Comments on: 1950s and 60s paint colors — from Sears’ classic Harmony House collection

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:03:59 +0000

Welcome, Patrick B, and congratulations on your new/old house. All paint info is in the navigation bar: Look two places: (1) in the Product Guide / Paint, and (2) in Paint – for all posts.

By: Patrick B

Patrick B — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:41:26 +0000

Hello Pam,
I am soon to be the new owner of a 1958 Ranch style House. I was hoping to find out about exterior paints and interior paints, to return my house to its original state; or as I like to say return my retro to retro. Any help from you would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Patrick

By: Jay Tedesco

Jay Tedesco — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:54:03 +0000

Dear Folks,

I would like to know if there is anyway to get an earlier stain fromsears reproduced. I do not know if you used another company to make it. It is called Cherry Mahogany and it maytches most Cherry cabinets I have come across. I had a small amount left and I had to use it to match the trim in my litchen to my cabinets. Please let me know if there is list of colors that I could take to either my nearest store or paint shop for a reproduction of this color.

Thank You,
Jay T

By: Retro Renovation » Sears’ Harmony House 1940-1968

Retro Renovation » Sears’ Harmony House 1940-1968 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:18:21 +0000

[...] See my earlier post with a complete brochure on Harmony House colors. [...]

By: Retro Renovation » Yes, you can have wall-to-wall carpet in your retro home

Retro Renovation » Yes, you can have wall-to-wall carpet in your retro home — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:46:51 +0000

[...] styles not to different to that above. You can take your Sherwin Williams Suburban Modern or Sears Harmony House color cards along to [...]

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:41:22 +0000

Hey, no problem, Femme 1. I actually have used Caribbean Coral – in my guest room / husband’s home office. It is a wonderful color! By the way, I’ve found that several retro renovators and I are on the same Twilight Zone continuum – glad to add you to the club!

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:09:39 +0000

This is positively eerie, but I’ve just spent the past few days searching the web frantically for some 50s color palettes! And then here you are, Pam, to the rescue.

I got some advice from a friend who is an interior decorator; she advised me to paint my kitchen walls either a tomato or coral red, and that it would make my cabinets pop. (I was lamenting about my cabinets again.)

And then here you come again! In the top advertisement “Enjoy a New Color Thrill” (yeah, baby), there are my cabinets in the little inset picture of the kitchen. So I guess they do “go” with a 50s kitchen. (Remember I was lamenting a while back about the stupid mistake I made in liming my cabinets in the mid-90s?) And then I re-checked your Sherwin-Williams entry and found the perfect color for the walls—Caribbean Coral (an exterior color).

So, all I can say is thanks!