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Midcentury modern interiors + atomic-age design.
house-tour
A walk through an invented 1958 ranch house: each room, what is in it, the colours and the pieces that belong. A guide you can borrow room by room.
From the Archive
sideboard
A sideboard is the hardest-working piece in the house. Here is how to read the joints, test the runners and decide what you actually need before you fall in love.
Sep 17, 2026
lighting
One ceiling light was the old way. The postwar way was lamps at different heights, a pendant that hid the bulb and a warm pool of light wherever you sat.
Sep 09, 2026
teak
A teak sideboard or dining table does not need much, but it needs the right things. Oil, shade, a soft cloth and the discipline not to over-polish.
Sep 01, 2026
kitchen
Boomerang laminate, a pastel range and a clock shaped like a starburst. What the postwar kitchen got gloriously right, what it got wrong, and what to keep in 2026.
Aug 24, 2026