We are giving away an author signed copy of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Heroic Years written by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. Winners will be chosen on July 31st.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod Weekly Newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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These lazy summer days have impacted my ability to promptly post news, but I wanted to be sure to make this announcement!
Thank you to all who entered to win the June 09 Living PrairieMod Newsletter giveaway.
Jessamyn M. won the new Alexander Girard folk art-inspired style 5" x 7" rug called Flora, which was kindly given to us by Flor.
Be sure to sign-up to the newsletter to become eligible to enter the July 09 giveaway!
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Flor has given us an awesome new Alexander Girard folk art-inspired style 5" x 7" rug called Flora. We will choose one winner on June 30th and they can pick from the three colors available.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod Weekly Newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Thank you to all who entered to win the May 09 Living PrairieMod Newsletter
giveaway.
Cindi P. and Barbara M. each won the Oak Park Prairie School Architecture Guide. Eddie M. and Brent W. each won the River Forest Prairie School Architecture Guide.
We have an exciting giveaway that will be announced June 3rd, so be sure to sign-up to the newsletter to become eligible to enter!
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Prairie Design Group (the team behind PrairieMod.com) is offering 4 totally cool and unique prizes this month! We've created The FanGuide™ Tour & Audio Companion series, which is a multi-faceted, interactive tour guide designed to profile significant architecture in a dynamic and easy-to-use manner.
On May 31st, 2 winners will get the Oak Park Prairie School Architecture Guide and 2 winners will get the River Forest Prairie School Architecture Guide.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod Weekly Newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Prairie Design Group (the team behind PrairieMod.com) is offering 4 totally cool and unique prizes this month! We've created The FanGuide™ Tour & Audio Companion series, which is a multi-faceted, interactive tour guide designed to profile significant architecture in a dynamic and easy-to-use manner. The series will launch on May 16th, 2009 in Oak Park, IL during the WrightPlus Housewalk.
On May 31st, 2 winners will get the Oak Park Prairie School Architecture Guide and 2 winners will get the River Forest Prairie School Architecture Guide.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod Weekly Newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Thank you to all who entered to win the April 09 Living PrairieMod Newsletter
giveaway.
Judith J. won the signed copy of Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity. Mary C. won the signed tote bag and Kathleen B. won the bud vase. Thanks to Heath Ceramics for their generosity!
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Sign-up today! Heath Ceramics has given us 3 amazing prizes this month! A signed copy of Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity, a signed tote bag, plus a bud vase. We'll pick 3 lucky winners April 30th. Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Heath Ceramics has given us 3 amazing prizes this month! A signed copy of Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity, a signed tote bag, plus a bud vase. We'll pick 3 lucky winners April 30th. Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Thank you to all who entered to win the March 09 Living PrairieMod Newsletter
giveaway. Our winner this month is Juliana N. She won the Eames Hang-It-All. A big thank you goes to Herman Miller for their totally cool and generous gift!
Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to be eligible for April's giveaway.
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We'd like to introduce you to the newest member of the PrairieMod Squad, Allison Coffee.
A long time friend of Martrese a fellow contributor, Allison a freelance graphic designer/production artist, is also a transplanted New Yorker. She moved in September 2008, to the northern suburbs of Chicago with her creative director husband where they bought a 1962 split level home with a state-of-the-art kitchen...if it was 1973. They plan on slowly updating the house after they get the important essentials done like furnaces, electrical repairs and a new roof. Until then, she’s learning to cook with her electric Corning Cookmates cooktop and exploring all that the the city of Chicago has to offer.
We are thrilled to have Allison contributing to the team!
If you'd like to join the PrairieMod Squad (and get some nice perks), send us an email at mail@prairiemod.com or you can submit ideas and tips here. We also invite readers to submit 600-800 word features like Gail Fox's THINK :: FLW's Bernard Schwartz House.
The PrairieMod Squad is featured in this week's issue of TimeOut Chicago with some other fantastic bloggers like Strange Closets, OrangeBeautiful, BackGarage, Making it Lovely and design boner. Check out our write-up, plus all these other great blogs!
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Herman Miller has been generous enough to provide us with the very cool Eames Hang-It-All, which was designed in 1953. We will choose 1 lucky winner March 31st.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Thank you to all who entered to win the February 09 Living PrairieMod Newsletter
giveaway. Our winners this month are...
Karen M. won the free meal at Chicago's Epic Burger with the PrairieMod Squad. Heather S. won the green Epic Burger t-shirt design and Kevin B. won the red Epic Burger t-shirt design. Thanks to Epic Burger for their generosity!
Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to be eligible for March's giveaway.
