2020 Austin Modern Home Tour Giveaway!

In Austin we have several official mottos, the most commonly known “Keep Austin Weird”, closely followed by our “Live Music Capital of the World” moniker. We have ACL and SXSW for our music and film enthusiast, and for design & architecture lovers ... we have the Austin Modern Home Tour. Every year, for the past 12 years, the tour has given some of Austin's best architects, designers, home builders, and developers the unique opportunity to showcase their skill and talent to the community in which they work. This year’s tour is Saturday, February 22, 2020.  After reading the post head over to our Instagram account and enter our FREE Giveaway to win two tickets!!

Originally concepted by Krisstina Wise of Goodlife Luxury, and developed and produced by the Modern Architecture + Design Society (MA+DS), the annual Austin Modern Home Tour is a self-guided tour that gives the community a rare chance to explore some of Austin’s amazing modern homes.

Returning this year, is the Mid-Century Modern Block Party presented and sponsored by Starlight Village. The party starts at 4PM on tour day and features several additional homes to explore, plus available food and drink. Participating sponsors in 2020 include Matt Fajkus Architecture with Miars Construction, and Thurman Homes.

Texas State University’s Interior Design Program remains the tour’s non-profit beneficiary and volunteer partner. Students will help staff the event in exchange for an opportunity to use the tour as a fundraising vehicle, while also contributing volunteer hours and making connections in their field.

Participants and neighborhoods featured on the 2020 Austin Modern Home Tour include:

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Matt Fajkus Architecture & Miars Construction

A Mid-Century Modern home in Rollingwood, built in 1964 by Austin’s own A.D. Stenger, recently renovated and updated by Matt Fajkus Architecture and Miars Construction in a way that reinforces and rejuvenates the classic original design.

Architect: MF Architecture, Builder: Miars Construction, Photography: Leonid Furmansky

Thurman Homes

“Hangar 1111,” located in East Austin and built by Thurman Homes, derives its name from the aviation-inspired aesthetic and design of the home; many shapes and angles are designed to resemble an airplane wing.

Builder: Thurman HomesArchitect: Kipp Flores, Interior Finishes: CC Studio, Photography: Virtuance

Bercy Chen Studio

A new renovation and addition by Bercy Chen Studio to a 1953 Mid-Century home in the Colorado FoothillsArchitect: Calvin Chen, Bercy Chen Studio 

Builder: Bercy Chen Studio, Landscape: Open Envelope Studio, Photography: Andrea Calo, Landscape, Images: Open Envelope Studio

Texas Construction Company

A new modern home located in East Austin built by Texas Construction Company

Builder: Texas Construction Company, Architect: Elizabeth Baird Photography: Jake Holt Photography

Newcastle Homes and Mad Works Architecture+

A brand-new modern home by Newcastle Homes and Mad Works Architecture+ located in the heart of South Austin’s Dawson neighborhood.

Builder: Newcastle Homes, Architect: Michael Diani, MADWORKS Architecture, Photography: Mark Adams

Joseph Design Build

A new modern luxury home in the Bouldin Creek neighborhood by Joseph Design Build, currently listed for $2.7mm

Developer: Joseph Design Build, Interior Design: Slic Design, LED Lighting by ATXLED, Photography: Lars Frazer, Exterior Images Courtesy Joseph Design Build

Barley|Pfeiffer Architecture

A new modern home by Barley|Pfeiffer Architecture located in the northwestern Adirondack neighborhood.

Architect: Alan Barley, AIA and Peter Pfeiffer, FAIA, Builder: Oliver Custom Homes, Photography: Mark Adams Media

LBR Homes

A brand-new renovation of a 1992 Acorn Deck House by LBR Homes located on a Mount Larson hillside lot.

Architect: DK Studios, Photography: Courtesy LBR Homes

Architect: Pavonetti Architecture & Verde Builders Custom Homes®

A new modern custom home on a “B” lot in East Austin designed by Verde Builders Custom Homes.

Builder: Verde Builders Custom Homes®, Architect: Pavonetti Architecture, Photography: Twist Tours

Mark Carlson, Cornerstone Architects

A modern home by Cornerstone Architects located in Barton Creek.

Architect: Mark Carlson, Cornerstone Architects, Builder: Matt Butterfield, Butterfield Custom Homes, Interiors: Amy Lutz, Butter Lutz Interiors, Photography: James Leasure, MA+DS

ESS Design+Build

A modern home by ESS Design+Build located in the Zilker neighborhood.

