Mid-Century Interior Home Colors

Mid2Mod is a mid-century store in Dallas that I hope to shop at one day. If you like Mid-Century Austin Living you should check out their blog. They have a great post about interior mid-century paint colors. They talk about the popularity of gray walls in mid-century homes, which I found interesting because all of our walls are a light gray.

Mid-Century Mailbox

I've been hunting for a mid-century modern mailbox. I've also been looking for one that wouldn't break the bank (who knew mailboxes could cost so much). This Apartment Therapy post was a nice start and led me to the Postino Mailbox.

I think it will look great with the modern Eichler address numbers and mid-century door knob we're planning on.

Mid-Century Comic Movie

Besides being a mid-century design nerd, I'm a pretty big comic book nerd. I love it when world's collide.



This was made because of a poster design contest by Super Punch. You can check out some of the fantastic, mid-century-inspired posters here.

From the movie's page:

Inspired by classic Sixties movie titles and prompted by John Struan of Super Punch fame, I've built a 1960s style title sequence for the upcoming X-Men: First Class film.

Set during the midst of the Cuba Missile Crisis, X-Men: First Class tells the story of the first team coming together, before they would become the heroes and villains we know from the original X-Men Trilogy.

This sequence was designed to give a very brief primer on the time period, the setting, as well as show the relationships of the characters in this film, as they are very different from the previous movies and audiences shouldn't be confused as to why Professor X and Magneto, enemies in the original trilogy, are the best of friends in this prequel.

Super Punch held a contest redesigning the posters for the film, which played it safe by sticking very close to the correlation to the original trilogy, and winding up rather mundane compared to the slick trailer rife with espionage, red fear, and 60s hair. Several people were quick to make posters in the Mod, Saul Bass, and James Bond style that I had in mind, so it was decided that I'd make a title sequence instead.

And yes, that music is a very melancholic rendition of the 90s cartoon theme song.

Mid-Century Kid's Book: This is London

I did some hanging out in a used book store this weekend where I happened upon Miroslav Sasek's This is London. It is a fantastic example of a mid-century kid's book. It's a bit old for our little one, it's 64 pages and the suggested ages are 9-12, but we read a few pages a night and eventually we'll get to the end.

I was excited to find out that it's just one book in a series from Miroslav Sasek. I've already added This Is Texas and This Is Ireland to my Amazon wishlist.

Mid-Century Austin Estate Sale: 11304 Pickfair

This looks like the best kind of estate sale, lots of stuff with a high possibility of hidden treasures for those willing to dig.

Here are the details:
11304 Pickfair
Austin, TX 78750
April 8: 8am-5pm
April 9: 8am-5pm
April 10: 9am-3pm