Mad for Midcentury
The Return of Target's Room Essentials Planters
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
Target's Room Essentials planters are the best looking cheap modern planters that I've found. And I'm not the only mid-century blogger in love with Room Essential planters, Kate at Retro Renovation and Baz at Atomic Indy both caught the bug last year. I bought a big one for our front porch and a small one for the back...
Mid-Century Record Recorder
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I am at the exact right age where the White Stripes hit me hard, and I will pretty much fall in love with anything Jake White does. But everyone should fall in love with this, including mid-century fans.
Third Man Records (Jake White's label) has refurbished as 1947 Voice-O-Graph, making it the only working vinyl...
Third Man Records (Jake White's label) has refurbished as 1947 Voice-O-Graph, making it the only working vinyl...
My Favorite Vintage Travel Poster
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I have seen my fair share of mid-century travel posters and there are some truly amazing designs out there, but this one is probably my favorite. Every time I see it, I smile.
It's known as Rainboeing the Skies, for fairly obvious reasons, and was used to announce the addition of the Boeing 747 to El Al Israeli...
1960 Progress Lighting Catalog
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- Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
This Progress Lighting catalog from 1960 has a great mixture of lights that would look good alongside knotty pine cabinets and lights that would look great in a mid-century modern living room....
Modern Ocean Creature Lights
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- Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
Our kitchen ceiling light stopped working. Turns out we need to replace the fixture, which isn't heartbreaking because we don't really like the fixture. I wish one of these ocean creature light fixtures by Roxy Russell Design would work because they're so beautiful, but we'd probably end up hitting our head on it....
Mid-Century Desk with World Map Top
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
This mid-century desk with a world map on the top hit Austin's Craiglist yesterday and it was gone before I left work. If it stuck around for more than a few hours it would have been the future homework desk of my little one. It would have had to live in the attic for years seeing as school hasn't even started yet, but it...
Travel Pennants and Souvenir Pennants
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
My parents found some old souvenir pennants that I bought with my allowance decades ago on a family road trip. They're not mid-century, but they do have some interesting designs. And they gave me the idea that mid-century travel pennants would be a great addition to any travel-themed nursery. They're small, usually...
1967 Moe Light Catalog with Fiesta Lights
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
Along with the 1963 Moe Light Catalog I came across, I also happened upon a 1967 Moe Light catalog. Things get a little less mid-century modern and a little more '70s shag, but there are still a few shots for Moe Light Honeycomb lights:And some Moe Light Fiesta lights make an appearance as well:
Even in this later...
Shag's Mid-Century Home
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- Published on Thursday, 04 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
If you're into mid-century homes or mid-century art, then you probably already know Shag. His house is exactly like you'd expect it to be, filled with tiki and mid-century furniture. See for yourself....
Mad Men Season 5 Mid-Century Art
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 April 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
The great thing about the internet is that, no matter the subject, there's always someone a little more obsessed than you. For example, Therese got more obsessed with the art in Peggy's apartment on Mad Men than I did. So much so that she tracked one down for herself as well as the original catalog it came from.
Turns out...