Build & Design: ESS Design + BuildCustom , Tile: Clay Imports, Photography:  TwistTours / Allison Cartright

Forsite Studio

Set in a south Austin neighborhood where peacocks roam the streets designed by Forsite Studio.

Architect & Builder:  Forsite Studio, Photography: Ryan Baldridge

Okapi Texas and Thoughtcrib

A modern home located in the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood by Okapi Texas and Thoughtcrib.

Builder, Interiors, Landscape:  Okapi Texas, Architecture:  Thoughtcrib, Photography: TK Images

Participating homes on the 2020 Austin Modern Home Tour will open their doors for viewing from 10AM – 6PM on Saturday, February 22, 2020. This year’s event features a very special Mid-Century Block Party at Starlight Village in Leander. This exciting and unique post-event soiree includes access to multiple additional mid-century inspired homes, plus light food and drink in a casual, interactive atmosphere beginning at 4PM.

Tickets to the 2020 Austin Modern Home Tour are $40; advance purchase discounts available. VIP tickets are available for access to extra events. Ages 10 & Up are invited to attend.

Further details on participants and tickets can be found at Modern Home Tour Austin and Modern Home Tour Austin Facebook

Wedding Bar: Vintage Coupes & Cocktails

it’s no secret that we’re unabashedly obsessed with vintage champagne coupes!  If you’re looking for romantic and graceful our crystal coupe collection can’t be rivaled. So to make our case we’ve collaborated on a great little signature drink idea for an upcoming Open House & Tour Date with The Alexander at Creek Road on September22, 2019 from Noon to 4:00 PM.

Instagram Sale: Chinoiserie Chic "Chstuff"

At The Vintage Laundry we're kind of geekin' out over a new venture!  We've curated a small collection of themed vintage goodies that will be available every Friday for purchase over at our Instagram @TVLStudios feed.  Beginning at 10:00 AM this Friday, August 7th we'll launch the first of many weekly sales!  This week's theme is Chinoiserie Chic "Chstuff" So, if you love us more than your luggage and you want to scoop up some stunning vintage pieces, here's what you'll need to do: 1. Have or create an account on Instagram.  2.  Follow both of The Vintage Laundry's Instagram feeds here & here.  3. Pre-register for our upcoming sale here. We would like to encourage our fans to make sure and register so that you don't miss the details of the sale, contest giveaways and sneak peek pics of the vintage goodies that will appear in each sale! 4. And finally, keep an eye on the feed and  comment with "Sold" and your email in the comment section of the post on anything you'd like to purchase.  After that, we send an email with an invoice and then you checkout. . .  easy peasy, lemon squeezy!

Here's a sneak peek of a few items in this Friday's Chinoiserie Chic Chstuff  Instagram sale. . .

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De-Stash Bash This Weekend

Hi all! I wanted to put a fun event on your radar. Jennifer Perkins is hosting a De-Stash Bash at the TOMS Shoes on S. Congress April 26th from 11-5pm. Her recommendation is to think of it like a group arts and crafts garage sale.

According to Jennifer this event will be like Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Etsy and a flea market all rolled into one without the long lines, politics, postage fees and dust. Plus there will be a band and free drinks.

Some of Austin’s craftiest people are coming together to set up shop and help others start their own crafty adventures. Don’t come looking for finished items, this is all about the supplies. The artists involved are clearing out their craft closets for a major de-stash! Here are a few things you might find:  Vintage beads, sewing trim, collage ephemera, yarn, raft books and magazines, fabric (new and vintage), buttons, scrapbook supplies, and jewelry findings.

Vendors include….

Jennifer Perkins formally The Naughty Secretary Club, Anne Marie Beard of AnneMarie: Style for the Individual, Leslie Bonnell of Stitch Lab, Chia of Chia Hats, Sierra Baily of Manic Trout, Lisa Chouinard - Feto Soap, Becka Spellman - Baby Bolt

Come See Us at Fredericksburg Trade Days

Come See Us at Fredericksburg Trade Days!!

Come see me this Friday, Feb. 20th - Sunday, Feb. 22nd at Fredericksburg Trade Days at Sunday Farms in Fredericksburg, Texas.  This show is famous for its antiques, collectibles, tools, crafts, shabby chic, primitives, vintage furniture, candles, clothing and jewelry.  You can shop with over 350 vendors in 6 barns.  Picturesque Sunday Farms is surrounded by local wineries, Lavender trails, the Pedernales River, delicious country peaches, Luckenbach, Enchanted Rock, and hundreds of bed and breakfasts.  Fredericksburg Trade Days also hosts a Biergarten that offers over 50 varieties of beer and live music. 

