Renovating a Mid-Century Home

Articles

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  101 Renovation

  The agony and ecstasy of home renovations, featuring case studies, caveats, and true confessions.

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  Mid-Century Mash-Up

  Although postwar California modernism is generally associated with Southern California, the Bay Area’s own tradition has begun in recent years to be more widely acknowledged, and its surviving…

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  Before You Renovate

  Finding the perfect home sometimes means creating it. Renovation can require as much effort in the planning as in the execution so you’ll need some patience—and you should arm yourself…

Products

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  Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers

  An intimate and revealing collection of photographs of astonishingly beautiful, iconic, and undiscovered mid-century interiors. Among significant mid-century interiors, none are more celebrated…

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  Fujiya Floor & Desk Lamp

  100% Design is just kicking off in style in London with events all over the capital city, and now's the time when designers and manufacturers—established and up-and-coming—show their…

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  Classic Century

Dwell Collections

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  Mid-Century Finds

  Los Angeles–based furniture dealer and mid-century scholar Sam Kaufman shares the design lore behind some of his most recent acquisitions.

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  Mid-Century Finds from Sam Kaufman

  Los Angeles–based mid-century modern specialist Sam Kaufman shares a few favorite items from his current inventory of "unusual modernist objects from the last century".

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  Mid-Century Modern from Sam Kaufman

  Mid-century modern specialist Sam Kaufman presents some of his favorite artworks and furnishings that are currently for sale inside his intimate gallery space in Los Angeles. Here he explains the…

Tips

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  Stick Around during a Renovation

  I learned during our kitchen renovation that it really is a full-time job. If you want it done right and according to your vision, and not that of your contractor, be available. Make sure every…

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  Sourcing Mid-Century Finds on eBay

  Bill Backus: I spent months online looking for the right pieces. It was fun sourcing the furniture myself. We visited several different antique stores in Manhattan that carry mid-century modern…

Events

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  Silverlake / Los Feliz Mid-Century Architecture Tour

  The MAK Center will present its Architecture Tour 2009 by featuring seven mid-century residences dating from 1926 through 1964. The list of houses on the tour include: How House, R.M. Schindler…

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  Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain

  The art of textile design changed radically after World War II as Britain was transformed from a country devastated by war into an optimistic consumer society. Three women designers were pivotal in…

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  Masters of Mid-Century California Modernism: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman

  The exhibition will offer an overview of the Ackermans' 50-year collaborative partnership, focusing on their work in decorative art and design, and their contribution to California mid-century…