Comments on: Stainless steel metal edging for your laminate countertop – my #1 choice http://retrorenovation.com/2008/05/06/stainless-steel-edging-for-your-laminate-countertop/ Products and ideas to remodel your mid century home in authentic vintage style Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debra http://retrorenovation.com/2008/05/06/stainless-steel-edging-for-your-laminate-countertop/comment-page-1/#comment-97427 Debra Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:03:20 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=34#comment-97427 We are getting ready to replace our kitchen & laundry room counters with laminate & metal edging! Thank you for the wealth of information you supply. When all the rest of the reno world wants granite and marble etc. your encoragement to stay true to the mid century vibe is appreciated! Does anyone know of a local supplier for the metal edging in the Houston, TX area? Thanks again Pam! We are getting ready to replace our kitchen & laundry room counters with laminate & metal edging! Thank you for the wealth of information you supply. When all the rest of the reno world wants granite and marble etc. your encoragement to stay true to the mid century vibe is appreciated! Does anyone know of a local supplier for the metal edging in the Houston, TX area? Thanks again Pam!

]]> By: pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/2008/05/06/stainless-steel-edging-for-your-laminate-countertop/comment-page-1/#comment-72292 pam kueber Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:14:40 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=34#comment-72292 Welcome, Peg. What fun it sounds like you are having! Send me pics when you are ready for prime time. I trust you have seen all my posts about potential laminates in Kitchens / Countertops category. Welcome, Peg. What fun it sounds like you are having! Send me pics when you are ready for prime time. I trust you have seen all my posts about potential laminates in Kitchens / Countertops category.

]]> By: Peg http://retrorenovation.com/2008/05/06/stainless-steel-edging-for-your-laminate-countertop/comment-page-1/#comment-72283 Peg Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:14:39 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=34#comment-72283 As I hunt for vintage/retro fixtures for my mid-1950s rustic ranch house, I've happily found myself at your site several times. Although the previous owners maintained the house very well, I'm lucky they did little redecoration in the last 35 years, so there are a lot of fixtures in pristine condition from the '50s-'70s that I've kept and am working around (people comment on the cool '50s reproduction handles on the kitchen cabinets; the handles and cabinets are original). I'm hunting for retro laminate for my kitchen countertops, ideally boomerang; otherwise, I'll probably go with Pionite Suede in Orville or Summer Heat Wave. A local distributor thinks she may be able to get some coral boomerang for me, so fingers crossed! Meanwhile, a comment about metal edging for vintage/retro countertops. We sold my parents' mid-1950s house a few years ago, which still had a lot of original fixtures, including boomerang countertops in the kitchen and bathroom (white with pink and gray in the kitchen, white with pink and green in the bathroom). They had metal edging in the crease between the countertop and backsplash; however, the front of the counters and top of the backsplashes were edged with laminate, not metal. Just wanted to mention this because, depending on the style of house (this one was a California-style ranch house), it could also be historically accurate to do the laminate edging instead of metal. Of course, if I had known I'd buy a mid-'50s ranch house myself a few years later (after growing up in a '50s ranch house, I wanted a Cape Cod), I would've pulled out the boomerang counters and used them myself; however, they were a big selling point for the buyers, so I guess everything worked out as it was supposed to. As I hunt for vintage/retro fixtures for my mid-1950s rustic ranch house, I’ve happily found myself at your site several times. Although the previous owners maintained the house very well, I’m lucky they did little redecoration in the last 35 years, so there are a lot of fixtures in pristine condition from the ’50s-’70s that I’ve kept and am working around (people comment on the cool ’50s reproduction handles on the kitchen cabinets; the handles and cabinets are original). I’m hunting for retro laminate for my kitchen countertops, ideally boomerang; otherwise, I’ll probably go with Pionite Suede in Orville or Summer Heat Wave. A local distributor thinks she may be able to get some coral boomerang for me, so fingers crossed!

Meanwhile, a comment about metal edging for vintage/retro countertops. We sold my parents’ mid-1950s house a few years ago, which still had a lot of original fixtures, including boomerang countertops in the kitchen and bathroom (white with pink and gray in the kitchen, white with pink and green in the bathroom). They had metal edging in the crease between the countertop and backsplash; however, the front of the counters and top of the backsplashes were edged with laminate, not metal. Just wanted to mention this because, depending on the style of house (this one was a California-style ranch house), it could also be historically accurate to do the laminate edging instead of metal.

Of course, if I had known I’d buy a mid-’50s ranch house myself a few years later (after growing up in a ’50s ranch house, I wanted a Cape Cod), I would’ve pulled out the boomerang counters and used them myself; however, they were a big selling point for the buyers, so I guess everything worked out as it was supposed to.

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