Just in time for Mardi Gras--the new PrairieMod Outlet Store opens today! There's no beads or wild street parties, but if you're looking for something special or to meet the PrairieMod Squad then come on out. Follow the link to get the details.
Today marks three years of PrairieMod's existence. During this time we've worked hard to bring you podcast interviews, cool freebies and sweet monthly giveaways, interesting features, fresh blog posts on design and architecture, plus unique home decor items via our PrairieMod Store. We love what we do here and thank you for being a faithful reader. Your interest and support makes a difference.
In conjunction with our 3rd anniversary, we are proud to announce the opening of our PrairieMod Outlet Store located at 955 W. Liberty Drive in Wheaton, Illinois. You'll be able to purchase many overstock items you see on PrairieModStore.com at outlet prices, plus product prototypes, antiques and one-of-a-kinds. We invite you to stop by and see what treasures you might find.
****Store will be open starting 2-24-09****
For more details, click here.
Epic Burger in Chicago contributed two t-shirts for our giveaway this month. In addition to these two very cool tees, one person will win a free meal at Epic with the PrairieMod Squad! You'll get to hang out with us at this hip & socially conscious burger joint. We will choose 3 winners February 28th.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Thank you to all who entered to win the Living PrairieMod Newsletter
giveaway. And the winners are...
Brandon S. won the signed Motawi Tileworks book. Roberta M. won the 4"x4" Dard Hunter Rose tile in Gold & Green. Tanya E. won the 4"x4" Dard Hunter Rose tile in Green & Black. Sandy L. won the 4"x4" Forest & River tile.
Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to find out what February's giveaway will be.
We've got a new contributor, Mike Martin!
A resident of the great state of Wisconsin and an aspiring soon to be Architect, Mike resides in a Mid-Century ranch tucked away in the middle of the quaint little town with his wife and three children. A avid Frank Lloyd Wright fanatic and Intern Architect for a design-build contractor in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin, he also is a big fan of baseball, music and principle based architecture.
Mike has been a daily reader of PrairieMod for awhile now and we are very excited to have him contributing to the team!
If you'd like to join the PrairieMod Squad (and get some nice perks), send us an email at mail@prairiemod.com or you can submit ideas and tips here. We also invite readers to submit 600-800 word features like Gail Fox's THINK :: FLW's Bernard Schwartz House.
Motawi Tile has given us a super cool prize for one winner...a signed copy of their new book Motawi Tileworks.
This book is 1 of 70 special copies signed by the entire staff at
Motawi, plus the writers. Also, we are giving away three 4"x4" Motawi
Tiles....so be sure to enter! We will choose 4 winners January 31st.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
Thank you to all who entered to win the Living PrairieMod Newsletter
giveaway. This month we had some fantastic prizes given to us by the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation and the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. And the winners are...
Gail K. won a pair of season passes to UTRF's Break the Box 2009 lecture series, plus a reproduction Unity Temple Wasmuth print
Dayrel G. won the pair of tickets to tour the FLWPT's Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, plus a reproduction Wright Studio Wasmuth print
And John M. won the pair of tickets to tour the FLWPT's Robie House, plus a reproduction Robie House Wasmuth print
Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to find out what January's giveaway will be.
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
Meet the PrairieMod Squad & get 40% off a selection of overstocked products in our warehouse. Items included are from the Teco Art Pottery Collection™, the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® and much more...like giveaway prizes and snacks! More details after the jump. Hope to see you there!
We are excited to announce that we've added another contributor to PrairieMod, the super-cool and savvy Jared Fanning.
Jared is a designer living in the Chicago suburbs (17.7 miles from Frank Lloyd Wright's studio, and 3.6 miles from the Prairie Design Group HQ). He spends his days designing good-looking things and marketing for a financial company, then spends nights constantly arranging and rearranging his apartment with his newlywed wife.
Jared has been a PrairieMod reader for quite sometime and we are thrilled to have him join the team!
If you'd like to join the PrairieMod Squad (and get some nice perks), send us an email at mail@prairiemod.com or you can submit ideas and tips here. We also invite readers to submit 600-800 word features like Gail Fox's THINK :: FLW's Bernard Schwartz House.
Meet the PrairieMod Squad & get 40% off a selection of overstocked products in our warehouse. Items included are from the Teco Art Pottery Collection™, the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® and much more...like giveaway prizes and snacks! More details after the jump.
Hope to see you there!
Just a reminder...
For the holidays, we're offering free shipping on all product in the PrairieMod Store! All of these items are proudly made in the United States and there are several choices.
Some options include Teco pottery, ornamentals, mini screens, art screens, stencils and framed art prints. We certainly hope you find something you can enjoy.
Happy Holidays from PrairieMod!
Announcing the December 2008 give-a-way, courtesy of the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation and the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
Details after the jump...
