When I am doing a little California dreamin', I am in a beautifully appointed mid-century home, like the Kaufmann house in Palm Springs, by Richard Neutra.
The clean minimal interior, the wide open desert landscape, the informality of living in nature yet also sheltered in rational and soul warming architecture; that is my mind wandering to a place of salubrious comfort. But it's not all strict lines and raw space. Somewhere, there is Frank Sinatra and the rat pack crooning by the piano and Angie Dickenson is lounging by a crystal blue pool. Mid-century louche and luxury, in my dreams...

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