I snagged this book recently at an estate sale. Its bright turquoise color (it's a lot brighter and turquoisier in real life) caught my eye. I thought it would make a great book vase.
And then I opened it.
Copyright 1956.
In pristine condition. (Check out those chairs!)
Mid-century wow!
Did you know gray can be contemporary? My house has gray walls. It's as if the mid-century gods have smiled on me and given me their blessing.
Did you know that you can start your scheme with a wallpaper pattern? Look for one steam engines and men on horses.
Wait...what???
Well, maybe not everything the mid-century gods recommended was so Mad Men cool.
Case in point.
Or this beauty that in our family is known as an "Oh honey" house, because that's what my grandma said one time when she walked in and saw the flame-stitch wallpaper I had just hung in my kitchen.
On the other hand, there's this very stylish game room with built-in bookcases. I love bookcases.
And do you see those books on the left? I'm pretty sure my mom and dad had that same set.
Of course they've got ideas for decorating bathroom in there, like this one.
Or these pink ones. If there's one thing I can say for the present, I think our bathrooms beat their bathrooms hands down.
That being said, this is a pretty cool sink.
Hey look! There's Rudy's g-g-grandmother!
And a shout-out to my very famous brother, Steve. Look! A built in puppet theater!
And a shout-out to my grandmother who use to have a wrap-around dining bar in her very mid-century cool home in rural Oklahoma in the 1960s.
This looks like an ad for West Elm. Check out that triangle glass table.
So now the question is...vase or no vase?
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