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Inviting Mid Century Modern to Dinner

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Every good dinner party requires an eclectic mix of attendees to create a festive mood. For this Mid Century Modern gathering, I have selected some unique characters that will liven up any present-day meal time. The saturated colors and fancy dress of these vintage items will add happy-to-be-here sparkle to any modern interior. Our guest [...]

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The Colors of Mid-Century Modern

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Whether your home or your client’s was built in the style of Mid-Century Modern or you simply want to cultivate the look, stop and consider how familiar are you with the colors associated with this sleek style? The Mid-Century Modern movement began and the 1930s and extended through the 1960s. It permeated architecture, furniture as [...]

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Shades of Gray – Can You Mix and Match Stripes and Florals?

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Shades of Gray: Mixing and Matching Grays for a Modern Look We often are asked, “can you mix and match stripes and florals?” The answer: yes, if you are careful. We’ve taken a cue from our customers and created a design board that answers this question visually. These are customer designs that we just love. [...]

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The Architecture of Charles and Ray Eames

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Husband and wife design duo Charles and Ray Eames established a reputation as iconic Mid-Century Modern designers, simultaneously contributing to the worlds of architecture, furniture and textile design as well as film. They met at Cranbrook Academy of Art, married, and eventually moved to Los Angeles, where they designed the famous Case Study House #8, [...]

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Paisley on the Walls

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Oh paisley.  We have loved you for so long.  Both a classic and a current ” trend”, paisley is the pattern that adds punch and style to a space.  It plays nicely with others such as stripes and small scale, structural prints, but it has also been known to steal the spotlight a time or [...]

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Celebrity Paisley Trends

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Some patterns never seem to go out of style, although their popularity occasionally rises to the level of a trend. Paisley definitely falls into that category, and it is no surprise that many celebrities and designers incorporate this pattern into their home decor or wear it as a fashion statement. Let’s take a look at [...]

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Gray Paint Roundup

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I cannot get enough of gray right now!  Literally, I am obsessed.  But it’s a healthy and stylish obsession if I am to have one.  It is by far my favorite color choice  and I am finding that I am combining it with every plausible accent color for myself and my clients.  My absolute, to-die-for [...]

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