I took this photo of my son and doggie last week. We went for a summer stroll along our new island home, Roosevelt Island. We found this modern-designed trellis entrance to the soccer field. I would like to know who designed the trellis. Roosevelt Island was developed by architect Philip Johnson back in the 1960's so there are many modern buildings and structures here.

A boy and his dog

For more on modern outdoor structures, check out this book

DESIGNS FOR OUTDOOR LIVING. BY JOHN BURTON BRIMER 1959

My husband (the ad guy) found this cool link to retro space age ads from the 1950's. Check out this Dunbar sofa ad from 1958. It's out of this world!

photo via Plan59.com

We hate to part with it, but we are selling our Eero Saarinen style tulip table and chairs. This dining room set was featured in Atomic Ranch magazine. A few years ago, they did an article about our mid century modern Florida ranch home. I had the seat cushions reupholstered about a year ago. The set is in great shape.
Check out Craigslist for more info. We are selling it for $500 and it must be picked up from our apartment on Roosevelt Island New York City.

We went on Sunday family adventure to The Whitney Museum. We checked out the new Buckminster Fuller Starting with the Universe exhibit. Brian was very excited to see the Dymaxion car, I imagined us living in the retro futuristic model homes and Grayson was oh so intrigued by the Geodesic Domes. They looked like a toy ball. He kept pointing and trying to touch them. We kept our distance, of course. If you are in the NY area, its definitely worth seeing. Runs through Sept 21.

check out our example library to see the exhibit brochure

THE DYMAXION WORLD OF BUCKMINSTER FULLER (1973)

Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile. We are finally getting settled into our new apartment on Roosevelt Island. Grayson Danger is 10 months old now and he is pulling himself up to stand on the edge of the sofa or coffee table. I have to watch him like a hawk. My time for myself is very limited but I will try to blog whenever I can.

We are so lucky to have a 3 bedroom apartment. We just got a nice sofa bed from Ikea and to dress it up a little, I splurged on some cool retro pillows. They are the Small Dot Pillow in Document by Maharam, originally designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1947. I found them on ebay. The seller is pat.pend.pillows. They have a bunch of retro style pillows to choose from. The Eames pillows were around $50 each. Cool deal!

photo via pat.pend.pillows