Whoa now! This is just one photo of this Sunset Hills, Mo., home, but the rest are just as stunning. This house just went on the market and is a great example of renovated and restored mid-century glory. There’s an open house this coming Tuesday if you’re so inclined.
Source: Webster Kirkwood
Emerald, a neat little Detroit gift shop, posted these tie bars to their Facebook page today. They say they’re inspired by those little flags you’d get in a steak announcing its level of doneness. Even vegans are included in this meaty accessory.
Source: Emerald
Minneapolis’s The Soap Factory always has something nifty going on, and their latest exhibition is no exception. We Are Water is a look at the arts of the Twin Cities, New Orleans and the river that links the two cities. There’s music, poetry, collaboration and this stunning sand mandala that’s currently being created. Head over to see the latest progress.
Source: The Soap Factory
The Missouri Preservation organization helps draw attention to distressed and neglected historic properties throughout the state, and they just released their 2014 list of “most endangered” properties, like this one. Missouri historic-house aficionados can help out at the link below.
Source: Missouri Preservation
This massive Danish table is going to be available at MidModMen in St. Paul this weekend. Entertaining for four to 14? Extend the leaves and throw yourself a memorable dinner party – or just sit there and stare at it, which is what we’d do.
Source: MidModMen
Minneapolis’s pre-eminent modern Scandinavian restaurant, The Bachelor Farmer, has developed a reputation as a great source of beautifully plated foods. New pastry chef Khanh Tran shows off this new buttermilk cream and rhubarb sorbet.
Source: The Bachelor Farmer
Northern Grade, the roving market of American-made goods (which has had stops in plenty of Modern Midwest’s favorite cities), spent some time in Nantucket recently, and the photos they posted to Facebook tell a great story of spring in one of America’s most beautiful spots.
Source: Northern Grade
Former Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak delivered the commencement address at the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts graduation ceremony this weekend, and he took the opportunity to snap a few selfies. Come for the candid photos; stay for his excellent speech, which offers an inside look at the Minneapolis renaissance of the last 15 years.
Source: R.T.'s Tumblr
The folks at fine-arts web zine LVL3 posted a great interview with Detroit letterpress Salt & Cedar this morning. Megan O’Connell, the shop’s founder, worked around the country in printing and design before moving to Detroit.
Source: LVL3
The Landmarks Association of St. Louis hosted a sold-out tour of some old homes this week, and the splendor of a 20th-century Midwestern home was on full display. Check out this awesome fireplace.
Faribault Woolen Mill Co. posted this blanket to their Facebook page yesterday. They’ll be selling Minnesota-made goods at the brand-new 9/11 Museum in New York, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the important institution.
Source: Faribault Woolen Mill Co.
Willie Willette Works is a St. Paul-based wood shop, and here we see the first step in turning white oak logs into beautiful artisan furniture: debarking. Looks fun and messy!
Source: Willie Willette Works
How’s this for some cool news: A new Frank Lloyd Wright museum is opening at the newly restored “Usonian house” in Rockford, Ill. It was the only building Wright designed for a person with a physical disability, and he later considered it one of the best designs of his career.
Source: Chicago Architecture Foundation
The University of Minnesota’s biggest theater, Northrop Memorial Auditorium, has been renovated extensively over the past few years. Today, HGA Architects shared some photos of the progress on the interior, including this gorgeous look at the main hall.
Source: HGA Architects and Engineers
This charming look at an Eastvold Furniture credenza will appear in an upcoming issue of Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine, and we can’t wait to see it. Here, cherry wood and mint-green hardware are set off by a splash of orange. Nice!
Source: Eastvold Furniture
We’ve got our curated collection, “Shake In Style,” going at the moment, and we just added some new items to it. These Pasinski glasses will add a much-needed splash of color to your bar cabinet.
Source: Shake In STyle
Chicago’s ReBuilding Exchange specializes in rescuing old building materials from landfills and garbage sites and making them available to interested craftspeople of all skill levels. Here’s a project that some students worked on this weekend.
Source: ReBuilding Exchange
Urban Artifacts of Peoria recently sold a bunch of old truck tailgates, and now they have official confirmation: Tailgates make great swings. The customer who posted this said he made it as a Mother’s Day present. How sweet!
Source: Urban Artifacts
Graywolf Press posted this excellent bit of Mother’s Day appreciation to their Facebook page over the weekend. Artist Ekaterina Panikanova paints and illustrates books to create new meanings.
Source: Graywolf Press
We’ve featured The Detroit Wallpaper Co. before, but that’s only because they always expand the boundaries of what wall coverings can be. This new “Tapestack” pattern would look great in a practice space or studio.
Source: The Detroit Wallpaper Co.
Hirshfield’s is a great Minnesota maker of paints and wall coverings, and they celebrated spring in the best way possible today: grilling. Good to see some things are universal.
Source: Hirshfield's
HAMMS isn’t the beer you’re thinking of. It’s Help A Minnesota Maker Succeed, a nonprofit dedicated to crowdfunding projects around the state. Their held their 2014 event this past weekend, and they’re already looking ahead to next year by sharing this teaser art on their Twitter feed.
Source: HAMMS
Kept Casual, a Chicago letterpress and online shop, shared this photo on their Facebook page today. More people should use houndstooth, we think – it’s striking and subtle at the same time. That’s a card we’d like to get in the mail.
Source: Kept Casual
The team behind the St. Lou Fringe festival were rightly proud when CNN included a photo from last year’s events as the feature for an article about the best fringe festivals in the U.S. Sometimes the mainstreamers do get it right.
Source: CNN
Detroit SOUP is a nonprofit monthly dinner that “fund[s] micro-grants for creative projects in Detroit.” They do important work, but what do their events look like? Well, their Twitter feed is a great place to see the rising creative class in Detroit at work – it’s full of captivating shots like this one.
Source: Detroit SOUP