Our Mid-Century Mid-Life Crisis...

Our 1950's dream home.....

My husband has reached that time in his life that I have been dreading. I read it was coming, I heard horror stories about it, frankly I was a bit scared of it truth be told. I'm talking about the dreaded male mid-life crisis. Then an amazing thing happened, turns out his mid-life crisis wasn't an over priced sports car or a younger bustier trophy wife- no his desire and mine are in total sinc. We have each developed an obsession for Mid-Century Modern design. We have even taken our obsession a step further and purchased a 1955 Post & Beam weekend home in Palm Springs CA, it's OUR little red sports car.
This un-crisis has brought us closer together as we make daily decisions on such large matters as the purchase of our dream home, to landscaping, to what color we should paint our walls. OK so I have to confess that after 30 years of pretty much always making the decorating decisions it's a little hard to share that job.  I wasn't aware my husband had really strong opinions on such matters but I must admit I like this part of him. I love that he is enjoying leisurely antiquing as we search for just the right piece of furniture and rediscovering the furniture and accessories of our youth.
Hopefully this puts to bed my fears of "the crisis" but who knows, I overheard him say yesterday he would like to buy a 1950's sports car to leave in the Palm Springs garage. Only time will tell........