I'll be in our new spot at the back on row F in space F13.

Date:

February 20th, 21st & 22nd, 2015

Hours:

9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday 

9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday Saturday

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday

Want It Wednesday: Out of the Blue

Italian Lamp  • 19th Century Textile • Hollywood Glam Armchair

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Thingy Thursday: Artist and Collector, Greg Irvine

Image Eve Wilson Photography

I can’t think of a better Thingy Thursday post to begin 2015 than the amazingly creative and collected space of artist Greg Irvine. I was wowed by this collaboration between filmmaker Paris Thomson of SIRAP, and Editor Lucy Feagins of The Design Files. Together they made a short video documenting Greg’s remarkable home, his collections and his paintings. 

Greg's collection of tortoise shell objects is stunning!

He has a large collection of vintage fabrics which he uses in his painting. TITLE: View to the Garden with Blue • MEDIUM: oil on canvas • DIMENSIONS: 4ft x 5ft

Greg believes in surrounding himself with a lot of beautiful things. . . a practice I'm more than a little familiar with, but I think you call mine hoarding!

His sketch books are jaw-droppingly stunning!  He has hundreds of them full of sketches/paintings like the ones above.

TITLE: Clarice Cliff & Flowering Gum • Limited Edition Print 1/100 • DIMENSIONS: 91cms x 84cms

Australian Homes · Greg Irvine from The Design Files on Vimeo.

Images are courtesy of Greg Irvine and Eve Wilson Photography and the film is by Paris Thomson / SIRAP and Produced by The Design Files with music by Digging Holes

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The New And Improved Bookbook

As some of you know, prior to my life in the antiques business, I was an illustrator and graphic designer in the advertising and publishing world.  And although this post has more to do with modernity than antiquity, the dormant "art director" part of me can't help sharing this clever video that was produced for IKEA by the talented agency BBH Asia Pacific.

So, you know how they say imitation is the greatest form of flattery?  Well, Ikea's new ad promoting its most recent catalogue "bookbook" is a different kind of video for IKEA; it’s sort of a satire/homage to Apple with just a hint of mockery… And the result is hysterical.

Watch as “Chief Design Guru” Jorgen Eghammer introduces the brand’s latest hi-tech innovation with lines like,  "… with an endless battery, page flicking technology, and thousands of pre-installed products, the paper catalogue is set to revolutionize the way people use technology in their homes."  And listen for other quotes by Eghammer like, "The 2015 Ikea catalogue comes fully charged and the battery is eternal," and "If you want to share a particularly inspiring item, you literally share it!"

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Picture Perfect

I'm considering kissing both of the inventors of Instagram square on the lips!  I love this app! Lately, many of my mornings (and evenings and afternoons and all the spaces in between) are spent scrolling through the pictures and videos of my fellow vintage dealers, friends and family that I follow. One might think that this app is solely image-based, but, in fact, it has an auditory element, as well… the whooshing noise that my work deadlines make as they go by, for example!

If you are unfamiliar with Instagram, it's an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.  In short, Instagram has increased my engagement with like-minded entrepreneurs immensely.  I can search by keywords (via hashtags) or search users with the name of a person or business.  It's addictive!  

Here are some of the recent photos I've posted on my Instagram… check them out and see what my business and I have been up to… and if you are inclined, follow us, too!

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FROCKTAILS SHOP OUR FLASH SALE TONIGHT ON INSTAGRAM Make sure to shop our FROCKTAIL sale on our Instagram, Wednesday,  July 9, 2014 at 7 PM Central Standard Time. Up for grabs will be gobs of  vintage frocks and vintage barware…because vintage cocktails were  meant to be consumed in swanky vintage barware and glammy vintage  dresses!  All you will need to purchase is to be the first to comment with your  Paypal email and your zip code and the item is yours! You will then be  invoiced and given 24 hours to pay. After payment has been received,  we will drop it in the mail to you… simple as that! We will be posting about 20 photos from 7 PM - 10:00 PM tonight.  See you there! SHOP FROCKTAILS Share Tweet Forward Facebook Twitter Website Email Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest

City Wide Sale This Weekend!

When it comes to French Monograms and English  silver, say yes.  Always say yes!

