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Why not a style called "Midcentury Modern"?

11 years ago

The styles "Modern" and "Contemporary" are vague and ambiguous, and as the owner of an authentic midcentury post and beam house, I know there is a very specific style associated with it, encompassing a period from the late 1940's to the late 1960's. Vote YES if the site should add this as a style filter, NO if you like the current ambiguity....

Add a "Midcentuty Modern" style to the site?

Keep generic "Modern" and "Contemporary" styles.

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Liza Hausman
11 years ago
how would you use it? Have you tried searching https://www.houzz.com/photos/midcentury-modern-phbr0lbl-bl~l_53589
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The Olde Mill - Box Beams, Mantels & Shelves
10 years ago
I suppose the problem is that "modernism" was considered a social movement and not a style. So is something that is built today, but has that style considered modernism?
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