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Finally!! I picked up the second set of cushions from the upholstery shop for the other chair today. This process took a lot longer than I thought.
The chair on the left was the one that had been painted black, and the one on the right I have had since college. The black chair was an easy refinish, but that second one was a nightmare. I have refinished a lot of furniture, and the atomic-bomb-proof mid century top coat on the second chair was the most difficult to remove I have ever encountered.
Anyway, they now are a matched pair, looking like they should, and we finally have another seat in the living room. Now, I think we have decided to repaint the walls....
My wife has wanted some photos of her collection of Danish modern style wooden animals.
After gathering them all together, I thought a group portrait would be nice.
Photo: Ralph Crane
Architects - Marvin Goody & Richard Hamilton
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Where I'm originally from, the small farming communities of central Illinois don't have much to offer in the way of mid century modern homes. This one, however, is an exception and is just a couple of miles from my parent's home.
I have loved this L shaped ranch since I was a kid, and always knew there was something "different" about it, even when I was too young to know why. It has always remained unchanged, with the same perfect jade green paint, driftwood-as-sculpture on the brick massing in front, neatly trimmed shrubs, and red front door. It looks like it was built yesterday.
My wife grew up near this house as well, and says it was always her favorite. Even though we are unlikely to ever move back, she says "there's our house" every time we drive past.
These graphics accompanied the available home exteriors. From the developer's sales brochure (undated). Best sun I've seen in a while. Artist uncredited. Lithography by Litho Arts, Inc.
Available home exteriors. Carports! From the developer's sales brochure (undated). Lithography by Litho Arts, Inc.
From Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement.
That is one formidable fireplace.
From Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement. A basement and a pretty fabulous one, I'd say.
I've always wanted a "Heifetz style" or "Frederick Weinberg style' sculptural lamp.
Though not marked, the base alone is like 13 x 9.....it's huge!
Though I like the shade, I think I'm going to update it with a simpler coffee or dark gray silk shade?
It is SO cool!
444 First Street
Oakland's newest and finest downtown motor hotel and convention center. Overlooking famous Jack London Square and the beautiful Inner Harbor. Home of the famed "GALLEY RESTAURANT" and "WHALING STATION" cocktail lounge. Entirely airconditioned. Heated elevated pool. Ample free parking.
NATURAL COLOR by Mike Roberts BERKELEY 2, CALIF.
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Still trying to really get everything in place, but since its the holiday season I had to break out the hoard of vintage Christmas decor! the new place is so cozy and the perfect blend of 1920s and Mid Century!
Written on back in manuscript:
Will be 4 to 6 stories below ground -
36 above -
11 million
now 17 million
[Building opened in 1954.]
I love this lamp! And oddly enough it's by MOE Lighting, famous for their wonderful 'honeycomb' pulldown lamps. Who knew they made floor lamps? I'm guessing this is mid-fifties, so it would predate the later famous fixtures.
(I'm now cutting myself off....no more floor lamps!) :)
Architect: Craig Ellwood
Photographer: Michael Rougier
From: Google's Life Photo Archives
"Designed mostly by (Jerry) Lomax, the Fidelity South Bay Bank in Manhattan Beach was commissioned in 1956 by Gerald Rosen, one of the bank's directors, because of his firm belief in "the positive influence of an 'exceptional' building on the development of a business." Rosen's delight in the bank's beautifully proportioned sturdiness led him, five years later, to commission a house in Brentwood. Chiefly designed by Lomax and (Philo) Jacobson, the Rosen House, with its major collection of Modernist painting and sculpture, was widely published."
- L.A. Times - September 14, 2003.