I watched this movie on Sunday afternoon

It's one of my favourite films. Have you seen it? Have a look at the trailer, you WILL NOT be disappointed!

Sandra Dee. A rather wooden Troy Donahue (I can forgive him for this as it was his first movie role). Melodrama. Scandal. Adultery. Spectacular scenery. Glorious technicolour. That wonderful theme song by Percy Faith and his orchestra. Beautiful wooden sailing boats etc etc

But apart from all of that one of the highlights of the film for me is the beautiful modernist beach house featured towards the end of the film (it's where the adulterous parents retreat to live-well they are actually married at this point!) Here it is...

I have just discovered that this house is a Frank Lloyd Wright house! No wonder I love it so much! It was built in 1951 and is on the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Beach.

I have watched A Summer Place so many times and I NEVER knew this!!! 

Photo/info via montereydailphoto.blogspot.com/ 

One more photo. Look at that copper roof...

Sorry. Can't remember where I found this photo. If you do, please let me know so that I can credit it.

I just wish more movies like this were on t.v. and more often...

Now for today's tea towel...

And lastly remember the little shelf I painted a while ago? Well here it is in my daughters room looking the way she wants it to look!

Yes we are all treasure hunters in this family!

I went to the Belmont swap meet yesterday, it was a very quick trip as I only had 25 minutes to spare between dropping one daughter off at the airport and picking the other up from a sleep-over. Not necessarily a bad thing though as this swap meet is not as good as it once was (too much rubbish imported from Asia these days) which is a shame because I used to find some real treasure there. On occasion I still do like...

I was thrilled to find this tablecloth and paid only two dollars fifty for it. It's special and not just for obvious reasons but also because this wonderful stadium (where I went to Little Athletics for years and where my school athletic carnivals were also held!) has been demolished.

Here it is in 1962 in all it's modernist glory and here it is in a terrible state of disrepair before it was demolished

Perry Lakes Stadium

Sadly it is now a residential site so to me the little old tablecloth is definetely treasure!

Note:the pics of Perry lakes Stadium are from a great Perth architecture blog http://perthsbest.wordpress.com/

As far as tablecloths are concerned I also bought this

and this

Then as I was racing around I spotted  this

Look inside

And here it is all laid out neatly

Amongst all this prettiness, at the very bottom I found this

Real treasure!

(or maybe not...)

Can I be boring and show you the label inside the old beauty case? It's just so lovely

From the same lady I also bought...



And

The little birds are inside old Fowlers preserving jars. Not really my style but for two dollars how could I leave them behind?

Lastly, here's today's tea towel

How wonderful is this house?

Yes!

and what about this kitchen?

and this living room?

Designed in 1966 by Bulgarian born Perth architect Iwan Iwanoff (1919-1986). There are quite a few Iwanoff's near where we live and they are all amazing! This home would have to be pretty close to my dream home,unfortunately it is now under offer. Sniff sniff.

These are its real estate listing photos via the wonderful http://www.modernistaustralia.com/ Do yourself a favour and have a look. Gosh I sound bossy!

On other matters, I didn't get around to planting up the terranium today-so no photos. A job for the weekend...

I have just finished reading this book

If you love mid-century design and architecture you should have a look.

I spent a long time pouring over the wonderful photos...

Wow!

There's nothing sterile about these interiors...

I love the pale pink telephone.

Please don't just look at my second-hand photos, buy the book, or you might be lucky like I was and find a copy at your local library.
Leslie Williamson also has a blog where you can see more photos http:lesliewilliamsonphoto.blogspot.com