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Lovely home - looks very fun and comfortable.

wowsers! time warp! cool.

Ah! I found that green & blue "Chicago skyline" painting at a Milwaukee thrift store last year and I am *still* kicking myself that I didn't buy it when I saw it. Do you think there are several in existence or did this mid-century family snatch up my mistake?

Here's the one I found -- exact same!

I recognize the wife from eBay listings -- she sort of lounges on furniture in that dress and those boots. Their house always looked cool from the limited view you get in listing photos. Nice to see the whole thing.

Does anyone know of a good metal shop in Los Angeles? I'd like to have some poles cut and use them for suspension shelving like in the first photo. Thanks!

They certainly have amassed quite the mid-mod stuff collection, however all of it at once is too much IMHO.

The time capsule seems a bit, um, unironic, if that's a word.

To 9th/Broadway: how about Rakks:
http://store.rakks.com/index.php?cPath=22

I agree with beddybee..just like I don't like head to toe Chanel or Gap..

I collected so much of this stuff in college the most I paid for anything was maybe 50.00, I had a huge loft and had to fill it. Once upon a time this stuff was in thrift stores all over LA and in good condition. Its a shame that its all being exploited and so expensive just because its Mid Century. I guess I've been there done that just for much less money. My only regret was giving away an original Eames Lounge Chair (no ottoman) that I bought at a Boyle Heights thrift store for $30.00

This dude wants fame..bad..he posted a sofa on minneapolis craigslist and tells everyone to check out the article..he won't post a picture of the sofa...just refers to the article..

particleboard: thanks for the link! unfortunately those poles have a maximum reach of 9'4" and i need them to reach 14'.

Sorry, those green chairs are eyesores. I'm sick of this house and its occupants. Maybe he'll get a book deal.

Love it! It's got a lot of soul!

I love the outside of the house, the inside? Not so much

I've never understood the attraction of trying to live in the past. Respect it, yes. Learn from it, yes. But let it go. The time is now! Stop stealing dead people's energy. Create something yourself. Leave your own legacy to give purpose to your carbon footprint.

For perhaps the first time in history, we have a whole generation that has lived in a fog of retro and has left no discernible signature style of it's own.

I think if they are going this far, they should take it all the way. Wear only clothes from the 50s. Get rid of cable and high-speed internet. Cook out of Fannie Farmer. Drive a DeSoto.

I live in a MCM house, and I adore it, but I agree with Quiltmaster. Respecting an era is one thing--refusing to live in your own is another. Plus, it's hard to be completely nostalgic for a time period that ended before many of us were even born!

"Stop stealing dead people's energy. Create something yourself. Leave your own legacy to give purpose to your carbon footprint."

Oh - Like how?
Like buying more imported particleboard crap from Target or IKEA? Like wearing more clothes made in Southeast Asian sweatshops? Like ripping out perfectly serviceable bathrooms and kitchens and replacing them with "Lowe's Beige" because the existing pink tile is "Icky and Old"?

These folks seem to be having a little fun while actually minimizing their carbon footprint by making use of old things - things that have a heck of alot more style and uniqueness than an entire year's worth of Pottery Barn catalog offerings. I say more power to them.

I second that emotion, bepsf!!

Recently our Op Shop had one of those clocks for $2! ha!

I dig.