Category: mid-century modern

Decoration Ideas For the Holidays

Are you in need of modern Christmas decorating ideas?  Well you are not alone. With the surge in popularity of mid century and contemporary modern design there has also been a spike in interest in having modern Christmas decorations. Many people are also looking for a Christmas tree that reflects these same design sensibilities.  After […]

Why is the Modern Christmas Tree considered a Mid-Century Modern Design?

Mid-Century Modern, also known as MCM, is a design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development. The time frame of this movement has its debates from time to time. Despite this fact, many people commonly argue that the design movement starts in the mid 1940’s and ends in the mid 1970’s. The […]

My Experience on Shark Tank

As many of you know I appeared on the 9th season of Shark Tank episode 13 representing Modern Christmas Trees my line of Mid Century Modern inspired Christmas Trees.  A dream come true for any entrepreneur right?  Yes, for several obvious reasons and some less obvious ones. To begin with, the national exposure of being on […]

White Christmas Tree

“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas Tree” White Christmas was written by Irving Berlin in 1942. It was made famous by Bing Crosby in 1954 with the release of the film White Christmas. It’s considered the best selling single of all time with estimated sales of 100 million copies sold worldwide. It’s a timeless holiday […]

A Close Look at the NYC Skyline Behind Modern Holiday Decor

Amazing photos of the Modern Christmas Tree in NYC, Manhattan! In the photos below of the New York city skyline: The large building to the left in two of them is the World Trade Center. the building to the right of that is the Woolworth building (not very recognizable in the dark as the top […]

White Hanging Modern Christmas Tree in Contemporary Home

The White Hanging Modern Christmas Tree in a home and design contemporary 50s style art, decor, and furniture.

Unique Christmas Trees

A Sparkling Twist on the Classic Evergreen Back in the 1960s, Lawrence “Bud” Stoecker created a whole new kind of Christmas tree…one that required no watering and would be the ideal complement to modern decor. This first tree was made out of cardboard. With the 2011 revival by Stoecker’s grandson, Matthew Bliss, the new Modern […]

Maxim Magazine Features Modern Christmas Trees in “L.A. Confidential”

In the December, 2016 / January, 2017 issue of Maxim Magazine the Modern Christmas Tree is featured on a two page spread showing the large pearl white tree with matte satin bulbs in The Stahl House, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. The article, L.A. Confidential, curated by Lindsay Silberman states “Los Angeles is so much more than […]

Mid-Century Modern Inspiration

Handmade by engineer, architect, and designer Lawrence ‘Bud’ Stoecker in the mid-1960s, the mid-century modern and contemporary Modern Christmas Tree was even lost for a couple decades. The family had put it in storage and times changed until Stoecker’s grandson Matt Bliss revived the tree in 2012. He patented his grandfather’s design and released the […]