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 […]
Palm Springs is the top holiday destination for mid century modern enthusiasts at any time. Nowhere has the the saying “build it and they will come” been more apt. Slap bang in the middle of the desert with mountains that look like giant boulders surrounding it, this winter playground and Shangri-la for Hollywood’s rich and […]
In a previous post we looked at mid century shopping options specifically in East London. This time we’ve thrown the net wider to see what else there is. There is a lot!
Frank Lloyd Wright AirBnB, Two Rivers, Wisconsin Last summer one of my dreams came true; to live in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. And, (thanks to the wonders of Airbnb) for three brief but wonderful days in July, Still Bend in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, was our family home. It was designed for a […]
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BAR YOU HAVE MRS ROBINSON. One wonders if Mrs Robinson would have made her move so readily while perched on a kitchen bar stool? Whatever happened to the delightfully decadent home cocktail bar? It’s not as though we’ve all stopped drinking at home, is it? In fact since the pandemic so many […]
TWA MID CENTURY MODERN HOTEL Much as I love the Jet Age I have never been a fan of transatlantic flights. Walter would never stump up for first class tickets, let alone Concorde. But I have now found some solace. When you step off the plane from London to New York (and your body is […]
MID CENTURY SHOPPING IN EAST LONDON. East London is a treasure trove for mid century modern design lovers. Since the 90s it has blossomed as a loft-living, design-loving paradise. From Stoke Newington all the way down to Clekenwell there are lots of vintage shops chock full of iconic furniture from the last century. It would […]
MID CENTURY MARGATE: A RETRO PARADISE Margate has had a bad press over the last 30 years or so and it’s not hard to see why. Once the package holiday to Spain became the affordable holiday of choice for British holidaymakers during the 70s and 80s Margate fell into decline. Its large Victorian housing that […]
MOVING HOUSE? GRAB YOURSELF A MID CENTURY MASTERPIECE Its all very well collecting all those beautiful items of mid century design but now you need that mid century architectural masterpiece in which to display it all. Here are some beauties. All located in the UK and to suit a variety of budgets. Now all you […]
HOW TO… TURN YOUR GARDEN INTO A MID CENTURY OASIS I’m not going to lie…I hate gardening. But I do love basking in the sun, while sipping a Mojito, in a glamorous setting. I made a deal with Walter. I would shop for all the furniture and finishes if he paid someone to do all […]