MoModerne

New Curtians

After countless hours of internet shopping, an hour looking for the right pole, three trips to the store, and two hours of labor, the curtains are hung! I originally wanted white bottom to top shades, but since we are getting new windows next year, I didn’t want to invest in custom made shades just yet. I’m pretty sure I say this about everything, but do you know how expensive window treatments are?! I needed 97″ long x 110″ wide for EACH panel - yikes! I chose Pottery Barn’s silver Dupioni Silk Drapes because they had the best color selection for that size. At the moment I am very into a muted color pallet, but I do have my eye out for a colorful rug to bring the room together. Next project: degreasing the window hardware to make them shiny and bright!

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Tags: modern, Pottery Barn Dupioni Drapes, retro, window treatments

Weekend Score

Didn’t find too much this weekend, but I did get a fabulous 50’s lamp! Not sure where I am going to put it yet, maybe Samson’s nursery since it has an animal theme. I wish the shade was fiberglass, but the design is just so great. The animals are sculptured wood with painted white eyeballs. So simple!

Tags: 1950's lamp, fiberglass, mid-century, modern, retro, sculptured lamp

My Dresser

I like stuff. I am having a harder and harder time editing these days. I don’t actually keep these jacks on the dresser, but I do keep two in the bedroom, two in the office and one in the living room - and if I found 10 more, I’m sure I would find a place for them too. I wanted to sell the large silver one today, but it’s probably best that I don’t go into it. Anywho, I just love these jacks and wanted to know if anyone else has these and what they do with them. They have been bookends, paperweights, and space fillers for me. I know they are typically attributed to George Nelson, but I’m not really sure who originally designed them.

Tags: Add new tag, george nelosn, george nelson jacks, jac, Mid-Century Modern, modern, modern dresser, retro

Office Space

Well, we finally got our office in order. Since my boyfriend and I both work from home, we need to share our work space. We found facing desks was the best layout for optimizing the small room. At first, I wasn’t crazy about his chunky oak library desk, but seeing it against my cobalt blue and chrome desk, it actually works. We finally found another Aeron chair at an estate sale (I took his when we moved in together). Being a selective Ikea fan, the bookcase grew on me after we used it for about a year as a headboard-see last picture. The windows still need something though. I think I’m going to go with a roller shade from the Dwell line via The Shade Store.

The “Anna” was a present from Luby. He made it from a 1950’s doctors sign. I saw it at an auction and thought the font was great. He went back and bought it and put it together for me. What a great surprise!

Sorta hard to see the bookcase, but this is the only picture I could find of the old bedroom. The bed frame is from West Elm. I really miss having the bookcase there, but the new bedroom is unfortunately, a bit smaller.

Tags: Aeron Chair, Desk, Ikea, modern, Office

Living Room Windows

I am in desperate need of some suggestions for our living room windows! Curtains? Blinds? Shades? Our neighbors are so tired of looking at us! They actually call our house “The Airport” because of all the lights we normally have on…

HELP!

Tags: modern, My House, window treatments, windows