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Ugly Ducklings & Midwest Misfits Scavenger

It's easy to flip through Craigslist and search only for prized antiques and mid-century finds. It's a badge of honor to come across pieces with "names," especially at moderate price points. But w...

25 Midwest Finds To Melt Away The Winter Blues

Sometimes all it takes is a really great scavenged find to melt away the long days of winter. Sure being cooped up inside and negative degree wind chills seem unbearable, but wouldn't a set of 6 mi...

The Kansas City Colonnaded Walk-Up Flat

While Kansas City isn't usually a place that comes to mind when you're talking about architectural highlights, we do have a few shining stars under our belt. We're Midwestern to the core and usual...

Midwest Scavenger: 30 Finds From No Coast States

The Midwest scavenger is packed full of retro inspired goodness this week with a side of modern sophistication. There are some truly beautiful pieces piling up on Craigslist and there's far more th...

Midwest Scavenger: Retro Like Whoa!

We'd love to tell you that the Midwest has tons of awesome name brand finds at bargain prices on Craigslist. But that's not really our style, we have more of a Mid Century, Retro thing going on, ...

Midwest Scavenger: 20 Things We Didn't Know We Needed

We had several title ideas for this post, such, a) 20 Things You Should Buy Because They're Pee Pants Awesome, or b) 20 Reasons Why The Midwest Pwns The Coastal Cities. But no matter what you call ...

Scavenger: Busting At The Seams With Bargains
Midwest

We gave the Midwest Scavenger a makeover this week! How do we look? We wanted to show you larger pictures than we have in the past and this was a great week to do so. There are some beautiful piec...

Scavenger: So Retro You'd Think Time Stood Still
Midwest

The Midwest has recently had some treasures here and there, but it hasn't been jam packed with with wonderful Mid Century finds like it is today! We have scavenged over 25 cities to bring you the b...

Look! Kansas City's New Cargo Container House

click thumbnails for larger pics Tucked away in a well established neighborhood of Kansas City, there's a new kid on the block. There's a shipping container home in progress and to say our jaws drop...

Flickr Finds: Matt's Blissful Bedroom Renovation

click thumbnails for larger picsOver the last several months, Matt in Kansas City has been hard at work renovating his bedroom. There were ceilings that were lofted, windows that were resealed, paint...

Midwest Scavenger: 25 Craigslist Finds
Plus City Of The Week!

It was a stark week across the midwest. Don't get us wrong, there's lots of great stuff out there, but we really had to put our Craigslist talents to the test and we still came up short with only 25...

Midwest Scavenger: 40 Craigslist Finds That Need Homes

Let's give a big round of applause to the returning Midwest Scavenger! It's been awhile, but it's back today with some fantastic finds some of which are featured above. From "Giant Vintage Billboa...

Store Tour: Nest Furniture & Mattress
Lincoln, Nebraksa

Most of the time the state of Nebraska isn't what one might think of as being a design hot spot. But a small store by the name of Nest is trying to change that perspective. Nest is a collection of ...

Midwest Fall Cure: Week Three - The Weekend

Cans painted white make a nice balance to the organized color of the pencils inside of them. Cure Clock: 37 days Assignment: Read through Ch. 6 (Pages 100-128). Flickr Pool: Midwest Fall Cure ...

Midwest Fall Cure: Week One - Weekend

Plizzyp worked on some window washing this week! Cure Clock: 1,248 hours remaining Assignment: Re-read pp. 52-69, clean and list repairs (more after the jump) Flickr Pool: Midwest Fall Cure Pool W...

Midwest Fall Cure: Week One

heymomo is sprucing things up with some flowers before the organizing of the closets begins. Today (or yesterday for those who weren't off for Columbus Day) we embark on Week One, which is all...

House Tour: The Worden's MC Inspired Modern Build

Name: Steve (Project Manager), Cathy (Registered Nurse) and Graham Worden Location: Shawnee, Kansas Size: 2174 SF Years Lived In: 4 Years Our Style: Mid-Century Architecture & Design >> Enter Sli...

Midwest Scavenger: 50+ Great Finds

This is our biggest Midwest Scavenger yet. With so many midwestern towns to search through, we had a hard time leaving anyone behind. We have searched high and low for the best of the midwest, so c...

Events Calendar: 09.09.08
Midwest (New!)

I Like Ike - Mark Mothersbaugh Postcard Diaries 2007 Art & Design Events... The One Show: Advertising + Design + Interactive "This touring exhibition presents the world's best work in print, radi...

Midwest Scavenger: From Big Cities To Cow Towns

This week's Midwest Roundup has some really great highlights. There is a custom table and chairs set that tucks away to just under 3 ft wide in Ohio. Plus a pair of orange and white retro loveseats...

Upcoming Auctions of Interest For The Midwest

Auctions are a blast as we have discovered in the past, but sifting through the riff raff of hundreds of auctioneers can be tricky. We have spared you the pains of searching and have found a few auc...

Midwest Scavenger: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

The Midwest Scavenger (for those who haven't caught on) is for those that don't happen to live in Chicago, but still consider themselves a Midwestern native. We try to cover everything from the Grea...

Midwest Scavenger: 4 Eiffel Tower Base Bikini Chairs for $1800

In Uptown Minneapolis, Linda has 4 Eiffel Tower Base Bikini Eames/Herman Miller Chairs up for grabs at $1800 for the set. Click through to see more Midwest bargains than you can shake a stick at. ...

Green@Home: Small Simple Steps, Pt. 3

Name: Sarahrae Location: Kansas City, Mo Profession: AT Editor, Caterer/Baker, Children's Book/Comic Book Colorist and Photographer. (I missed the part in school where they told you that normal peopl...

To Cut or Not Cut Flowers

Minneapolis is in a state of worship. Every alley, sidewalk and forgotten yard has big luscious heads of peonies bowed, petals pooling. At $10.99 a bunch, why not cut? Yet it can be strangely difficul...

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