Happy New Year!

I'll bet you thought I'd given up. Nope. Not in the least. But the last six months have found me focusing on setting up my law office rather than on sharing the MCM love. And yes, even law offices can be hip. Exhibit A (manufactured back in the day by the Alma furniture company and hauled by a sweaty me from Atlanta to the 'ham this last summer. I know you're jealous):







But I'm back, baby. And I'm committed to showing this blog some love this year.

Let's start off with a look around the 'ham at some mod listings. January 'tis typically not the season for house hunting. But you, brave readers, are exceptions to this rule. I just know it. So if that Womb chair just doesn't look right in the living room of your Hoover townhouse, say no more. Put on your mittens and get in the car. I am here to help you.

315 Linwood Ct. Forest Park. You know this house. You've driven past it for years and wondered what lurked behind the greenery-covered brick walls and the shrubbery. Now you know. After a price drop to $399,000, this Forest Park mod is calling out to one of you. There's an addition I can't quite sort out from the photos (maybe the double-height area?), and part of the garage was taken in to make an extra bedroom, but it's still pretty doggone cool.

http://tinyurl.com/315linwood







If your budget is not quite up to par for Forest Park, just wander a short distance down Clairmont to Crestwood and 5309 10th Court South where this cutie is listed for a mere $190,000. Sure the washer and dryer are in the kitchen. But what price style? And speaking of kitchen, these folks used the same Nexus Yellow-Brown IKEA cabinets that I used. They work well in an MCM home, if I say so myself. Too bad they've been discontinued.

http://tinyurl.com/530910thctso







And one for those in the top 1%. 4320 Old Brook Trail is near the Ireland House and the Fritz Woehle house, and is far enough off the road on its 2.5 acres that the protesters shouldn't bother you much. But we at Magic City Modern will bother you. Because we'll want to get inside and touch things and try hard to become your very, very best friends. A mere $1,290,000. But those clerestory windows and the folded plate roof are priceless, no?

http://tinyurl.com/4320OldBrookTrail







Stay warm, mod babies!

The Post Office gets its design on

One wouldn't ordinarily expect such a thing, but apparently there is a little patch of hipness somewhere in the depths of the navy blue monolith that is the U.S. Postal Service. Behold, the "Pioneers of Industrial Design" stamps. Dreyfus, Loewy, Wright . . . they're all here. Well, at least twelve of them are here. And these are Forever stamps. That means that much like the designs featured upon them, these stamps will never go stale. So send a letter to your grandma, or write a thank you note. Then you'll have a reason to go pick up a sheet or two of these beauties. They'll be available in July, which by my clock will be here in about 17 minutes. Saddle up. Or click here and order them directly:

http://tinyurl.com/industrial-design-stamps

What's in the antique stores this week.

I was in town with some time to kill earlier this week, so thought I would make the rounds.



Urban Suburban is in the former Crestwood Antiques location, in the shopping center on the corner of Crestwood Blvd. and 56th St. The folks inside tell me that the mod items their dealers get in tend to sell and get gone pretty quickly (as I would expect for Crestwood, the nerve center of hipness in the 'ham). So this is a place to pop into with some regularity.

First, this amazing china cabinet. With an amazing low price (under $300). It might not be there anymore.



How fun would these be for a summer picnic? I'm just not sure where to get the tiny cartons of milk:



Other goodies:















Then over to Fifth Avenue Antiques. How about this funky hifi?












And finally to Hanna Antiques, one of my favorite haunts, and where the mister and I had a booth back in the day:

LOVE this sideboard:





And these little patio lamps:



And there are seven -- SEVEN -- of these chairs. The upholstery is unspeakable, but that can be fixed:

























Go forth and shop!