oct 29 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
Hey, Retro Renovation Power Readers! What were your three favorite posts for the month of October? I am trying a new feature. Let me know, many many thanks! Pam
The whimsical midcentury modern fireplace at Field Farm
Mid Mod Pam on Oct 29 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
Our good friend Sue recently surprised her husband Pete with a weekend at Field Farm, a mid century home turned boutique B&B in nearby Williamstown, Mass. Pete was turning 50 - so I guess “mid century” was the theme! David and I went up to visit and of course, went gaga over the place, a [...]
A 1950 American Dream Home
Mid Mod Pam on Oct 28 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
A second image from my collection of 1950 National Plan Service homes courtesy the Indiana Coal and Lumber Company. This little series of homes — just about perfection.
A Stirling engine - and revolutionary water purifier - for a new generation?
Mid Mod Pam on Oct 28 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration
Amidst all the stressful news right now, this story seems to offer a hopeful note….It’s all about genius inventor Dean Kaman and his latest projects…”to bring electricity and clean water to the Third World.” Oh - and the 200-year-old Stirling engine - perfected, maybe - for the rest of us…
