The skylight is awesome. Not that everything else isn't awesome too...

Looking good!

Your furniture is awesome!!! I see dwr stool, red eames chair, tullip table, eames dining chairs, ?grasshopper chair, egg chair. What is your coffee table? Any other goodies and pics to share?

The coffee table is Peter Hivdt. Yes, that's a grasshopper chair and a bird cage. All of the light fixtures are vintage as well.

Congratulations on removing the wall, that was an EXCELLENT design move for this space as was adding the skylight. I liked the uppers, but I didn't like the soffit, so I also like removing the soffits too....but where are the plates and glasses that used to be in the uppers? How is that working out for you?

So much of the furniture in the picture is the furniture that I grew up with, I find I have a less than impartial negative response to it, which I believe has nothing to do with the furniture.... I am glad that later generations are enjoying it, it was generally meant to be attractive, playful, and fun!

Plates and glasses are in the island, there are cabinets on both sides. At first, we left them open, but it was a nightmare keeping everything free and looking good.

wow! Nice stuff and great house!!! The pool looks great-I love the tiles. I have a lot of mcm furniture too, but most is newer - knoll schultz patio furniture, original juhl chair, mccobb desks, juhl desk and credenza (licensed repro), knoll 1958 sofa, bertoia chairs, risom rocker (dwr), baughman recliner (dwr) and about 30 original George Nelson clocks. Is your stuff all vintage?

Most of it. The Eames chair is new. The egg chair is a reproduction, but I think my wife's replacing it with a vintage piece.

Like practigal, I grew up with MCM. It's funny/ironic to see the next generation buy what my mother eventually dumped (she moved around a lot and in the end, couldn't bring it all the way out from Chicago to the West Coast). She had the pair of matching repro Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chairs, and a great hanging light fixture that was an Isamu Noguchi knock-off.

No Oriental rug for her, though. She had the extra-long Flokati rug (the real thing). I remember she had to brush it periodically!

Congrats on the Eames chair. Unlike van der Rohe's designs, the Eames furniture is actually comfortable, LOL!

Yes, that chair is unbelievably comfortable. So is the grasshopper chair.

Thanks for sharing more pictures. When we were first married, we started buying vintage mcm furniture because it was cheaper than most new furniture of decent quality. But, now that mcm is hot, we are being priced out of our comfort zone. Of course, I also capitalized on this trend by selling some things. We still miss our 8 Saarenin tulip chairs, 2 captains and 6 side chairs in fantastic condition. Anyway, love seeing it all in a fitting setting.

Couple of questions: Can you tell me about your paneling. Can you tell me about the wood, plank width, and red tiled floors. What is your ceiling height?

Thanks! Btw we now live in a 1954 mcm ranch with a 1976 kitchen. We have the same florecent ceiling fixture that you had. Our wall paneling wasn't painted, but the paneled ceiling was!

That wall is pecky cypress and is new. They are about 7" wide. The tile is Saltillo. The ceiling is 8 1/2 feet.

Thanks much. Appreciate the information.

Here are some cool before and after comparisons