Charles and Ray Eames nurtured a design imagination that knew few boundaries, stretching far and wide, but if you were to look for its center — its heart — you might have found it in the living room of their landmark Pacific Palisades house. With its 17-foot-high ceiling, panels of glass opening to the grove of eucalyptus outside, and a vast range of objects collected over a lifetime, the Eames House living room is where two of the most influential designers of the 20th century felt at ease. It's where the couple spent hours talking, entertaining friends such as Billy and Audrey Wilder, and of course playing with collections that informed their work.

After the Eameses died — Charles in 1978, Ray 10 years later, to the day — the room, like the house, was left largely untouched. During a visit last month, the room still felt as though Ray had just stepped out on an errand. Magazines of the day were left out for reading, the fresh flowers had been changed out — the entire scene still kept tidy by a caretaker whom the Eameses hired more than three decades ago.

That frozen-in-time tranquillity has finally been shattered, respectfully. Movers and conservators from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art descended upon the Eames House earlier this month, cataloging the living room's contents — 1,864 items — then transporting them to the Mid-Wilshire district for installation in a full-scale replica of the Eames living room, a key component of the exhibition "California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way," which opens Oct. 1 as part of the Pacific Standard Time collaboration running at dozens of institutions across the region.

This blogger says definitely check this exhibit out! Very inspiring!