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It’s the year 2000, I’m working on my bachelor’s Film & Video production degree… in Ohio. We’re in a film class, we go around the room, introduce ourselves, and (obviously) say a couple favorite films. Films, not movies, because we’re serious 19 year old film students. If you said Rushmore was one of your favorites or referenced Wes Anderson at all, then you were cool. In my book. The Wes Anderson hipsters. I smoked cigs those first couple years in school, likely because Margot Tenenbaum had just become an icon and that’s what film school kids did.

In any event, like all things hipsters are the first to like, Wes Anderson became a big deal, popular, and it wasn’t as cool to say he was your fav director. Of course, this was long after my graduation.

He still is a fav. For all the reasons he is everyone’s fav. I named my some Fox after his 2009 film Fantastic Mr. Fox. I am sure my sense of style, in both my home and clothing, was influenced by those films. Those were the years I would have been most susceptible to being influenced by such things.

Hope you enjoyed these 30 seconds of me being 40 and giving homage to something I have enjoyed for more than half my life. Not so accidentally Wes Anderson 😉

Cheers.

— t a g s —

#accidentallywesanderson#WesAndersonFansAssemble #wesanderson #wesandersonplanet #wesandersonstyle #wesandersonvibes #midcenturymodern #midcenturyhome #mcm #moderndesign

#LTKhome

I’m not professionally trained on lighting but here’s what I like for lighting schemes in a kitchen…

💡Main light - island lighting generally, as a chandelier or pendants, cooler… 4000°K is my temp preference & 2400-3200lm 🤓
💡Mood lighting - dimmable, warmer at least two of them…
💡Light it like an airport just incase… aka recessed lights - Dimmable, enough for the room… overhead on the edge of task areas. I rarely turn these on but they seem necessary and I always overthink the layout.

💡Fixtures linked on LTK (linked in bio)

— t a g s —

#renovation
#kitchenrenovation
#midcenturymodern
#midcenturyhome
#midcenturymodernkitchen
#mcm
#mcmkitchen #modernkitchen #modernkitchendesign #moderndesign

#LTKhome

Is this real or just happening inside my head?

— t a g s —

#renovation #kitchenrenovation #midcenturymodern #midcenturyhome #midcenturymodernkitchen #mcm #mcmkitchen #modernkitchen #modernkitchendesign #moderndesign

#LTKhome

You know I love sunlight & that Vitamin D but I also am down with turning my lights on at 6 PM… if your light fixtures ain’t doin’ it for you, upgrade to some that will turn YOU on.

💡Fixtures linked on LTK (linked in bio)

— t a g s —

#moderndiningroom #mcmdiningroom⁣⁣⁣ #mcm ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣#midcentury #midcenturyhome #midcenturymodern #midcenturydecor ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣##homedesign #homedecor #interiordesign #interiordecor

#LTKhome

Relax… just gonna take some pictures.

#midcenturymodern

#LTKhome #LTKSeasonal #LTKstyletip

Now you see it! Now you don’t. Tools are used to camouflage the wall plate on my wallpaper wall 🤩

#LTKhome #LTKstyletip #LTKunder100

While I don’t forget the “renovation trauma”, it is kinda like someone “flipped the switch” and it never happened… even with my freezer lost in Texas. 🤠

Also… does flip the switch mean something that a 40 year old isn’t aware of?!

— t a g s —

#renovation #mywestelm
#kitchenrenovation
#midcenturymodern
#midcenturyhome
#midcenturymodernkitchen
#mcm
#mcmkitchen #modernkitchen #modernkitchendesign #moderndesign

#LTKstyletip #LTKhome #LTKunder50

My fav element in this kitchen isn’t any of the tile, the cabinets or the appliances.

It is the SKYLIGHTS!

Light is transformative… we take vitamin d supplements because it can affect our mood and health. It was a no brainer to add skylights above the island and take this dark, sad kitchen to bright & happy status. There are a handful of Velux “No Leak” skylights we’ve added over the years… it has NEVER been an issue that we didn’t put them in at the same time as a new roof.

MYTH.

Loading my jumbo island with plants has been my fav bonus to the skylights.

— t a g s —

#skylights #light #veluxskylights #veluxusa
#renovation #mywestelm
#kitchenrenovation
#midcenturymodern
#midcenturyhome
#midcenturymodernkitchen
#mcm #mcmkitchen #modernkitchen #modernkitchendesign #moderndesign

#LTKhome #LTKstyletip

Do you have a fav piece of vintage furniture? Do you have THIS piece? If so, read til the end.

When I started collecting mid century modern pieces it was such a rush… especially when I found something special AND cheap! My trick was to co tact people on Craigslist who didn’t put photos in the listings. It was how I scored my Broyhill Premier pieces for less than it costs to fill a car up with gas 🤣

This piece was one I bought for my 31st birthday. It was a whopping $550… that was expensive for me back then. Over the years, I’ve used it in many different ways. In the boys “playroom”, my family room, sales room and office. It’s not unusually rare, I am sure a lot of you have the same piece! I would love to see how YOU have styled it! DM me and I’ll share everyone’s version?!

— t a g s —

#mcm #midcenturymodern #roomdivider #danishmodern #vintage #vintagefurniture

#LTKhome #LTKshoecrush #LTKstyletip

“You’re not planning on moving then, huh?”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Listen… I followed the lead of the original owner when designing this kitchen. I didn’t choose the Bimini Blue tile in the entry or the clear cedar statement wall. Those glorious choices were made in the ‘60s and I am honored to elevate that and give the psychedelic 60s the tribute it deserves.

✌🏼💛🍄🥰

I am not a simple and safe kinda girl. I CAN design that way but I am more of a subtract the extra then slowly add in layers.

#renovation #mywestelm
#kitchenrenovation
#midcenturymodern
#midcenturyhome
#midcenturymodernkitchen
#mcm
#mcmkitchen #modernkitchen #modernkitchendesign #moderndesign

#LTKhome #LTKstyletip

Serving up humble pie in the new kitchen 🤣

— s h o u t o u t s —
blue brick tile - @fireclaytile
yellow island tile - @concretecollaborative
appliances - @monogramappliances
— t a g s —

#renovation #mywestelm
#kitchenrenovation
#midcenturymodern
#midcenturyhome
#midcenturymodernkitchen
#mcm
#mcmkitchen #modernkitchen #modernkitchendesign #moderndesign

#LTKhome

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