RedneckModern

Chromography

Chromography: This is a mini-site put together by Stephen Coles of the Mid Century Modernist ... some neat stuff.

Picture Perfect

Our photographer friends Stephen (who caught my bug in a rare driveway-appearance... it's generally tucked in the garage) + Katrine (scheduled to stop by Sunday) and Chris + Sara -- two separate couples -- have used the house as a backdrop for some recent photos.

Nice work, guys. (and, readers: should you ever need a talented photographer, click on the links above).

Now that we have the house mostly finished, I suppose we should look into formally offering it up as a backdrop, huh?

Picture Pages

Casie went through the house last weekend with a camera -- note sure why, but the results were nice. Below are a few selects, but you can see more (with captions) on her flickr page.

Original Eichler Literature

I'm not sure why I haven't posted this earlier as we've had it for a while.

One of the great things about the previous owners of our house is that they saved a lot of stuff -- in this case, original Eichler literature. When we first looked at the house, there was even the original check for the $100 deposit, but the kids likely kept that one. Fortunetely, for us, the eldest sibling sent these to us after the closing (thanks, again!)... so it seems good to share.

I'll eventually properly scan them in (these are copystand-like digipictures) and there's sme great old articles, too, from 60's home-magazines I need to add... but we've lots of things to tackle first. Enjoy.

Exhibit: Matt Kahn at SFMC+D

Admittedly, we don't get out much, so when John-Paul (a friend and neighbor) mentioned a great exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, I made a note to pay attention. Matt Kahn was not a designer that I was familiar with, even though I actually have some of his work in the form of vintage Eichler collateral. That's been rectified.

We're between semesters at work/school, so I took the opportunity to stroll up to Sutter and Powell at lunchtime and check it out. Some nice stuff -- illustration, design, furniture, jewelry, painting and textiles -- and definitely worthy of checking out if you're close.

I snapped a few pictures before I noticed a "non photography" sign in the very back of the room, so enjoy... and in the spirit of "pictures say a thousand words", here you go:

And, thanks, John-Paul, for the tip.

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Houses

While on vacation this weekend in Los Angeles, we decided to do some sightseeing... RedneckModern style.

Casie mapped all of the Eichler tracts and the Cliff May ranchos in Long Beach, so we hopped in the rental convertible with a 2GB chip in the digital camera... put on a top forty station, got on the Hollywood freeway and headed north (sorry, couldn't resist the Tom Waits riff).

Anyway, we returned with a few hundred exterior shots of the SoCal Eichlers. Enjoy.

Eichlerville // Orange
Eichlerville // Thousand Oaks
Eichlerville // Balboa Highlands
Cliff May Ranchos

And thanks to suggestions from the LottaLiving crew, we enjoyed brunch at Pann's (and ran across Astro's while wondering Silverlake... which found me eating my 2nd Monte Cristo of the weekend.)

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