Post #336217 by sputnikmoss on Wed, Oct 3, 2007 9:34 AM

As a mid-century collector I can see both sides of what you guys are talking about. My tiki stuff is relegated to just one room and one part of my backyard, the rest of my house is a combination of Danish modern, Hollywood regency, and Googie boomerang. There are people out there who have all the "right" furniture..you know, the Noguchi glass table, Eames chair, blah blah but their decorator bought them at Design Within Reach..ugh I personally hate that. I love Danish modern but I'm not going to pay top dollar for it when I can find Moller chairs at Goodwill for $10 bucks each. I collect all sorts of "junk" from the era-my $35 knock-off Eames lounge and ottoman sits next to my collection of Dream Pets..they get along nicely. As for Atomic Ranch..give it another chance. They are going to do a 2 part series on "blue collar" ranches . They spent 5 hours photographing all my junk so you will see that not all mid-century collectors live in a tomb.