MoModerne

H&M Home Collection

Sneak peek of H&M’s new home collection with four different lines! Unfortunately, the collection will be launched in February and only in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and Austria. Hopefully, the U.S. will follow shortly after.

"Natural" Line

"Youthful" Line

"Classic" Line

"Design" Line

Tags: Design, H&M, H&M Home Line

CushLab

Loving these pillows from Cush Lab. Each cushion is made by hand so each one is unique and made to order. From around $80 a pillow and will deliver to U.S.

CrushLab

Cream Binding Cushion

Pink and Green Feltloop Cushion

Grey and Green Woodgrain Cushion

Tags: crushlab, designer pillows, pillows

Eye Chair Exam

How cool is this? $40 from Blue Ant Studio.

Eye Chair Exam

Tags: design poster, eames chairs, eames poster, mid-century modern chairs, modern poster

St. Louis Modernism

It’s pretty difficult to find something to be excited about in St. Louis. It seems many exhibitions, concerts, tours skip right over us and head straight to Chicago, but this month there are two events that make me feel warm and fuzzy. This weekend was the second annual Ivey-Selkirk Modernism auction. I was able to get some things for home and work. It definitely can be a hit or miss auction with the past few being misses, but this last one was finally a hit. I was so excited when a friend of mine got this awesome Hvidt sofa for his basement. It was probably my favorite piece in the auction and at about $1,000 it was way below the $2,000 estimate. So happy for him.

Peter Hvidt Sofa

I hold a special place in my heart for Castelli and Columbo, but never really have a place for these pieces. I did get the yellow child’s chair for Samson and the red Kartell cart. I love the 2 piece Componibili circle pieces, but the color was a close miss for me.

Child's Chair and Kartell Cart

I love, love, love this Knoll piece and can’t wait to have it in the house even if it will technically be in the garage waiting for resale. L-O-V-E it.

Knoll Magazine Rack

Also, currently at the Kemper until January is the Birth of the Cool exhibition. It is on my must do this week, so I will update later. For the locals this is old news, but I still haven’t made my way over there.

Birth of Cool

Tags: Birth of Cool, Castelli, Columbo, Componibili, eames, Hvidt, Ivey-Selkirk, Kartell, Kemper, Knoll, mid-century, Modernism Auction, retro

Some small changes around the house

Kohler "Stillness" Faucet

Pinball Headboard

In kitchen news we finally picked a new wall color to replace the orange. We decided on “Volcanic Ash” by Olympic paints. I couldn’t find the color on-line to post, so I just took a picture of the paint sample against our white cabinets. I think it will help “cool” the kitchen and make it look a little more sophisticated. It is pretty dark, but since it is only going on one wall it should look nice and clean against the stainless and white. Cross your fingers for me - I should be painting this weekend!

Volcanic Ash by Olympic Paints

Here is a picture of our new kitchen fixture! I bought it on Saturday at an estate sale. It will be up later this week, but I was so excited I took a picture of it on the floor…

New chrome fixture to replace the brass starburst.

In living rooms news there are two new tables. We replaced the glass circle table with a long and low surfboard style to have a little more space (it’s also way easier to keep clean). The end table has a nice “pocket” so it works well as a great catch all for Samson’s books and toys.

New Surfboard Coffee Table

New Danish Modern End Table

Tags: Danish Modern Coffee Table, End Table Mid-Century Modern, House Design, Kitchen, Kohler Faucet, retro, Retro Chrome Fixture, Space Age Fixture, Stillness Facet, Surfboard Coffee Table, Vintage Pinball Machine, Volcanic Ash Olympic Paint