Going Mid-Century In Palm Springs

Forget a white Christmas, I'm dreaming of Mid-Century this Christmas. I have always been a huge fan of anything Mid-Century. The furniture, architecture, colors you name it, I love it. My mom recently gave me a stack of pictures I had drawn as a little girl and most of them were mid-century inspired homes that I must have seen in her magazines. The drawings are very rough around the edges but it is very clear that I was born to design and really all this does is justify my obsession...
For those of you who share this passion and are looking to for some visual stimulation this time of year I have two opportunities to hob nob with other Eichler and Lautner "know it all's". You may or may not know that Palm Springs, California is home to a number of great Mid-Century finds. You could easily plan a whole vacation in this desert city and visit hundreds of historical homes and public buildings built in this uniquely architecture rich city.

The first event is being held at the Hotel Zoso in Palm Springs December 1-3 2006. This conference, sponsored by Dwell magazine will feature the architects, such as John Lautner, who brought Mid-Century design to Palm Springs as well as home tours and a cocktail event at the Elrod House. Oh, can't wait! You can register for this event at dwell.com

If that's not enough Mid-Century inspiration to keep you going for a few months, log onto psmodcom.com for tickets to the Annual Home Tour of Mid-Century homes in Palm Springs. This event will be held January 13, 2007.

Still not enough? Log onto amazon.com and search for a book called 'Modernism Reborn: Mid-Century American Houses', by Michael Webb. This book is filled with beautiful pictures and makes a great holiday gift for the modern designer in your life...hint hint... Another good one which I personally recommend is called 'Palm Springs Modern: Houses in the California Desert' by Adele Cygelman. I especially like this book because the subject takes place in a city that I can actually visit within a 2 hours drive so it brings everything home for me.

Not a Mid-Century junkie? Borrow some books from the library on this fascinating subject, you will be addicted soon enough... Come on what are you waiting for? You know you want to...