We like: Mid Century Architecture

Love these old grainy photographs from a Flickr photostream (featuring outtakes from old LIFE magazines) of mid-century homes in the US that we weren't fully aware of before. See more images <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/midcentarc/page21/">here on flickr</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Z1Vaaxkrzhngqe3sQ-WNEupVvY8AShLev9VpQ9vki_5R9dhOEqpg9Hch7OiQKbUv4K4dMYMIvfhv7f3i8scaXqDwkGmjYoCuRgFQ5TuTluQA6G39eVPGRlCYfleTHXhy7YNZuC-jcmAe/s1600/mid+cent+house_1jpg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561055030814240674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Z1Vaaxkrzhngqe3sQ-WNEupVvY8AShLev9VpQ9vki_5R9dhOEqpg9Hch7OiQKbUv4K4dMYMIvfhv7f3i8scaXqDwkGmjYoCuRgFQ5TuTluQA6G39eVPGRlCYfleTHXhy7YNZuC-jcmAe/s400/mid+cent+house_1jpg.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrpx5NdL6kiJQWOaDxsnCahtLsCZelsx6qBbglx569sIkt0ufibwyYd9s5RxflNysqslh5fe8bB0cK9YV5aaGfrNVVjZcJG0RJcXGGB8-gc2Le6C7sR4WCtUfBdAwPmZmlWW9kcqigOh6/s1600/mid+cent+house_1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561054826500343714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrpx5NdL6kiJQWOaDxsnCahtLsCZelsx6qBbglx569sIkt0ufibwyYd9s5RxflNysqslh5fe8bB0cK9YV5aaGfrNVVjZcJG0RJcXGGB8-gc2Le6C7sR4WCtUfBdAwPmZmlWW9kcqigOh6/s400/mid+cent+house_1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Rosen Residence. Architect: Craig Ellwood. Photographer: Michael Rougier. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Comissioned: 1956.<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBcatLbQvyeDxA0jy43DjajpY1YqtkichII85xh90Gpjja5F7MUOebirXzwiA0SXCpa0GUAfuAFLArhDQBjIQdwuSjALAp0oGZKN1SL5idg_EILSohFOjVtIHPcxX1X2sXD9JYzpgmmtJ/s1600/mid+cent+house_3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561054820150779042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBcatLbQvyeDxA0jy43DjajpY1YqtkichII85xh90Gpjja5F7MUOebirXzwiA0SXCpa0GUAfuAFLArhDQBjIQdwuSjALAp0oGZKN1SL5idg_EILSohFOjVtIHPcxX1X2sXD9JYzpgmmtJ/s400/mid+cent+house_3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> White Ave, Roanoke Rapics, NC. Built 1959. Kirkwood F. Adams Residence. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo: Joseph Molitor<br /></span><br /></div><div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk9KnkBjuC5esdaIl8oKd3Rcg5-YidhelrrMKHCzFNWA1a2mHlPfAq5ViIGuEm3mLlZJ2c_HeW8UbgvPazclUXTEgvNOv9UXWHFXj6Sgb6OCv3a1Y_DIzGvf4Y0Mz88j0fdih4Glkfej6/s1600/mid+cent+house_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561054817093823826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwk9KnkBjuC5esdaIl8oKd3Rcg5-YidhelrrMKHCzFNWA1a2mHlPfAq5ViIGuEm3mLlZJ2c_HeW8UbgvPazclUXTEgvNOv9UXWHFXj6Sgb6OCv3a1Y_DIzGvf4Y0Mz88j0fdih4Glkfej6/s400/mid+cent+house_2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Idea House II - McCall's Book of Modern Houses (1951). </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Designed by: William Friedman and Hilde Reiss with architect Malcolm Lien.</span></div></div>

We like: Mid Century Architecture

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Stealing Magnolias Book giveaway

