Block Heads - Amazing Danish Modern Play Set

I'm back to the online selling! The Dodge Dart fund is charging ahead!  Update:  The New Engine is rebuilt, and this coming week we will be prepping the car for the switch.  Which means new paint in the engine compartment, new radiator, water pump, belts and more!  I feel a draft coming from the car, it must be that someone has switched on the money vacuum in it!  Since I'm (hopefully) only doing this once, I'm doing it right!  So, I'm bringing out the REALLY good stuff from my personal collections to keep the cash flowing!  Check out these cool vintage toys!

Here is my Danish Modern set of  educational play blocks!
Forget the fact that I don't have kids, these are so fun!  I have had them on display in the house for a year or so, now it's time to share the fun!

The entire set has 32 pieces, a bag to store them all in and an original booklet!


The graphics on the bag are so fantastic.  These creations look like primitive robots.

The bag is labeled "Made in Danmark"

One of the things in the booklet to make is this cute birdie.

The wood is so smooth and natural.  They just don't make toys like this anymore!

 From the booklet, Man on horse:

The bird:

Here is one of my own creations.  I call this one, "Surprised Nude"

 They are too fun, and so classically Danish Mod.  I could easily see Charles Eames' daughter playing with these back in the 50's.  Can't you?  

If you want to have these fun Danish Modern blocks for your Atomic Ranch home, they are currently listed on Ebay!  I have more fun vintage toys to post!  Stay tuned!


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Have a Seat

I scored some cool stuff at an estate sale this weekend.  I was hooked by the signs exclaiming 1/2 off and followed the arrows to a cute little house that was a remodeled mid century home.  The last occupants had probably lived there since the 60's but had covered up a lot of the vintage charm of the house sometime in the 80's.  There wasn't much left at the sale but I did find two things that I had to have! 

 I bought this chair, pictured with Lucy, my old Dart wagon (which hauled the stuff home) for half off of $28.50.  It has a spring-rocker-action that is really cool.  It came with a custom fitted cushion that is covered in a yucky 1980's rose print fabric.  I will see if I can recover the cushion with something more age appropriate. Here it is in the living room with my other wire chair, an original Herman Miller Eames model which I found on its way to the dumpster.

I also found this red table in what looked like the sewing room of the house.  It is a homemade mash up of two different materials.  I believe the stand was from another table and the top looks like it was just a scrap piece of wood painted a nice red.  I like it because it is homemade and vintage at the same time!

 

I'm going to include it in the re-design of my bedroom.  I am taking out the "wall -o-curtains" and putting in a wall-o-chalk board.  My apartment is pretty wacky and seems to have been built out of whatever was laying around.  My bedroom is a closed in sun porch and not only has windows all the way around the outer wall, but has a window looking into the living room.

The curtains keep me from seeing into the living room and vice-versa.  If I pull them back I can watch tv from bed!

 

Peek-a-boo!

I'll take some after shots of the chalk board wall installation.  I'm painting it today and will set it up soon.  I can't wait!