1950s Bedroom Furniture

Air flow between top and bottom of attic is best

Q. My townhouse was built in 1991 without an attic gable vent. The attic wall consists of plywood covered with wood clapboard. I plan to have a gable vent installed by a contractor or do it myself. How should the gable vent be installed? Should the plywood hole be large enough to mount the screened piece on the inside of the attic or cut smaller so that the screened piece is mounted to the outside of the plywood? The louver piece will be installed over the screened piece.

A. If you can install soffit vents in combination with an externally baffled ridge vent, and there is an unobstructed air flow between the soffit and ridge vents, this is the best way to ventilate your attic. If you can't, you or a contractor could install a gable vent purchased in a home center or building-supply house. Off-the-shelf gable vents come with a wood, vinyl or aluminum frame, including louvers and a fly screen. Be aware that if you install only one vent, you will get very little benefit. Vents should be on opposite sides of the house to be most effective. And even then, they are limited in their effectiveness.

Source: Chicago Daily Herald

Bedspreads for your mid-century bedroom

In my view, the most difficult part of “doing” a mid-century bedroom “right” is the bedspread. This week we will talk about the other stuff — the furniture, the windows, the rug, the paint and wallpaper, the lamps, the accessories and good feng shui. But, the bedspread is the hardest, because I don’t think the choices are very abundant. #1 on my list: Buy vintage, if you can find the style/quality/size/cootie-free design you want. Above: Bates’ Martha’s Choice bedspread from the Bates Mill Store. “Queen Elizabeth” is also. an winner.

Bates went out of business in the early ’90’s. This current incarnation, I believe, was re-opened by ex-workes. While very nice, they in no way compare in weight and content as the earlier product.

The ealier ones are dated (worked right into the design) in 2 cartouches at the top hem…my best ones are from 1970.

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Air flow between top and bottom of attic is best

Chicago Daily Herald - Oct 25, 2009

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Disaster to dream home

The Gazette (Montreal) - Oct 24, 2009

Bruce Hannough and his family had been perfectly happy in their 1950's ranch house, beautifully situated on a two-acre hillside in Hudson with a stream

Retro house flaunts fondness for '50s

Park Ridge Herald Advocate - Oct 21, 2009

Retro house flaunts fondness for '50sAn upstairs bedroom features birch dresser sets and desks by Haywood-Wakefield, a popular furniture maker in the 1940s and 1950s. The wrought-iron railings

Maximizing small spaces

The Detroit News - Oct 02, 2009

After retiring and spending more time in the 1800-square-foot, 1950s-era home, the Barnards wearied of the room's drab color scheme, dated furnishings and

Quirky hotels in different shapes and sizes

Daily Aztec - Oct 13, 2009

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Upgrades blend seamlessly into Eichler

San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 04, 2009

And the impression is heightened by his impressive collection of midcentury modern furniture. It includes an elegant Herman Miller open-shelving unit,

'Double Indemnity' house returns to '40s glamour

Los Angeles Times - Oct 17, 2009

'Double Indemnity' house returns to '40s glamourSimply framed and displayed in almost every room of the house, the oversized posters add some not-so-serious touches to Brunken's luxe furniture in Lucite,