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEb6KT9F7uCaCaUEu-OSffbClxgdJOs46rULrcoNj5vz76uJrQmz9aXxj2TCGYMN3ku6fOE7V-tiEjhOUFub7Qn24J6uE3glKT8KCCZa6KDbeKRo6-TpkS1ZY_3yyUCuFfr67DxBB4bQs/s1600/Stealing+Magnolias+Cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560917550572887698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEb6KT9F7uCaCaUEu-OSffbClxgdJOs46rULrcoNj5vz76uJrQmz9aXxj2TCGYMN3ku6fOE7V-tiEjhOUFub7Qn24J6uE3glKT8KCCZa6KDbeKRo6-TpkS1ZY_3yyUCuFfr67DxBB4bQs/s400/Stealing+Magnolias+Cover.jpg" style="height: 554px; width: 462px;" /></a></div><br />You know that when a book has such a romantic and dreamy name as <i>Stealing Magnolia</i>s: <i>Tales from a New Orleans</i> <i>Courtyard, </i>it has to be good. And when you find out that its part love letter and part scrapbook that illustrates the story of its author Debra Shriver finding and restoring a beautiful house in the French Quarter of New Orleans’ just two months after Hurricane Katrina, you know you have to have it. <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Stealing Magnolias</i> is an enchanting book full of lush images by more than 20 photographers and artists that highlight food, interiors, architecture and much more. It seems Debra and I have something in <a href="http://bellevivir.blogspot.com/2009/05/french-creole-architecture.html" target="_blank">common</a>. Glitterati Incorporate is generously giving a lucky <a href="http://bellevivir.blogspot.com/">Belle Vivir</a> reader a copy of this alluring book. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Below, a few images of Debra Shrivers’ home as featured in House Beautiful.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLazAv7LkQjKugs6w6w5y47t3N7_3lCylHDuo-QQ2HDnbO7tnrCnteOgBRqNz6BpKeNZ3SCPuEmq0Rw9qjom2brVwU6kuhAdytnVG8ZOXJQt7qT2PxSksS8Bl9Bwfv8zizC5aIR9izSgY/s1600/12-romance-dresser-1008-xlg-24195804.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560916773800925026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLazAv7LkQjKugs6w6w5y47t3N7_3lCylHDuo-QQ2HDnbO7tnrCnteOgBRqNz6BpKeNZ3SCPuEmq0Rw9qjom2brVwU6kuhAdytnVG8ZOXJQt7qT2PxSksS8Bl9Bwfv8zizC5aIR9izSgY/s400/12-romance-dresser-1008-xlg-24195804.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 582px; width: 467px;" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjJcDShoI5kZ7EzJ9SqvAIQA_QO5H4Xr6jgLqfaas_ShEzDMIDRaB8EB8KSq3lPVtG6wXuJLF3iimvOHQ2Uw2BkFf50r6gISVHxVBctfDyPzopHD2WID_j1nGZGy5SxAC_RWd3bk4K0k/s1600/15-romance-table-1008-xlg-4871124.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560916773744281138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjJcDShoI5kZ7EzJ9SqvAIQA_QO5H4Xr6jgLqfaas_ShEzDMIDRaB8EB8KSq3lPVtG6wXuJLF3iimvOHQ2Uw2BkFf50r6gISVHxVBctfDyPzopHD2WID_j1nGZGy5SxAC_RWd3bk4K0k/s400/15-romance-table-1008-xlg-4871124.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 551px; width: 466px;" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2OeHfPVLF480pCeIMFm6rOrW00C_0trc9Cw566VYBowFrU_pBppJOb_CdsQWy6AhyphenhyphengOmvVk0kUVr-i1nEyHc1Ewr9Hgf6SvCrLvI-5yClvLFK-lQ400jcgWEbRk5zmHm-eQ_ZN3bedQ/s1600/4-romance-livingroom-1008-xlg-47851447.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560916767724642962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2OeHfPVLF480pCeIMFm6rOrW00C_0trc9Cw566VYBowFrU_pBppJOb_CdsQWy6AhyphenhyphengOmvVk0kUVr-i1nEyHc1Ewr9Hgf6SvCrLvI-5yClvLFK-lQ400jcgWEbRk5zmHm-eQ_ZN3bedQ/s400/4-romance-livingroom-1008-xlg-47851447.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 550px; width: 465px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 180%; font-style: italic;">Giveaway details</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's simple.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1-Leave a comment on this post telling me what you like most about Debra Shriver's home featured in House Beautiful.<br /><br />2-You can leave a comment between today and Saturday 15.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">For extra entries</span></span><br /><br />3-Add a link to this giveaway on your blog or side bar. Come back and let me know that you did. <br /><br />4-If you cannot add the link you can make a second comment and it'll be counted as a second entry.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The winner well be announced on Monday, January 17 and the book will be sent directly from Glitterati Inc.</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGCl-TGsfFhm1JMY7OQrfiOMWHATCAjZP1d8Rjhu7YVtxbdecnCTKS3r7UuLsOQaeac9rXxhALMcNM5SJcC7qRZ8aJ2DVI2NRMX6hznn4XHQPRhsShfhUgGw4PsZ5t6bOD-HKGeMLdjo/s1600/stealing+magnolias.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560926689439209330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGCl-TGsfFhm1JMY7OQrfiOMWHATCAjZP1d8Rjhu7YVtxbdecnCTKS3r7UuLsOQaeac9rXxhALMcNM5SJcC7qRZ8aJ2DVI2NRMX6hznn4XHQPRhsShfhUgGw4PsZ5t6bOD-HKGeMLdjo/s400/stealing+magnolias.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 292px; width: 460px;" /></a></div>The book can be purchased <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Magnolias-Tales-Orleans-Courtyard/dp/0982379919">here</a>.<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: ";">Credit: From </span><b><i>Stealing Magnolias</i></b> </span><span style="font-family: ";"><span style="font-size: 85%;">by Debra Shriver, copyright © 2010, published by <a href="http://www.glitteratiincorporated.com/" target="_blank">www.Glitteratiincorporated.com</a></span><wbr></wbr><span style="font-size: 85%;">. </span></span></div></div>