Continue reading "December 08 Living PrairieMod Newsletter Drawing" »
Thank you to all who entered to win the Living PrairieMod Newsletter giveaway. This month we gave away 3 Louis Sullivan laser-cut wood decor items. And the winners are...
Dr. Don won the art screen.
Randy Henning won the mini screen.
And Laurel McCahill won the ornamental.
Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to find out what December's giveaway will be.
Announcing the November 2008 give-a-way, get your Sullivan on! We're giving away a Louis Sullivan Chicago Stock Exchange Elevator Grille ornamental, mini screen and art screen. Three winners on November 30th, 2008.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
For the holidays, we're offering free shipping on all product in the PrairieMod Store. All of these items are proudly made in the United States and there are several choices.
Some options include Teco pottery, ornamentals, mini screens, art screens, stencils and framed art prints.
Thank you to all who entered to win the Living PrairieMod Newsletter giveaway. This month Sarah Susanka generously gave us 3 of her wonderful books to give away. And the winners are...
Announcing the October 2008 give-a-way, author Sarah Susanka has given us copies of her best-selling books The Not So Big House, The Not So Big Life and Home By Design. We will choose three winners on October 31st, 2008.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so we invite you to sign-up if you like!
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Thank you to everyone who entered to win the September give-a-way generously given to us by Amy Butler. The winners are...
Marcia L won a signed copy of Midwest Modern, Meg L. won a signed copy of In Stitches, Angela A. won a signed copy of Little Stitches and Phil B. won the prize pack with Amy's card kits, Sunblooms stationery and a sweet canvas bag. Congratulations everyone!
If you haven't signed up for the weekly newsletter for your chance to find out and win next month's give-a-way, do so now!
This is a reminder about our September 2008 give-a-way...
Amy Butler has given us a signed copy of her book Midwest Modern. But wait...there's more because Amy has just given us more prizes! Someone will also win a signed copy of In Stitches, another will get a signed copy of Little Stitches and yet another will receive a prize pack with Amy's card kits, Sunblooms stationery and a sweet canvas bag. We will choose four winners September 30th, 2008.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so sign-up.
For all the readers who requested to see the actual (not the text-only web version) Chicago Tribune article in the Home & Garden section about PrairieMod co-founders Bryan and Lisa Kelly - your wait has come to an end!
We have a PDF that you can download here.
The story talks about why they choose to live in the 1970's ranch home that Lisa grew up in and how they implemented the principles of the PrairieMod lifestyle.
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PrairieMod co-founders Bryan and Lisa Kelly were featured today in the Chicago Tribune's Home & Garden section. The story talks about why they choose to live in the 1970's ranch home that Lisa grew up in and how they implemented the principles of the PrairieMod lifestyle. You can view the online version of the article here.
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We have three winners this month!
Tom Scanlan won the Alexander Girard Blocks. Ray Thomas won the Studio Lettering Book. And Eric Hughes has won the House 10 Year Book.
Congrats fellas! Also, a big shout out goes to House Industries for providing these super-cool items. Check out our podcast interview with them here.
Next month we'll be giving away some sweet items from Amy Butler Design, so if you're interested....sign-up today for our weekly email newsletter Living PrairieMod. The next drawing is September 30, 2008.
If you have any questions, drop us an email.
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We are excited to announce that we've added a new contributor to PrairieMod this week, the talented and amazing Martrese White.
A transplanted New Yorker, Martrese now lives in a new arts & crafts bungalow in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and retired racing greyhound. She continues to do design work for her employer of 18 years, The Estee Lauder Companies, while squeezing in marathons, horseback riding, traveling, sewing projects and baking killer banana bread.
She has provided many great tips to PrairieMod as a reader and we are thrilled to have her become a regular contributor.
If you'd like to join the PrairieMod Squad, send us an email at mail@prairiemod.com or you can submit ideas and tips here. We also invite readers to submit 600-800 word features like Gail Fox's THINK :: FLW's Bernard Schwartz House.
Announcing our August 2008 give-a-way...
House Industries, the creators of ultra-hip fonts and products, has given us some of their fantastic stuff to give to you. This month you have an even better chance of winning because there are three prizes!
One winner will win the Alexander Girard Blocks, another will win the Studio Lettering Book and another will receive the House Ten Year Book. We will choose three winners August 31st, 2008.
Only subscribers of the Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter are eligible, so sign-up today & look for instructions in next week's issue. Good luck and thank you for reading!
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Scott from Ohio is this month's winner for the Living PrairieMod newsletter drawing! He chose the orange glaze for his prize, a Double Gourd vase from the Teco Art Pottery Collection™.
Congrats Scott!
