Fun Modern

Here are a few facts about my little neglected blog: 1 – While it appears that I haven’t done anything on my blog in a million years, trust that I have mentally written about 100 posts. One day I’ll actually get to them. 2 – Readers have this blog from around the country have shared [...]

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October Modern Fun

by lesley on October 18, 2011

If you’re looking for some more modern fun in October, you might want to check out the Denver Modern Home Tour this weekend, October 22. The event is being produced by a team out of Austin, TX. They’ve produced similar events in other cities, but this is their first time in Denver. Now, they aren’t [...]

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I love looking at the stats on my blog. I can see the exact search terms that people enter into google that eventually land them on my blog. I’m just a tiny blog, but it’s still entertaining. I just saw someone find my blog by googling “mid century modern crown molding”. Really? If you typed [...]

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If you happened to see my blog a few weeks ago, I posted about my friend, Tiffany, and her cool vintage, mini-modern estate sale finds. She had listed her “rooms in miniature” on ebay. We were really hoping that they would find a new home where they could be appreciated. The three “rooms” did sell [...]

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Fireplace Follies

by lesley on December 28, 2010

When we got back from Thanksgiving vacation, we thought things were a little strange in the house. A plant was knocked over and then I started finding little bits of poo. We freaked out thinking it was from mice. But, we couldn’t seem to trap the mice. A week later, Tim ran upstairs after working [...]

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New Acquisitions

by lesley on December 27, 2010

I’ve gotten really anxious that it looks like we just moved in. I’m tired of meeting people at the house and explaining that we “are still in process”. I know how much we’ve accomplished, but I’m ready to have art on the walls. I’m ready for our house to be lived in. And, like it [...]

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First Christmas

by lesley on December 26, 2010

It’s been rather fun being back in the house this Christmas. We had to spend last Christmas in the apartment when our remodel went “slightly” over schedule. So, I may have gotten a little too excited with celebrating this year. However, I’ve never had much space or much Christmas decorating “stuff”. So, I’m only an [...]

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Our Gingerbread Houses

by lesley on December 25, 2010

There have been so many great gingerbread houses across the modern blogosphere, like our AtomicIndy friends here.. While I don’t have the artistic talent, I wanted in on the fun. A few families on my block got together for a little gingerbread making party. We had seven kids and three mommas. We set the kiddos [...]

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