Mid-Century Modern Lego Homes

Dwell is hosting a cute little Lego competition: The Lego modern home design competition. You can check out and vote for all of the entries here.

And if you're in to making modern Lego homes but do better with directions, Lego has an architecture series that includes a Lego Robie House, Lego Fallingwater and Lego Farnsworth House.

Sun Coast by Drexel with Star Burst Design

The Drexel Sun Coast line of mid-century furniture is a gorgeous on whole, but the true standouts of the line for me are those that feature the gold star burst design on white aluminum doors.

The cabinet doors on the Drexel Sun Coast credenza and china cabinet came in two options: wood that matched the rest of the piece or these white doors with a gold painted star design.

The buffet also features the star burst, but on glass, not white doors.

Drexel Sun Coast furniture was designed by Kipp Steward and came out in 1958 or 1959. The rest of the line, which includes a full bedroom and dining room set, can be identified by the square handles and square brass legs. But for my money, it's all about the star burst.

Globe Clocks for a Travel-Themed Nursery

It's easy to lose track of time if you're hanging out in your travel-themed nursery, but with these two globe wall clock ideas, it'll be easier than every to watch the clock. If you've got the space the full-wall globe wall clock above could be a very cool centerpiece to any travel nursery. Half dozen globes cut in half and some pre-assembled wall clock hands and you've got yourself a giant globe wall clock.

And if space is limited, the half globe wall clock below would make a worldly addition to the room.

Watch Mad Men Season 5 Online

Pretty much everyone loves Mad Men, but if you're a copywriter in Austin and work in advertising, it's literally the talk of the office. It makes it hard to avoid spoilers if, like me, you're living a cable-free life. That is till I found out you can watch Mad Men season 5 online on AMC. And the design/furniture/clothing is just as fantastic this season, if not better. Don's new apartment might be the best of the best. Check out all the glamor shots here, and don't miss the kitchen.

Mid-Century Festival Pink Paint

Paint has been on my mind for the past few weeks (you'll see why soon). So when I ran across this spectacular ad for Taubmans Revelite Festival Pink paint, I had to share it. I haven't been able to find anything else about Festival Pink, except that it was used in the 1956 Olympic village. But the actual shade of pink might be lost to time because all it can find are black and white newspaper ads. But Pam will be happy to know that they were promoting its use in bathrooms.

With its "lead free" (followed by a giant asterisk) and "flattering to women... pleasing to men" sales tactics, I'm sure it was flying off the shelves.