It's time for City-Wide Garage Sale!  And January's show is huge.  My vintage goodies will be there along with 131 other exhibitors.  The show dates and times are tomorrow, Saturday, January 25, 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday, the 26th, 11 am - 5 pm at the Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd here in Austin.  Admission is $6 for adults and free for ages 12 and under. Early Shopper Passes can be purchased for $10 Saturday morning, giving you early access to the show between 8:30a-10am. 

The Vintage Laundry will be in the third row in  a corner spot in spaces 313 and 320.  Come shop our lovely monogrammed napkins or pick up some silver, a damask tablecloth, or vintage china for that dinner party you've been planning!

Bet you didn't know that Austin's recent snow and ice clouds had silver linings . . . .  lots and lots of silver linings!

We can actually promise you a rose garden . . . sure, our roses are on vintage china, but still!

The Vintage Laundry will be in the third row in  a corner spot in spaces 313 and 320

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Tuesday Ta Da!

I am not, intrinsically, one of those people put in this world to meet deadlines.  Despite this handicap, I persist in trying.  I missed the reveal for the DIY upcycled champagne lamps on Makers Monday.  So, I thought I could try and save face and sneak by with a Tuesday Ta Da post to show you how they turned out, but unfortunately I committed to a four day show out of town last week and simply didn't finish what I started.  This serves as a brilliant illustration of how I've made a much closer acquaintance with over-committing than I am entirely happy with … 

So, basically, what I'm saying is … I got nothin.

Perhaps I can get my "To Do List" done by next Monday!

Photo courtesy A Pair of Pears

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Come See Me in Fredericksburg!

Come see me this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Fredericksburg Trade Days at Sunday Farms in Fredericksburg, Texas.  This show is famous for its antiques, collectibles, tools, crafts, shabby chic, primitives, vintage furniture, candles, clothing and jewelry.  You can shop with over 350 vendors in 6 barns.  Picturesque Sunday Farms is surrounded by local wineries, Lavender trails, the Pedernales River, delicious country peaches, Luckenbach, Enchanted Rock, and hundreds of bed and breakfasts.  Fredericksburg Trade Days also hosts a Biergarten that offers over 50 varieties of beer and live music. 

I'll be in Barn 3 in spaces 11 and 12.

Date:

January 17th, 18th & 19th, 2014

Hours:

9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday & Saturday

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday

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Makers Monday: DIY Champagne Lamps

See you next Monday with the "How To"  steps to make it happen!!

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Merry Christmas And Happy 2014

Merry Christmas and Happy 2014 from all of us at THEVINTAGELAUNDRY.COM

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Heavy Sigh, Face-palm With an Eye Roll Dismount

It has been proven to me again, and again that life is a great unfolding ... that opportunities, wisdom, and understanding will be revealed to me as I go along. I wait, as patiently as an instant-gratification junky can wait, for cues from the universe as to what I should fix my gaze and energies upon next. But here's the thing … and I hate "The Thing" …especially "my" thing. Because my thing is … STARTING. I'm a marvelous starter, a comer-upper of great ideas, an enthusiastic believer that if you work and live and love hard enough that everything is possible. I've started hundreds of things, DIY projects, blog posts, paintings, book writings, entrepreneurial ventures, relationships, conversations, thoughts, sentences … the list is endless and more than a little embarrassing. But here's my "Un-Thing" … FINISHING. I'm like the opposite, evil twin of a premature ejaculation … the iceman never cometh, if you know what I'm sayin'.

And, naturally, the only logical next step in my ever-so-cluttered mind is to start a new project … (insert face-palm.) The new project is a book (insert combination heavy sigh, face-palm with an eye roll dismount.) The chapters are good-natured pokes at all that is me, but are also turning out to be a kind of love letters to myself and to others that share "The Thing." Writing about this has offered me a revelation that although I want to escape, running and screaming from this utterly frustrating habit I have of putting off till tomorrow what I could do the day after tomorrow - I've just decided to embrace it. Because, as they say, you are defined not so much by your imperfect moments, but by your reactions to them. 

So, only time will tell if I can see this "reaction" through to the end … wish me luck, think "finishing thoughts" and if necessary shame me into completing and publishing it.

Below is a snippet from one of the thirty-five chapters in the book. I hope you enjoy and have a marvelous Thursday!

Chapter 1

 

Read Label Before Use

You know how packaged products are required to have a label listing ingredients and such? Well, I think some people should come with them, as well … and I'm sorry to say, that I'm one of them! Before you even think of speaking to me or engaging me in any manner, you should probably read my label. It has recommendations for your use and safety (see label below.)

