Our perspective on living and loving the Mid Century Modern Eclectic style

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Vorando Turnabout Table Fan

Today we take for granted the reliable comfort of air conditioning, the mechanics of it often invisible to us.  Adjust a knob or push a button and forget about it for months.  Air conditioning has been around since the early 1930’s but back then it was generally used in movie theaters and department stores not the

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A Part of it All

Kofod Larsen was a Danish furniture designer and architect. His mid-century modern furniture designs were popular in his day. His pieces have become timeless and are still relevant and very fashionable today. I can talk and write about mid century and Danish modern all day.  However, it’s still the hunt, the reclamation, and the return to

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Pedestrian versus Unique

As defined by the Encarta English Dictionary the definition of unique is “different from others in a way that makes somebody or something special and worthy of note” While the definition of pedestrian, also by theEncarta English Dictionary, means “dull, ordinary, unimaginative or uninspired” Original owners of American Modern and Danish Modern furniture from that narrow slice of time

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The Heart Still Beats

Everything was just right.  Everything that was meant to mix or line up did so and did so right on time and then…the birth of cool in America bloomed into existence. Like an old winter coat we heaved off the stodgy way to live and wrapped our lives in a spring jacket of fresh ideas

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