What a Small Mid Century Modern World We Live In.

Funny story.  After renovating our new home in 2009 my husband and I went through many, many sofas to get the look right in our den/living room.  Followers, you've heard about the on-going sofa drama!  I think I blogged about 3+ times about it.  Well, one of the first mid century style sofas we bought we had to sell right after we tried it in our space. It wasn't quite right. I put if up for sale on Craigslist and sold it to a super cool mid-century guy named Darren.  After that I started bumping into him at estate sales in Los Angeles.

Fast forward almost 2 years to now.   You remember the daybed/gondola style mid century sofa I tried to make work in my space?  I couldn't make it work (insert my sad face here) so I put it up for sale on Craigslist. Lo and behold....who wrote about it?  Yep, Darren!

He's buying it for his fab mid century modern home.  I went by his place to check out some of his "hoard".   You see, most of us that estate sale frequently build up a "hoarder's nest", myself included and yeah, I'm talking to you Mr. Modtomic.   I searched through his hoarder's garage and came away with some beloved new treasures: an original oil painting, a BULLET planter (finally, woo hoooo) and a vase.   See my finds below....but first, you must check out his amazing home.  Yeah, I asked to take pictures for my blog. I have no shame.  But fortunately he obliged. His space is pretty much spot on my ideal and perfect mix:

see the little brown sofa? that's the one we sold him years ago and the future home of our (soon to be his) daybed sofa. it's going to look perfect!

This is just a piece of the home.  I need to leave some things private right?  I don't know if he'd want his entire home pictured.  

Now on to the great pieces I scored from him:

Original oil. Looks so much better in person.

I love MCM pottery.  The vase is new, the little orange pods I've had for awhile - they're actually salt and pepper shakers.  Come to think of it, Darren was at this sale when I bought these! Too funny.

And can I get a "holla".  Finally I have a bullet planter.  I originally envisioned the classic tripod stand but I've got to say, I'm really digging this unique style. 

Have a great day! 

The Couch Dilemma. Solved for Now.

I have no patience. I am not the "wait until the perfect thing comes along" girl.  No, I obsess.  I  must have it now!  I happened across a gondola style sofa with attached table that I bought to re-sell but I fell in love.  I tried to make it work in my space, I really did.  But, I could not find other pieces to work well with it and honestly, I felt bad seeing my husband trying to lounge on a skinny, low profile sofa that is really more of a decor piece than lounging couch.  We really lounge on our sofas so while I tend to choose form over function, in this case the couches need to be practical and super comfortable.

Long story short, yesterday I ended up buying West Elm's Tillary sofa set from Craigslist.  We got a great price and they are pretty much what I wanted: low profile, minimal and modular.  To compliment them I'm going to find a danish lounge arm chair.  Now I'm obsessing about that!  Ugh, I just recently sold one that would have worked perfectly. Dang it!

Here was my original set up with brown modular couches. We liked them but the set was too chunky and it seemed to eat up our space:

There is another sofa on the other wall.  Cool set but too big.

Then it looked like this with the gondola sofa:

I liked this but couldn't find 2 other pieces that worked with it.

Now I have these pieces and we love them. These are stock pics from West Elm.  What's cool about this design is that the back supports are weighted cushions that can be moved around for different looks. We got the charcoal blue color.

I just need to finish the look off with a mid century/ danish lounge chair.

I really fell in love with these as I was looking at "new" mid century options but the prices held me back b/c I would need 2 plus a chair. 

Luna Sofa by True Modern $1500

Corona @ Macy's $899

Blu Dot's One Night Stand Sofa $1800

Blu Dot Paramount $1700

Urban Outfitters Armless Danish Sofa $479.

I like this look but all I hear about is how uncomfortable and cheap they are.

I'll continue to hunt for my perfect set but for now we're good with the Tillary. 

50's RCA Victor Deluxe TV Cabinet and Gondola Sofa.

I found this cool 1950's RCA Victor Deluxe television cabinet on Saturday.  It would be perfect for a plasma stand, a storage cabinet, entry table or a bar.

Pretty cool huh? I love the details and the metal peg legs.

Last week I picked up this 60's gondola sofa with attached table.  I wanted to use it in my den but it's not really working.  Big sad face! I would need to find a new lounge chair and another sofa to complete the room.  I was hoping it would work with one piece of my current set, but no, it does not.  I'd also need a new console table for the electronics because this tiny stature makes everything in the room look huge.  Ugh! What a pain.  I really need a low profile mid century modular set with 2-3 pieces.  So, I think this sofa is destined for my shop.  Again, big sad face. I love this sofa.