Some images just stick. Here are a few shots of some iconic and noteworthy spaces that are hard to forget.
Issue: Spring 2006
At the time this house was published in the Spring 2006 issue of Atomic Ranch, Joan and Gary Gand’s Swiss Miss house in Palm Springs, California, was only newly discovered to be created by Charles Dubois. In fact, as Gary said in the issue, while he was able to find the credit in a newspaper article, he wasn’t able to substantiate it with any other source at the time. Now, not only do we know this to be fact, but we’ve also published this house once more with new homeowners. Yet, this photo of this cavernous living room with the Gands’ meticulous collection of MCM finds (including an Eames lounger and ottoman, a Platner lounge chair, a Nelson bench from the ’80s, a Platner table with a built-in globe light in the base and a vintage Artichoke lamp designed by Poul Henningsen in 1958) endures.
Words by Michelle Gringeri-Brown
Issue: Spring 2021
With its poured terrazzo floors and vibrant vintage furnishings, Rod and Cindra Stolk’s meticulous renovation of their 1947 condo in Palm Springs Tahquitz River Estates is all about glamour. The dining room is located near the home’s entrance and is outfitted with a mid-century Danish hutch, vintage Bertoia dining table and Knoll chairs that were reupholstered in vintage material salvaged from a couch that was being discarded. Vintage Fenton glass and an original 1963 oil painting bring a burst of orange into the room.
Words by Devlin Smith
Issue: Fall 2022
It’s always a coup when you can score an era architect’s own home. That was Mike and Alison Presser’s experience with their home in Riverside, California, designed by distinguished area architect Clinton Marr for himself. The family room is just off the entrance to the home and its glass gives visitors spectacular views of the backyard, beyond which tree groves once stood. “The groves of walnut trees the house once abutted were seemingly framed in by the walls of glass that run along the back of the house and overlook the backyard,” Mike says. “It was as if Clinton Marr chose this lot for its abundance of nature.”
Words by Michelle Mastro
Issue: Summer 2007
The fact that this space is in one of just seven of Donald Wexler’s rare steel houses built in North Palm Springs makes it stunning enough. But it’s also homeowner Brian McGuire’s way of designing the space that lets the special architecture shine. The dining room has several Saarinen pieces, including the low coffee table and two orange cushion–topped stools. The dinette set is an early Burke model. The chrome wall sculpture by Greg Clark is vintage, while the Sputnik chandelier is new and the reproduction bullet planters are from Hip Haven. See more of this home here.
Words by Brian McGuire & Bromley Davenport
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