Last year I sold my place in a tough market – low housing prices AND during the height of the Winter Olympics – I was fighting against the odds to get my place sold on time and make a decent price.
Desperate times called for desperate measures, so I hired a home stager to make my place look its absolute best. I was apprehensive about the $2000 investment, but it was the best thing I could have done. My apartment sold within the month and at for the high end of the market – certainly more than any other apartment in my building that was for sale at the time.
That’s why I was excited to hear about Modern Mecca’s new take on home staging – long distance staging. Smart-as-a-whip Claudia Andrade-Desbiens of Modern Mecca has created a one-of-a-kind niche in the home staging market–a customizable home staging plan that helps people get professional staging design help at a fraction of the cost.
“Long distance staging is perfect for people on a budget, who are trying to sell their mid-century modern home, and who know they need a little help from someone who really understands Mid-Century Modernism.”
Modern Mecca offers coast-to-coast staging services, perfect for the Do-It-Yourself-ers, and those on a budget. For $795 you receive a thorough assessment of your property inside and out, recommendations on what to add, remove from each room, furniture placement, paint colour suggestions, necessary repairs and upgrades, and personalized 24/7 support to get your house looking the way it should for a fast sale.
For lucky LushPad readers outside of the state of California, Modern Mecca has graciously offered a special one-time only discount of 50% off – making this service a complete steal at $397.
Words of the moment to describe fabrics and wall coverings with a decidedly mid-century vibe. With pops of color and space-age cool, your pad can be uber-hip and shagadelic, baby! Here are a few of our favorites.
Amy Lau’s delicious new collection for S. Harris. Shown below: Supergrafil in Earthwork and Waterblocks in Aqua.
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I recently found this beautiful textile and wallpaper pattern manufactured by Sandersons in the UK. Inspired by the 1950s designs of British textile designer, Lucienne Day, the distinctive graphic lines of this pattern are bold, happy and retro yet still incredibly modern. If you’re interested, you can purchase “Dandelion Clocks” online at John Lewis.
Lucienne and Robin Day are considered the British equivalent of Ray and Charles Eames. A fantastic indepth biography of the husband and wife team can be seen on the Design Museum web site.
If you get the chance you must check out the Ought Apartment installation in the Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver artist Reece Terris has built a 60-foot architectural installation in the heart of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Focusing on the evolution of domestic space in Vancouver over the last six decades, Ought Apartment is an “apartment tower” with six full-sized residences stacked on top of each other, each dedicated to a decade of décor between 1950 and 2000.
Every piece of cabinetry, tile work, bathroom fixtures, linoleum floors, wallpaper, appliances, lamps, furniture and a myriad of other domestic artifacts were carefully removed from residences slated for demolition or renovation for reconfiguration in Terris’s sculpture. The artist salvages these rapidly vanishing domestic objects to emphasize their cultural value, as well as the ongoing cycles of human consumption.
The work will be on display until September 20, 2009, so you still have a chance to drool over this amazing piece of work.
This gorgeous home is The Scheidt weekend residence. Designed by architects Robert Luntz and Joe Tanney of Resolution 4 Architecture, this 2,400 square foot home was tastefully decorated by Amy Lau.
Lau’s great knowledge of 20th century decorative arts led her to use many beautiful mid-century modern furniture pieces to create a space that is modern and warm. Pieces such as Edward Wormley’s sectional sofa for Dunbar, and a Greta Jalk lounge chair and ottoman and a Jens Risom table create a restrained yet modern feel.
You can read the full article at Metropolitan Home and view the slide show of 16 images.
This fantastic mid-century modern office looks like it’s straight off the set of AMC’s Mad Men or a James Bond film, but it’s actually the original office of Harley Earl, Vice President of Design at General Motors from 1927 to 1959. Check out our article about the office that Eero Saarinen and Associates designed for Harley Earl, General Motor’s first Head of Design. Full article here.
It’s always difficult to find great wallpaper that will give your house a unique look. We know. We’ve looked! So we’re sharing our research with you. We’ve found 3 amazing wallpaper sources, all with shipping services for those who don’t live close to one of their locations.
Walnut Wallpaper | web site
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Walnut Wallpaper has a great variety of modern wallpaper designs, as well as vintage offerings. We’ve shown a few of our favorites here but there are many, many more to be seen on their web site. Samples available upon request.
Timorous Beasties | web site
Location: Glasgow and London, UK
We’ve been fans of Timorous Beasties for a number of years now and love their unique hand-printed designs – some with a slightly gothic feel. They’re well-known for their Euro Damask – Their interpretation of Damask using European coastlines and cartographical contours.
“These new patterns are very textural. Euro Damask is made up of actual European coastlines; Butterfly is an extension of Euro Damask: we took the outline of a butterfly and exaggerated the contours, using coastlines as influences to get the fractured edge. Within that we printed a finely drawn detail of the wing patterns.”
Bradbury Wallpaper | web site
Location: North America
Bradbury is truly a great resource for all styles of wallpaper. They have Victorian, Arts & Crafts, Modernism, Damasks, and matching fabrics. The Modernism category if choc full of great stuff from the Post War Era, the Atomic Age, and the Groovy 60s. You can contact them directly online to have samples and rolls shipped out to you.
The LOBBY is a modern B&B – literally and figuratively – located in Antwerp. The beautiful minimalist spaces are perfectly complimented with iconic mid-century modern pieces like (our favourite) Danish designer Hans J. Wegner’s three-legged Shell chair and his Wishbone chair, and Eames side chairs with both eiffel and wooden dowel bases. The Dear Ingo chandeliers in the restaurant/bar area are designed by Ron Gilad for Moooi.
Close to a wide selection of restaurants and bars in the trendy part of town, with bus & tram stops almost on its door and close to museums, parks and great shops , the Lobby hosts classic design furniture combined with new technology, small cosy touches that makes this B&B very unique.
Visit the LOBBY website for more information. http://www.lobbyantwerp.com
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