My favorite photo of the week. A real American Beauty, circa 1959. TGIF, all!
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1959 kitchen – scary but wonderful photo of the week!
Posted by: • February 22, 2008
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More today from the Wilsonart laminate history archives. In the 60s, laminate colors got, at one end of the spectrum richer and earthier – and at the other end, pop-art bold. Some of the defining trends from the period, this article says: Color TV was introduced in 1965, bringing us closer in touch with design [...]
Cracked ice laminate seems to have been a very popular choice for vintage dinette table tops, and I hear from readers fairly often asking where they can find it for kitchen counters. Crackle ice laminate is still available from a number of sources online. Like the other special-order boomerang laminates available, these crackle ice laminates [...]
How is this one, Retro Renovation readers? I recently scored a full box of est. 1960-65 era GE Textolite laminate samples, absolute mint condition unused. This is the first bunch — the others aren’t so over-the-top FABULOUS, but still are great gauges of what to look for. OMG. What else do I need to say. [...]
These are new from Formica. Both look like they could swing either “warm” or “cool” – that is, work across the spectrum from reds (and pinks) to blues. I really like the Linen – a very typical look for the 50s — Hey, Formica, can we have it in green, blue, pink and yellow?!: And, [...]
As follow up to my post yesterday – with a round up of all the laminates for bathroom counters that are on my radar today – I also recently found this great little history of laminate in the 1950s, from Wilsonart. 2011 update, Wilsonart has taken story down, but here are a few highlights: Laminate [...]
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I need speed and up-time — so I use WP Engine
Is that birch bark wallpaper? I love it!
Wait a minute. Birch bark striations run horizontally…
I like how the floor adds a lot of color.
That looks to be pecky cypress, quite common in the 1950s, sourced from the swamps of Louisiana. We’ve got in our living room and it’s quite beautiful.
Send me pics, send me pics, Bill!
I have that exact char-glo in my kitchen!
So if we put a BBQ inside the kitchen then my husband will cook in the and I can be outside on the patio? Marketing to the wife to make her life easier again. Really, I do love it though. check out the stainless countertops!