Next month will be another great prize, so if you're interested....sign-up today for our weekly email newsletter Living PrairieMod. The next drawing is August 31, 2008.
If you have any questions, drop us an email.
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Haven't signed up for our Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter yet?
There are only 2 days left before we pick the winner of this month's giveaway - a Double Gourd Vase from the Teco Art Pottery Collection™ in a glaze of your choosing (there are 8 of 'em). In order to be eligible, you'll need to subscribe to the newsletter.
Aside from being eligible for free swag each month, you'll also receive practical tips on how to "live PrairieMod", plus regular updates regarding Eric's progress on the Little Red House.
Eric, Lisa and I will be giving a presentation at 7:30pm on Friday July 25th, 2008 at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Spring Green, WI. As Prairie Design Group, we'll be sharing our expertise about branding, plus the processes we've developed as design entrepreneurs. The lecture is titled Brand Architecture: Building Ways to Market You and Your Ideas.
You can read more about it in today's Wisconsin State Journal. Come out and see us if you can!
Thanks to everyone who has already signed-up for the new Living PrairieMod weekly newsletter. The next one goes out tomorrow with some new tips, the Little Red House update and your exclusive chance to win a Teco vase! If you haven't already signed-up, make sure you do by following the link!
Yesterday was the launch of our new weekly newsletter called Living PrairieMod.
If you're interested in signing up, you'll receive weekly tips on how to "live PrairieMod", regular updates about the Little Red House renovation, plus a chance to enter monthly give-a-ways.
This month's give-a-way is a Double Gourd Vase from the Teco Art Pottery Collection™ in a glaze of your choosing (there are 8 of 'em). In order to be eligible, you'll need to subscribe to the newsletter.
The new PrairieMod Store is now open!
Get Teco Art Pottery Collection™ vases, ornamentals, mini-screens, letterpress stationery, laser-cut art screens and more!
By the way, all your purchases help us keep the site going. If you'd like, show your support.
Also, prices for the Teco Art Pottery Collection™ are increasing July 1st, 2008. So, get them at current prices ASAP before the increase next week!
We received an email from a frustrated reader last night, who was having a problem with our podcast player in the right-hand margin. They reported that it auto plays every time they come to PrairieMod.com and it will not shut off. We haven't been able to find any issues with it through our various testing, but would love to know if anyone else is having this problem or if this is just an isolated incident.
If you are having this same annoying issue, please let us know ASAP so we can work on a solution. Thank you!
Want more PrairieMod? You got it!
We're in the process of launching a weekly e-newsletter with loads of special lifestyle tips, Little Red House updates and more exclusive free giveaways. All of these great PrairieMod exclusives are only available to people who sign-up!
Continue reading "Announcing The Living PrairieMod Weekly Newsletter" »
We want you to write for us and know you guys have great things to share based on all the regular emails we receive from everyone! Join in and help us build the PrairieMod community. Here's the deal...
We are currently looking for reader-submitted content showcasing topics on design, products, people, places, ideas and events that promote a principle-based modern lifestyle. These short features will be 600-1000 words. Features will be considered for inclusion under 6 topics:
Well, this isn't a completely new website...but you'll notice some significant changes here at PrairieMod. We've added the navigation bar just below the header, to help you easily get from section to section on our site. We've also added some cool items that weren't here before and these are some of the things you can now do: listen to each new podcast right from this homepage using the podcast player in the right hand column, learn a bit more about the team behind PrairieMod, read what our mission is and what we're all about, plus get a complete rundown of the 10 PrairieMod Principles.
Another big change is the addition of our new Features section. We have already added three feature articles there (Dutch Mid-Century Modern Ceramics, Wright By Design and Commuter Biking), so be sure to check those out right away. Every week there will be something new and more in-depth than our blog posts, which should be very refreshing. You can even sign-up to receive regular feature updates via email if you like!
We'll also be adding some extra treats like a more robust store and a weekly email newsletter focused around Living PrairieMod.....so keep an eye out for those in the very near future.
Just a warning: there still might be a couple of bugs that we have to workout of the system, so please let us know if you find anything unusual or difficult to use. Your feedback is what helps us continue to make PrairieMod a better place to get the information you want.
If you have an questions or comments about the "new" PrairieMod.com, please contact us here.
And thank you for reading PrairieMod!
Cheers,
The PrairieMod Squad
Well, yes and no. Now, before fans of the Little Red House get too
worried, the story of a this little Mid-century Modern makeover is not
going away. Over the course of this week, you're going to notice some
subtle (and not so subtle) changes to PrairieMod.com. We've decided to
make things a little more streamlined and add a few cool new features
that we'll be revealing a little later this week.
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