Comments on: 60s kitchen — a perfect colonial-modern marriage — and I’m in love. Again.

By: javagirl500

javagirl500 — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:00:16 +0000

Just bough a 1951 ranch in Miami… it has old Knotty Pine cabinets like these, but with the orangey varnish, and lots of knotty pine paneling, and a lovely Florida room with a knotty pine beamed ceiling. I am sol glad I found your site…. I want to update the house yet play up its original Old Florida character. The former owner put in a Mediterranean-style bath and if I have the money, I plan to rip it out and return it to its original glory. Any resources in the Miami area would be appreciated.

By: m in minnesota

m in minnesota — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:00:45 +0000

I like the term “modern colonial” especially for this room – the light fixture in the dining room is definitely a traditional, colonial style and the painted dining furniture is an idea from 18th century furnishing. I remember my mom and her friends in the mid 1960′s calling this style Early American….not Ranch. “Ranch” brings to mind “out West” , “Roy Rodgers”…..fake oil lamps out of copper on a wagon wheel for a chandelier … Wagon wheels styled into the wooden arm supports of some of the couchs and chairs…. the leather furniture (that wore like iron) with long horn steers or horses stitched into the backs of the couches…..I remember seeing them in turquoise, orange, and off white – and always in leather…….I think it must have 50′s up date of a basic mission style

By: atomicbowler-dave

atomicbowler-dave — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:40:59 +0000

OMG! Is that actually a PASS with Infareds? Am I seeing this right?
While the Colonial is not really my thing…I am rolling on the floor and frothing at the mouth between words typed!
I NEED a heated pass! Imagine…the ham stays warm!