can i come in?

isn't this santa monica midcentury modern home just ideal? i love the mellow blend of clean lines and natural textures and shades. this type of warm collectedness is exactly what i'm loving right now.

all the woods just look perfect together, even though they're not perfectly matched or coordinated. and the way the outside of the home blends in through the sheets of glass for windows is just impeccable.

 

and don't you just want to pull up a fabulous midcentury chair for a summer or fall afternoon?

chairs, cubed

i've been meaning to share this tag sale find with you...i apologize for my cat's rudeness in this picture, but it was the only one i had to show you the profile of the chair. i think i've determined that they're midcentury cube style chairs, probably from the 60's, though if anyone has a better estimate, i'd love to hear it.

i bought them from a woman who appeared to be moving out of a home she'd lived in forever, and these were her dining room chairs at one point. she had six of them, and wanted $6 for the set. yes - $1 each. obvi, i handed over my $6 immediately, afraid she'd realize she was giving away vintage goodness.

as you can see, the seat part of the chair is worn, so at some point, i want to have just the center columns recovered in a cool faux cowhide or something like that. other than that, the chairs are in great shape and in storage waiting for the right moment to use them.

full disclosure: since after i almost gave up while getting just two of the chairs into the car, i knew mitchell would kill me for taking six. i didn't have the heart to ask for my $4 back, so i actually paid a whooping $3 per chair.

mod love

i could try and find words to explain all the reasons i love this washington state house. but really, why? just look at it.

although i personally think the furnishings and decor could use some warmth and variation on style, the architecture and materials of this house are, to me, a dream. the footprint is still original from the 1950's and was redesigned by bohlin cywinski jackson to relate to its natural surroundings and i think it does that in the most stunning ways.






i'll tell you this - i am a sucker for house designs that blend concrete and stone and glass and teak and fir. gets me every time.

photos from www.bcj.com

neat seats

i wish we had a little breakfast nook in our kitchen - that would be the perfect space for this table and chairs from ikea which mitchell and i both love. LOVE. the second we have a place for it, it's ours. perhaps when i'm done organizing our guest room/office/den, this could be the reward.

along the same design lines, i love these chairs from crate and barrel. maybe when we get our dining room table worked out, we could make these the chairs. hmm....




photos from linked sites