Dining in Midcentury Style To provide this cozy breakfast nook its classic appeal, designer Victoria Kirk of Victoria Kirk Interiors place a trio of classic furniture designs -- Eero Saarinen's Tulip Table, Charles and Ray Eames' DSW seats, and Louis Poulson's Pendant Light -- against a cushy upholstered banquette. "The corner provides a location for casual family dining, kids' homework, and arts and crafts," she states. "And all materials, including the wood, paint, upholstery, and fabric are 'green'."
Mix-and-Match Modern You do not require a massive budget or a house filled with pedigreed retro treasures to get a cool, vintage look. Designer Shannon Eddings' house is a perfect case of outside-the-box thinking. In her son's area, for instance, she paired a $300 Midcentury vest using a brand new West Elm chair and rug, a new double-gourd lamp, and a group of framed prints. The shapes and styles all have a '50s look, even though a few are directly from a catalogue. For more inspiration, tour her home, which has been showcased in HGTV Magazine.
Perfect Partners Designed for a hotel in Copenhagen, the Egg Chair of Arne Jacobsen has dwelt as a design classic and comfy living room feature since. In bright blue upholstery, the chair repeats the organic lines of Isamu Noguchi's glass and wood coffee table and Frank Gehry's cardboard Wiggle Chair. Design by HMH Architecture Interiors.
Grown-Up Elegance "My clients desired a fairly warm room for grownups (just) that would capture the eastern sun. The children' arts-and-crafts room is adjoining and visible through a set of glass doors," says designer Adam Gibson of Adam Gibson Design. To give the adults' retreat a sleek, sophisticated appearance, Gibson grouped a group of Midcentury-inspired furnishings around a minimalist hearth. The celebrities of this space would be the Wally chairs by Kube, layouts based on Marcel Breuer's iconic Wassily chairs; the Amici metal seat by Nuevo; along with the Spencer couch by Gus Modern.
Playing With Color and Form When a former food writer decided to refresh the kitchen in her 1951 house, she switched to kitchen designer Christine Nelson to get help. Nelson helped her client increase the counter space and total efficiency and gave the kitchen that the "colorful, upgraded, Midcentury Modern" look she wanted. "A gray linoleum floor, stacked subway-tile backsplash, and butcher-block counters create a clean backdrop while orange walls, and avocado-green accents include a burst of Mad Men-era colour," says Nelson. Timeless period furnishings like a Saarinen-style Tulip Table and a pendant light according to Werner Panton's Flowerpot design complete the appearance.
Modern, Inside and Out "The update of a Midcentury home in Carmel, California had multiple goals, bringing 21st century comfort and LEED-certified energy efficiency to an older home, without increasing the footprint forfeiting its classic appeal," says architect Mary Ann Schicketanz of Studio Schicketanz. Selecting Midcentury furnishings like the classic Bertoia Diamond Lounge Chairs, made by sculptor Harry Bertoia for Knoll in 1952, helped produce a look in keeping with the property's architecture.
Fantastic Legs Midcentury furnishings are best for smaller rooms. Pieces with easy lines, unadorned surfaces, and slender legs create a feeling of space and air in the tightest quarters, such as the bedroom of this studio apartment that was intended, according to designer Chris Nguyen of AnalogDialog, "to showcase the owner's incredible artwork and furniture collection while still keeping the sense of a warm and inviting house and not that of a museum"
Best Seat in the House With inspirations as disparate as an English club chair and a British baseball mitt, the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, designed in 1956 by Charles and Ray Eames, has yet become a design classic. The duo creates immediate Midcentury Modern cred in almost any setting, but looks particularly right when paired with other period-appropriate elements such as the vertical wood paneling architect Mary Ann Schicketanz specified at the renovation of this Carmel, California house.
Serving Up Classic Style Included in the total rehabilitation of a outdated kitchen, designer Sarah Richardson created a cozy breakfast room with the help of some contemporary classics: a classic chandelier inspired from the Sputnik design designed by engineer Gino Sarfatti in the 1950s and chairs similar to Marcel Breuer's chrome-and-cane Cesca chairs, designed for Knoll in 1928.
Layered Luxury To give this bedroom a boutique-hotel style, the Toronto Interior Design Group utilized a rich mix of tone-on-tone fabrics, textures and materials, including an embossed metallic dresser and a chrome-and-glass side table motivated by Eileen Gray's famous layout, a portion of the permanent design collection at New York's Museum of Modern Art. "It's the ideal place to recharge your batteries after a very long day," say the designers of this space.
Personal Choice "Although we integrated traditional family antiques in regions of this customer's home, she asked her residence office be much more precise reflection of herself, with Midcentury Modern influences and brightly colored accents," says designer Laurie Woods of Laurie Woods Interiors. The table and chairs are modern interpretations of Eero Saarinen classics. The colours and pattern of the customized cowhide rug give a feminine spin. The framed picture photograph is by Allison V. Smith, the client's childhood friend.
Cool Contrast The powerful, simple silhouettes of Midcentury Modern designs work well in spaces of every architectural age. Case in point: In designer Anna-Carin McNamara's very own conventional dining space, a pendant fixture inspired by George Nelson's polymer creations for Knoll from the 1950s extends from an elaborate vinyl ceiling rose, and the Cherner and Eames-style molded plastic and plywood dining chairs reside comfortably prior to a set of contemporary French doors.
Creating a Statement Designer Jennifer Scott of A Great Chick to Know took care to layer plenty of personality to a young bachelor's recently developed condominium. "We began with striking wallpaper to set a darker, more manly disposition within the area; we afterward discovered our statement pieces and picked for custom lighting with a feeling of narrative. We scoured estate and garage sales for the classic Persian rug to counterbalance the mild wood floors, and add a little traditional glamour with the decor components," says Scott. One of those announcement bits is a Midcentury stone: Marcel Breuer's Wassily chair, designed for Knoll at 1925.
Living With History Kylie and Ryan Durkin love Midcentury Modern layout so much, they started a shop dedicated to the design: Modern Manor in their hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. And obviously their very own home showcases their treasured aesthetic, from the living room's orange-upholstered Danish Modern armchair into the Sputnik-style ceiling fixture along with the vintage road sign. Have a tour of the rest of the boomerang-style house.
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