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This is a wonderful find – great if you are retro renovating your kitchen or even your bathroom. Note that the listing says it plugs into an outlet. I am sure an electrician could hardwire it.
Vintage Nutone is so terrific, and this brushed aluminum piece is so shiny with great black graphics and a design that looks like the grill of a car. Perfect. Someone better buy it!
ALAS: DISCONTINUED! The website says that these are for “contract” jobs — that is, interior designers working on commercial projects. But hey, if you really like these retro laminate choices, go after Nevamar and get them! Remember: The only way to do these…is to pair them with authentic steel countertop and backsplash edging available from [...]
Maryland Nancy is searching for laminate for her bathroom reno, and alerted me that the colorful Nevamar swirlie’s are discontinued. Alas. So, I did another survey — and here is an update of the laminates landscape for bathroom vanity countertops, as far as I can determine. Scroll over each image with your mouse to see [...]
My local Re-Store was offering some maple flooring from bowling alley – and some handy homeowner re-purposed it into the most excellent countertop. Isn’t it great?! …Right up there with the Teacups Chandelier we looked at a while ago. Related Posts Basement bowling alley in 1962 Michigan time capsule house for sale — heaven! What [...]
I’ve written before about the Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House in Temple, Texas – an amazing showcase of the innovative use of laminate that was built by the head of Wilsonart in the 1950s. The Wilson House is the the first and only home that has ever been named to the National Register of [...]
For either kitchen or, especially, bathroom countertops, I believe that Carrara marble laminates are an authentic vintage choice. I blinded myself searching for them among the 8 retailers of laminate in the U.S. today. The number-one choice, I think, is going to be from Wilsonart — their White Carrara, shown above. Read on for some [...]
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Vintage Nutone exhaust fan – mint in box – today’s ebay pick 
Someone’s knockin’ at the door, somebody’s ringin’ the bell — retro Nutone doorbell – today’s ebay pick 
Vintage Nutone exhaust fan & more mint-in-box madness 
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Very nice!!
Pam –Isn’t there a place to still get the exhaust fan like the one you have in your kitchen? I can’t find that post for the life of me!
You folks sound like you would LOVE the color scans I uploaded to Flickr of NuTone’s 1966, 1967, and 1972 catalogs (just the parts showing these fans): http://www.flickr.com/photos/25379735@N04/collections/72157612843811052/
Where can i find replacement parts for Vintage Nutone fans like this one?!?!?!
Rigby, I have heard people may have luck with a company R&I Distribution (or something like that). Good luck, Pam