by Lynne Rostochil I am the least crafty person on the planet, but every holiday season I make a gallant but ultimately pathetic attempt to create something in the spirit of the season. The project may be a painted ornament or a centerpiece or even a mod gingerbread house like this one I made a […]
by Lynne Rostochil In case you don’t know it by now, one of my very favorite mid century publications is Living For Young Homemakers magazine, which was always full of great architecture and design and which was around all through the 1950s but sadly folded into the much less sassy McCall’s in 1961. While looking […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise noted. You may have seen photos of this house at 6117 Smith Blvd. over the last few months and the discussions we’ve had about it on the Okie Mod Squad Facebook page. I had, too, and thought this house was great, but I had no idea […]
The following is an article that appeared in the June 1953 issue of Living For Young Homemakers magazine. This magazine must have really liked coming to Oklahoma! Midwest City, Oklahoma, is still another young community built from the ground up For those pessimistic armchair philosophers who moan that the dynamism of America is a thing […]
Text and present-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, vintage magazine photos from Lynne’s collection The following is an article from the September 1956 issue of Living for Young Homemakers magazine, which sponsored a poor man’s Case Study House program for several years in the 50’s called the Electri-Living Program. Each year, the magazine selected 12 architects […]