Mad for Midcentury
Mid-Century Art: Robert Lyons
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I have to give it to Joe, he keeps finding treasures at the Park Avenue Motel. This time it's in the form of the art on the walls. He has a collection of Robert Lyons mid-century art prints that used to hang in the rooms. (The drummer/limbo-dancer prints in the middle are by another artist, Amoroso.)Joe was nice enough to...
Mid-Century West Figural Planter
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
We had this little planter sitting around the house for a while.
It was a Goodwill find from about 10 years ago. I picked it up because it was just odd enough to fit in my decor at the time (less mid-century, more eclectic). Eventually the succulent I had in him died and my wife took him to her office, where she...
Mid-Century Modern and The Jetsons
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I don't think I've ever mentioned The Jetsons on this blog before, which is odd because I love retro-futurism and cartoons, and I think I've seen every episode. The Jetsons turned 50 and NPR did a little story about that.
After listening to it, I checked out the Smithsonian Paleofuture blog that was mentioned in the story....
Mid-Century Modern Color Palette Trends
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- Published on Friday, 25 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I came across the the 2013 Dunn-Edwards color chart and design trends report (warning: pdf link). The report is broken into four categories: RE-invented, RE-newal, Re-imagined and RE-vival. The RE-vival section is pretty much a cheat sheet on how to use mid-century modern colors.The inspiration is, "A re-birth of...
Abandoned Mid-Century Homes
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- Published on Friday, 25 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
This photo set of abandoned mid-century homes on Flavorwire is gorgeously sad. I, and probably most of you reading this, would move into any one of these homes, even in their current state. It's sad that they got to this point, but hopefully they found someone to love and restore them....
Mid-Century Art: Wayne White
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- Published on Thursday, 24 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I grew up on Pee-Wee's Playhouse. I have long proclaimed...
Travel-Theme Nursery Wall Decal on Etsy
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
Travel-themed nurseries are definitely more popular now than when we put together our travel nursery. The main reason I started talking about it here is because the only thing I could find years ago was a single forum post on a housing blog, and even that started diverging more into planes, trains and automobiles...
Vintage Neon Sign for Sale
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- Published on Monday, 21 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
As part of selling the estate, the Park Avenue Motel sign is now also for...
Everything Vintage is Modern Again
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- Published on Thursday, 17 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
My day job is an advertising copywriter, so I read Ad Age pretty regularly. It's where I found out Belize just received a new logo and identity, based in part on vintage travel posters.
I went in search of the new Belize travel poster above, but I can't find it anywhere. Hopefully as the new brand rolls out...
Mid-Century Modern House Numbers Project
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Authors: Justin Clemens
I think the actually numbers used here are wrong, but this modern address plaque would make a nice addition to any atomic ranch. It looks like a pretty easy project and you can get the full directions for it here.
Mixed with a mid-century modern color palette and better modern address numbers or even cheap...
