IT'S OURS!!!
1959 Shasta Airflyte.
It is even turquoise with wings.. does it get any better than that?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Inspiration: The Shady Dell
At the beginning of the year we took a trip to Bisbee, Arizona and stayed at The Shady Dell trailer park. I was in aluminum heaven, and I needed to get my hands on a slice of it. It was a source of insane inspiration. From that point on, I vowed that one day (soon) I would find my own vintage travel trailer to restore and live out the mid century American dream, turquoise lawn furniture & plastic flamingos included.
This is the start of my journey..
This is the start of my journey..
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Once upon a time, in my dreams..
.. I had my very own vintage turquoise Shasta trailer to call my own, and I drove all across the Americas in it!
That would be the perfect little spring restoration project! We were looking into buying one online this past fall, and came very close, unfortunately some lucky person beat us to it! I guess that one wasn't meant to be.. but I'm not giving up on my dream!
While doing some online research about vintage trailers, I stumbled upon the most amazing place: The Shady Dell campground in Bisbee, Arizona. It is a campground of all vintage fully restored aluminum trailers from the 1940's-1960's, complete with plastic flamingos perched on the astroturf lawn! They have a variety of different trailers which are all decorated differently, and you get to choose which one you would like to stay in. They come complete with little kitchenettes, refrigerators, and dishes so you can make your own meals! How perfect is that? And the best part about this discovery is that my parents live in Arizona and I am planning to go down there and visit them in less than a month, so I will get to experience this campground first hand! I have never been so excited about a vacation in my entire life!
So very Americana kitsch. I am in love.
Oh, how I wish!
That would be the perfect little spring restoration project! We were looking into buying one online this past fall, and came very close, unfortunately some lucky person beat us to it! I guess that one wasn't meant to be.. but I'm not giving up on my dream!
While doing some online research about vintage trailers, I stumbled upon the most amazing place: The Shady Dell campground in Bisbee, Arizona. It is a campground of all vintage fully restored aluminum trailers from the 1940's-1960's, complete with plastic flamingos perched on the astroturf lawn! They have a variety of different trailers which are all decorated differently, and you get to choose which one you would like to stay in. They come complete with little kitchenettes, refrigerators, and dishes so you can make your own meals! How perfect is that? And the best part about this discovery is that my parents live in Arizona and I am planning to go down there and visit them in less than a month, so I will get to experience this campground first hand! I have never been so excited about a vacation in my entire life!
So very Americana kitsch. I am in love.
Atomic Christmas!
My Christmas wishlist was fairly simple this year: anything from the Atomic era and I will be on cloud 9.
My husband totally hit the nail on the head with these gems he found at local antique shops & vintage stores.. Also, I should probably mention that I have a bit of an obsession with mid-century lamps and lighting fixtures. (I probably have more than I have electrical sockets in my house.. it's becoming a bit of a problem!)
My husband totally hit the nail on the head with these gems he found at local antique shops & vintage stores.. Also, I should probably mention that I have a bit of an obsession with mid-century lamps and lighting fixtures. (I probably have more than I have electrical sockets in my house.. it's becoming a bit of a problem!)
Vintage Eames Midcentury Danish Modern Atomic Lamps.
Actually, I already had one, and he miraculously found me the other matching one, so now I have a set! So perfect.
Atomic Starburst clock.
This is my third starburst clock in my collection. I am hoping to one day have enough to fill an entire wall with them. How beautiful would that be?
My parent's also got me some more Federal Amoeba glasses for my growing collection, and also a complete set of Fire King Peach Lustre Depression Era glass tea cups & saucers. So very stunning. I have still yet to photograph those.
All in all, a fantastic Christmas. People are too kind.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
At the beginning..
Being that this is my first entry, I suppose I should share a bit about myself. Ever since I was a little girl I have always had a fascination of things from times gone by. These past eras always held such an appeal to me, whether it be because of their liberal use of colors, or their unique design sense behind their architecture, which poses a stark contrast to today's monotonous world of beige's and square boxes. I find it all so inspiring.
If I was to be more specific, I have a particular interest in the 1940's-1960's postwar, mid century modern era, especially in furniture, clothing, and housing. My husband and I have recently acquired a small, less than 1000 sq/ft, 1942 bungalow in an older area of town. My grandparents' passed away several years ago, and being that my father is an only child, he inherited everything. I had been in love with this house for years and years, so he decided to very generously give it to my loving hands to call my own. Ever since that moment my interest in past eras, which was once a spark, had become fully ignited.
For the first several years we worked on doing some restorations and renovations to the home, and considering that the house is over 65 years old, that pretty much comes with the territory. My father painstakingly ripped out the horrible carpeting covering all of the floors, to expose the original hardwood floors, which after quite a bit of elbow grease, look stunning. It is a wonder why they would ever cover something that beautiful up in the first place? It was about at this point that I gave myself the seemingly impossible goal of furnishing the entire house with only vintage finds. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but slowly and surely we are getting there.
This is only the beginning.
If I was to be more specific, I have a particular interest in the 1940's-1960's postwar, mid century modern era, especially in furniture, clothing, and housing. My husband and I have recently acquired a small, less than 1000 sq/ft, 1942 bungalow in an older area of town. My grandparents' passed away several years ago, and being that my father is an only child, he inherited everything. I had been in love with this house for years and years, so he decided to very generously give it to my loving hands to call my own. Ever since that moment my interest in past eras, which was once a spark, had become fully ignited.
For the first several years we worked on doing some restorations and renovations to the home, and considering that the house is over 65 years old, that pretty much comes with the territory. My father painstakingly ripped out the horrible carpeting covering all of the floors, to expose the original hardwood floors, which after quite a bit of elbow grease, look stunning. It is a wonder why they would ever cover something that beautiful up in the first place? It was about at this point that I gave myself the seemingly impossible goal of furnishing the entire house with only vintage finds. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but slowly and surely we are getting there.
This is only the beginning.
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