On the Road, Again....Mid Mod Style!

Jeff and I have just returned from a mini-vacation roadtrip to Oklahoma City.  Why were you in Oklahoma you ask?

For this George Nelson exhibit, of course!

It was spectacular and well worth taking the trip.  Of course, we made a map of antique and junk stores, stopped and browsed bought along the way, checked out Route 66 for mid-century Googie signs, saw Oral Robert's mid-century modern marvel of a university, chatted with shop owners, dined inside a Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome, and just enjoyed the open road.  We headed up to Tulsa to see the lovely mid-century modern neighborhood Lortondale, and might I add, it was a great place to call home.  Flat roofs and loving owners occupied most of the homes, and it was nice to compare and contrast Lortondale to Northcrest.  Here are a few teaser images to hold you over!

More coming soon!


p.s. Did you know what a mid-century hotbed Tulsa is?  Wow!  Mid-century around every turn!  We loved it!

Here it is....the Northcrest Tour of Lights!

I just posted some of the wonderful holiday lights around the neighborhood on Home Sweet Split Level....
Take a look!

Enjoy, and Merry Christmas to All!

Highland Row Basement Sale This Weekend!

Highland Row Antiques is having their monthly Basement Sale this weekend.  If you haven't been yet, you need to see all the great mid-century gems they have.  They will have a ton of furniture loaded into the basement and most of the dealers will be there!  Mingle, meet some cool people, and bring home some awesome mid-century furniture!  Sale starts at 10 a.m.!  Look for Justin's booth!

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Vintage Vera and Marcel Breuer...

I love vintage Vera Neumann textiles, and have been collecting Vera scarves for a while now.  There is currently a resurgence of Vera prints coming out at in the likes of clothes, stationary, accessories, bedding, and table linens.  This is all thanks to the licensing deals that The Very Company, based here in Atlanta, are making.  They house all the Vera archives, including tons and tons of screens.  Vera made at least one new design a day up until the time of her death.  I adore a vintage lady screenprinter especially since I studied printmaking in college!  There is also a wonderful book coming out in September that chronicles much of Vera's work and is written by Susan Seid, who saved the archives from an uncertain future.

Vera was also friends with Marcel Breuer who designed her home, The Neumann House 1952, as well as her New York City Showroom.

   Vera Neumann on Ebay: