I brake for vintage and modern. I scream to a halt for chartreuse.

I had the most bizarre experience with a shipment from J.C. Penny the other day and must share. I searched high and low for a ceramic coffe...

A friend of ours asked us if we would help out their sailing club by hosting a couple of girl sailors this summer for a week. Albert said if...

I have been saving this post for the end of the week. One of the most pleasantly surprising events of my time at Palm Springs Modernism Week...

I am blogging to you live from Palm Springs Modernism Week , Feb.14-24, 2013, a marvelous and fabulous celebration of all things mid-century...

Are you hankering for a little red something, something to get for your favorite mid-century (topic, etc.) blogger? eBay listing   Vtg M...

After cleaning up the blog last Sunday , I wondered how I was going to top it. I walked into the office to work on my posts and was greeted ...

When I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with my son at the end of December, I was fascinated by the big Bauer garden orbs feat...

Yep, you read that right. In our office this year, we held our second annual Holiday Pole Decorating Contest. We work in a retrofitted 1960...

I think if I had to pick my absolutely favorite thing about Christmas decorations, I would have to pick the lights. Christmas lights on home...

Last weekend was our gitter done weekend for house decorations and other important Christmas tasks ( I warmed up a bit the previous week ). ...

  HOUSE TOUR I had so much fun with the San Diego Dwell Home Tour (you can see  #1 here ,  #2 here ,  #3 here  and #4 here ) that I de...

I have a special spot in the kitchen reserved for a mid-century atomic style clock. And, I have been looking at eBay listings for mid-centu...

In the spirit of Superstorm Sandy , we are skipping Halloween and plunging straight into Christmas. Well, actually it was my mom's birth...

Christmas should be like the Olympics--held every four years. Then, like the recent 2012 Summer Olympics , when Christmas finally rolls arou...

Roger's Gardens in Corona del Mar, California has been selling their ridiculously over-priced gardening and home decorating goods to th...

It is an absolute fact: no matter how easy the home project and no matter the skill of the projector (projectee?), projects can quickly spir...

Here are some inspired modern lighting ideas from the  Dwell on Design   Modernism show held  June 22-23, 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention...

With the bathroom (and honestly bedroom) remodel being done , I have been turning my attention to art. The art in the bedroom has been Jap...

When you live in a house for many years (say ten or more), three things naturally happen. You get older, your tastes change, and you get sma...