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.