The Presidio Motel Blog

With the help of our friend Larry Mills we came across this vintage post card of the Presidio Motel in either the 60’s or 70’s. We love the yellow and orange color scheme and the floral umbrella on sundeck.  

We just discovered this blog and have been super excited.Featuring everything from Architecture to Folk Law it is a refreshing bit of inspiration.

We’ll see you there !!!!

Palm Springs Modernism Week, the only such event in the country, is an exciting 9-day celebration of mid-century modern design, architecture and culture. This design aesthetic, originated in the 1950s and 60s, was typified by clean, simple lines and celebrated elegant informality which came to define desert modernism.

Our friend and graphic designer Warren Schultheis organized and curated this sure to be inspiring show, Super Santa Barbara…this Saturday at the Contemporary Arts Forum.

SUPER SANTA BARBARA

What: Exhibition about the ‘Future of Santa Barbara’

“Partly inspired by Measure B (the building height measure), and in part by the work of Super Studio (a radical italian architecture firm), this quickly assembled exhibition seeks to encourage fresh perspectives, conversation & debate about the future of our community.  Twenty local artists have been asked to envision what Santa Barbara might be like in 50-100 years.”

See www.supersantabarbara.com for more information.

Participating Artists:

JAMES VAN ARSDALE · STEPHANIE DOTSON · R. NELSON PARRISH · JONNY TROYNA · JOHANNA REED · ETHAN TURPIN · WILLIAM MCVICAR · KATRINA TRAJANO · KIMBERLY HAHN · JASON SOBER · LAURA DEVENDORF  •  TRISTAN TYLER BLODGETT · KIM CORDOVA · STEVE SORIA · WARREN SCHULTHEIS · SAUL GRAY-HILDENBRAND •  HENERY RAMOS  · ZACK PAUL · MARK GOERNER · ROBERT HECKES  

When/Where:

RECEPTION: Saturday, Oct 24th. 7-9pm @ CAF* (Contemporary Arts Forum) 653 Paseo Nuevo.

EXHIBITION: Oct 26th-Nov 3. at 121 Santa Barbara St, Room II.  Viewing hours every day: 10am-12pm & 5pm-7pm. Or by appointment.*SUPER SANTA BARBARA is an independent exhibition organized by Warren Schultheis and not installed or organized under CAF’s curatorial programming and schedule.

For more information and online gallery, see www.supersantabarbara.com

or call Warren Schultheis (805.886.1627)

Come celebrate the completion of our new sister property the Agave Inn! We will have tamales, drinks, and music provided by DJ Magneto from 4pm-8pm, August 23rd.

We got to tour The Ablitt House today and were completely blown away by the attention to detail in the tile work and overall architectural design.This residence sits on a 20 by 20 square foot lot in the heart of Old Town Santa Barbara. The genius behind the project is local architect Jeff Shelton - who designs the impossible - and contractor extraordinarine, Dan Upton, who builds the impossible. Both the architect and the contractor had complete design control over the project and what they ended up with was a work of art. Constructed exclusively of poured concrete it consists of 800,000 pounds of concrete and 4 1/4 miles or rebar rising 53 feet above ground level and sitting on nine caissons extending 44 feet into the ground. The interior consists of award winning tile designs, a 108 foot long black walnut hand rail, key-hole window designs, multiple stone carvings and more representing the work of six local artists. The house is a must see and is open on occasion for public tours. It’s the owners way of thanking the community for their support in getting this work of art through the system. 

Yesterday we had our friend Larry Mills shoot our new sister motel the Agave Inn.We thought we would share some of these beautiful shots with you.Thanks again Larry -we love ya and could not be more happy with the results.

-thanks also to our dear friend Paris who was kind enough to lend us her good looks for the day .

Our new bullet sconces are from our friend Trefon at Vintage Oasis in Palm Springs. We originally purchased these in stainless steel for our sister the Agave Inn and upon realizing how delightful they looked (not only in the day but at night as well ) we quickly put an order in for white powder-coated for Presidio. Thanks again Trefon for helping us to continue our retro meets modernists vibe here at the Presidio !!!!!!

as previously blogged ,we are giving birth to our new sister property the Agave Inn !!!! Here are a few glances at whats soon to come!!!!