Nutritional Facts:

Calories: None of your business

Sodium:  Queen of the Swelling & Bloating Float in the High Blood Pressure & Congestive Heart Failure Thanksgiving Day Parade

Carbohydrates:  Girl please!

Sugar:  Can I get a witness?!

LeAnn Stephenson is fun for the whole family. Made from 100% morose introspection and existential crisis, she was founded in Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1965. She played in the White Sands Basin Range where, twenty years earlier, the Trinity nuclear (atomic) bomb was tested (which explains a lot.) She contains more than 75% of the world's eyebrow hair (see nuclear bomb) and in a blind taste test, 2 out of 5 children tested chose LeAnn Stephenson as their mother.

Warning: 

LeAnn Stephenson's singing voice has been described as "very disturbing." 

So, as you can see, I may appear to be perfectly harmless, but I can assure you that I am anything but.

For starters ...

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Catnip Roasting on an Open Fire

We have a crazy cat.  She's called Eva June.  She's a beautiful Maine Coon with striking yellow-green eyes . . . . she's also the spawn of Satan . . .  wicked, evil, mean, and totally unsocial.  She won't let anyone touch her, except me and on occasion my daughter, who's her Mom (but not her real Mom). Most of the time I want to dragon-kick her across the room for using the furniture as her own personal scratching post or string her up by her elbows for hacking up little kitty cigars that I will, without fail, step in with bare feet.  But, for some reason, when she does want to cuddle, I'm her girl.  Which makes me fairly sure that if we were trapped in the house in a blizzard and everyone died . . . . She'd totally eat me last.

I tell you that to tell you this, Christmas decorating at our house is like hugging our crazy cat, "Evil June:"  a little dangerous, a little warm, and a lot of awesome.  Tradition follows that we crank up the psychotically-challenged Christmas carols in her honor.  To start, we play the old standard, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" to soothe Eva's schizophrenia.  We celebrate her multiple personalities with, "We Three Kings of Disorient Are" and poke fun at her paranoia with, "Santa Claws Is Coming To Get You." As a tribute to her dementia we play, "I 'Think' I'll Be Home For Christmas" followed closely by her personality disorder's favorite, "You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pee, Maybe I'll Tell You Why."  And finally we all join in with a rousing-ly manic rendition of, "Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Office and the Stores and the Cars and the Buses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and . . ."

Hope your Christmas decorating is bright, beautiful, and full of crazy kitty power.  Here are few photos of our efforts.

We hung our Christmas wreath on our newly painted door! We added a bit of vintage silver and a wide red satin ribbon to our boxwood wreath to give it a little patina.

My girl baby was home from university and got to hang all of her childhood ornaments and reminisce . . .  she loves to decorate the Christmas tree … … and my baby boy just loves the Christmas tree!

Baby It Was Cold Outside!   We had temperatures in the teens during our decorating extravaganza, so, the Hubbs  built a roaring fire, chilled a bottle of champagne and threw down a sheepskin rug  to  keep our tootsies warm! And it just wouldn't feel right without our vintage ornaments. I'm kind of partial to our Shiny Brite collections! I love to contain them in apothecary jars on the mantel, in silver Revere bowls on side tables and in niches!   And this is what happens when I clean vintage brass and gold flatware all afternoon . . .

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Simply Brilliant: Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

My girl baby is in the middle of her sophomore year at university.  My boy baby is in the middle of the exciting ordeal of applying to universities he would like to attend next Fall after he graduates from high school this June.  He would like to be a filmmaker and is concentrating his search on universities that have exemplary Radio-Television-Film colleges.  Austin's very own University of Texas is well-known for its program and boasts some very successful alumni.  Topping my son's list of favorite directors and screenwriters is fellow Texan and UT alumnus, Wes Anderson.

Which brings me to today's Simply Brilliant talent.  Anderson's next film will be entitled The Grand Budapest Hotel and will star his regular collaborators Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman, along with many others cited below. It recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune - all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.

Other Anderson films that might be of interest are  Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), a stop-motion animation adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, Fantastic Mr. Fox, released in 2009, and perhaps his best received film to date, Moonrise Kingdom, which opened the Cannes Film Festival 2012.

The Grand Budapest Hotel is to be released March 7, 2014 in the U.S. with cinematography by Robert Yeoman and screenwriting/direction by Wes Anderson.  I can't wait for its release and would like to suggest you not miss it either!

Video and photos courtesty:  IMBb and cine.gr

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