The Start Of A Collection

I’ve always been a collector. As a kid, there was the rock collection. Then came coins, stamps, and even stickers (those 1980s puffy stickers were the best!). As an adult, my collecting now involves Mid-Century Modern furniture. For obvious reasons, this is a much pricier hobby. The sugar bowl and cream pitcher from the Red […]

Mid-Century? Mid Century? Midcentury?

No matter which way you spell it, Mid-Century Modern (MCM) design reflects an important part of history. But what is it, and why was it so popular then and now? Middle century focus MCM accounts for several decades of the middle 20th Century – hence the MC part. The design period extends from 1945 to […]

The Right Color

A view from one brown room to another. When we bought our house, almost every room was painted a shade of brown. The kitchen was painted gray and one bedroom was light blue, but EVERYTHING else on the first floor was brown. That had to change. One of the first rooms we tackled was the […]