Collection by Kelsey Keith

Remarkable Mid-Century Modern Updates

If you're lucky enough to own a home with "Neutra bones," here are six examples of how to update the mid-century feel for modern living.

Inside the home green and blue are used for the bathroom block, dark brown for the sliding door, and orange for the wall dividing the living room from the kitchen. The floor is dark gray industrial poured concrete.
Inside the home green and blue are used for the bathroom block, dark brown for the sliding door, and orange for the wall dividing the living room from the kitchen. The floor is dark gray industrial poured concrete.
Lloyd-Butler’s second-floor office in the old house, which connects to the addition via the frosted-glass bridge.
Lloyd-Butler’s second-floor office in the old house, which connects to the addition via the frosted-glass bridge.
Hût Architecture remade this 4,500-square-foot mid-century bungalow, nicknamed Starvecrow Cottage, by retaining the footprint of the existing house while adding floor-to-ceiling windows to the rear and various skylights brings the outstanding landscape closer and fills the home with light.
Hût Architecture remade this 4,500-square-foot mid-century bungalow, nicknamed Starvecrow Cottage, by retaining the footprint of the existing house while adding floor-to-ceiling windows to the rear and various skylights brings the outstanding landscape closer and fills the home with light.
Separated only by large expanses of glass, the interior and exterior landscape flow together.
Separated only by large expanses of glass, the interior and exterior landscape flow together.
The Pfeiffers' furnishings tend to be of two stripes: flea-market treasures or prototypes and castoffs of Eric's design process. The low tables behind the front door are of Eric's design.
The Pfeiffers' furnishings tend to be of two stripes: flea-market treasures or prototypes and castoffs of Eric's design process. The low tables behind the front door are of Eric's design.