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Fun MidCentury

We’ve been so focused on the remodel and haven’t spent much time on our future decor. Actually, our serious lack of funds is dictating that for now. But, I’ve been doing occasional scouring for mid-mod goodies. We can’t afford any great stuff (can you say a Womb chair), but we’ve been picking up some fun [...]

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Arapahoe Acres Home Tour – Was a Huge Success

by lesley on October 11, 2009

The 2009 Arapahoe Acres Home Tour was decidedly a huge success. We had some initial neighborhood resistance to having a ton of people parade through the hood, but a great turn out of lovely mid-mod fans made the day a big success.
7 Homes & 4 Gardens were open for tours from 10A to 2P. We [...]

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The Coin House is spectacular! Built in the early 1960’s and designed by Tician Papachristou and Charles Haertling, it is a sprawling, beautiful time capsule. I didn’t think I’d be able to get over there, but we had a few minutes to dash through the house. Here are some of the pics.
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Have a spare $1.6 Million?

by lesley on September 2, 2009

Do you have a spare $1.6 Million dollars to spoil yourself with some pristine mid-mod love? This incredible and original home is on the market. I’ve only seen it from the outside, but I’d like to get to the open house there on Thursday from noon to 2pm
Go to MileHiModern’s website for all of the [...]

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Arapahoe Acres Home Tour

by lesley on September 1, 2009

I’m so excited that our neighborhood is hosting a Home & Garden Tour October 3. I believe we’ll have eight homes to tour. The proceeds benefit our local elementary school, Charles Hay. My neighbor, Stacie Smith, is organizing the event and I’m trying to help with some of the planning in between remodeling fun. We’re [...]

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Link Love

by lesley on August 11, 2009

No posts lately…we’ve been working so much that I haven’t had a chance to blog lately. But, I wanted to shared some fun links for you.
First, Shannon at 5280mod.com alerted me to the Denver a’ la mode blog, which is a Denver fashion, beauty and trend blog. I had not yet seen this blog, but [...]

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