I decided to call my new blog my MCM life. Why “mid-century modern”? My life is a mix of modern 2009 luxury, technology and design; AND 1950’s values, relics and design. Half of my belongings are from IKEA, Target, Old Navy and Mac (I’m a graphic designer BTW). The other half are from yard sales, salvage yards, thrift stores, estate sales and off the side of the road in a bad part of town. I like it that way.
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Two and a half years ago when hubby and I bought that awesome 1955 atomic ranch pictured in the header, we dove head over heels into mid-century modern design. We love the simplicity, functionality and minimalism; the colors; the low, flat furniture; the unique details; the Danish and Scandinavian influences.
The more we fixed up our house, rifled through thrift stores and bartered with old ladies at estate sales; the more we started thinking about the lives our grandparents lived half a century ago. We realized that we hold many of the same values: hard work, faith and family first, saving money and using cash, fixing things when they break, not wasting anything, watching our consumption, growing our own vegetables, knowing our neighbors, resting on Sundays.
That’s my mid-century modern life the best that I can describe it.
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