A COCKTAIL OF TRADITIONAL GENTLEMAN’S CLUB TOPPED UP WITH MID CENTURY COOL AND SERVED WITH A BOHO TWIST Here in Brighton there is a lot of excitement in the air. The latest addition to the worldwide members clubs known as Soho House is about to open. It will have the obligatory rooftop pool, splendid sea […]
MID CENTURY MODERN: THE HISTORY The term Mid Century Modern was coined in 1984 when Cara Greenberg published her book Mid Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s. But its usage since then incorporates a much wider sphere and timespan. It can include architecture, interior design, product and graphic design, and urban developments. It rose out of […]
Mid Century Modern furniture fans should get down to Brighton! Ever since the Prince Regent (later George IV) built his palace here in the 1800s it has been a mecca for well to do Londoners for dips in the sea, general merrymaking and shopping. By the 1960s the famous Lanes were renowned for their antiques […]
Sideboards are a girl’s best friend as Marilyn liked to say. Well, she was American so I’m sure she would have used the term Credenza. Just saying the word credenza makes me get a little hot under the collar. It acts like a kind of portal to the jet age. Any 1950s house would have […]