When a young homeowner with design and renovation experience got her hands on this one in Ludlow, she gave it a “mid mod” makeover.
The Midcentury Modern style (often called “mid mod”) has become very popular, helped along by TV shows like
Mad Men. Homeowner Stacey Childs took the clean lines, uncluttered look and blend of organic with geometric from that style and used them to reimagine her urban bungalow.
“When I bought the house, it looked like a box of crayons exploded in here,” Childs said, referring to the many paint colors used in the house. In addition to neutralizing the wall and ceiling colors, she opened the dining room to the kitchen and chipped off a lot of old plaster. This created a spacious kitchen with room for a table, long island and open shelving. There was even space for a new powder room with an exposed brick wall.
SHEBOYGAN - Imagine if Sheboygan had produce stands at bus stops, or if people bought more of their produce from local farmers than grocery stores. Imagine if people used more space in their own yards to grow vegetables, rather than grass.
If those ideas became reality, maybe food access wouldn t be the problem it is for downtown residents like Betty Klub, who pays a neighbor $10 for rides to the store, or Stacey Childs, who said she gained 100 pounds because she can t find nutritious food she can afford within walking distance.
Grocery stores have become scarce in downtown Sheboygan. There are no full-service stores within a mile s walk of downtown, where many of the city s elderly and people without vehicles live. Some would even consider it a food desert. But without buy-in from large grocers, city leaders say, Sheboygan will need to get creative to improve food access for its residents.