Exposed wood, nature inspired prints, low slung furniture lines and a neutral color palette are some of the many elements that make midcentury design so pleasing to the eye. In the spirit of the era from which it came, we poured ourselves a martini and went to work gathering together goods to invoke this iconic style into your own mix.
Dellarrobia wool rug in Frond,
scan-design.com, 503.255.3200
Malm Fireplace in black $2,500,
dwr.com, 503.220.0200
Joinery bud vase $55,
thejoinery.com, 503.788.8547
Heath sugar bowl and creamer in
aqua $38 each, heathceramics.com
Baker Sofa $14,619,
dwr.com, 503.220.0200
Cypress three-arm floor lamp $799,
rejuvenation.com, 503.238.1900
Indian summer wallpaper
$200 per roll, jujupapers.com,
503.764.7610
Stillhet tealight holder $7.99,
ikea.com, 888.888.4532
Salad Servers $50,
dwr.com, 503.220-0200
Black wire bowl, starting at $85,
ewfmodern.com, 503.295.7336
Rens sheepskin $29.99,
ikea.com, 888.888.4532
Ercol butterfly chair in
natural beech, canoeonline.net,
503.889.8545
Mid-Century Means a Stocked Bar
With bar carts making a come back in a big way we
couldn’t help but share our swoon-worthy favorites, plus a
few extra must-have bar accessories. Happy hour just got a
whole lot happier!
“The Classic” cocktail cart starting at $1,200,
Distilledfurniture.com and in store at Boys Fort
Steamer Trunk Bar Cabinet in Sage $460,
dotandbo.com
Dresden Server $176, dotandbo.com
Truman Round Bar Cart $999, williams-sonoma.com
Møller Trolley $1725, dwr.com or in stores at
Design Within Reach
We asked Jeffrey Morgenthaler, bar manager at Clyde Common and author of the Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique, to share one of his favorite recipes for the perfect fall libation. “It’s like fall in a glass, bright apple and cinnamon flavors, with some fresh earth and thanksgiving spices,” says Morgenthaler.
3/4 oz. Wild Turkey rye
3/4 oz. Clear Creek apple brandy
3/4 oz. Carpano Antica Formula
vermouth
1/4 oz. Strega
2 dashes cinnamon tincture*
1 large strip orange peel
Stir ingredients over cracked ice. Strain
into an ice-fi lled old fashioned glass and
garnish with orange peel.
*To make cinnamon tincture, soak 4 ounces
whole cinnamon sticks in 16 ounces grain
alcohol for three weeks. Strain solids and
bottle.
1. Down Time Martini Glasses
set of 2 $13, dotandbo.com
2. Gold Bar Tool Set $68,
williams-sonoma.com
3. Halcyon Golden Jigger $15,
dotandbo.com
4. Signal Cocktail Napkins Set of
4 $30, heathceramics.com
5. Brass Cocktail Picks $60,
seaworthypdx.com and
in store at MadeHere PDX