Stealing Magnolias Book giveaway

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The Broad Art Foundation museum

Last April, some of you would have been lucky enough to attend lectures by Charles Renfro, of the New York architecture firm Diller, Scofidio & Renfro, when he was in New Zealand as the international member of our Home of the Year jury.<br /><br />Since then, we've been following the firm's progress with even greater interest than before. New on the boards is their design for the Broad Art Foundation museum in downtown Los Angeles, set to open in late 2012 to house some of the Broad Foundation's huge collection of contemporary art. You can find out more about the building and the Broad Foundation <a href="http://broadartfoundation.org/thebroadmuseum.html?sid=55">here</a>. In the meantime, congratulations to Charles and the rest of the team at DS&R for what looks like an exciting building.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTaOqgKUL5WxPnLJ6jI3vurROGZsSoXS6UbWD1cKxsAGdPfMwdUszBBdRONRPJre0BqZOIGt15YKCtC9x7kDG53b84bpsNllNjnvTY4gEFhSOOK4SoZWOkbdLv_XZ-IfARlc1QiSYj8__/s1600/Broad+Art+Foundation.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560726715529298546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTaOqgKUL5WxPnLJ6jI3vurROGZsSoXS6UbWD1cKxsAGdPfMwdUszBBdRONRPJre0BqZOIGt15YKCtC9x7kDG53b84bpsNllNjnvTY4gEFhSOOK4SoZWOkbdLv_XZ-IfARlc1QiSYj8__/s400/Broad+Art+Foundation.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>

The Broad Art Foundation museum

Last April, some of you would have been lucky enough to attend lectures by Charles Renfro, of the New York architecture firm Diller, Scofidi...

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