http://retrorenovation.com/2008/06/03/vintage-barkcloth-pinch-pleats-very-desirable-for-your-postwar-retro-renovation/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s 60s and 70s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:33:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/06/03/vintage-barkcloth-pinch-pleats-very-desirable-for-your-postwar-retro-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-8136 50sPam Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:41:38 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=2429#comment-8136 Chriss - I love fiberglass, too. Isn't that stuff made from petroleum? Be sure to repurpose this <a href="http://retrorenovation.com/2008/05/22/embodied-energy-the-greenest-building-is-one-thats-already-built/" rel="nofollow">embodied energy (click for story)</a> - before all the dinosaur juice runs out completely. In a pinch (pleat - haha), do you think we can recycle the curtains into motor fuel? Chriss – I love fiberglass, too. Isn’t that stuff made from petroleum? Be sure to repurpose this embodied energy (click for story) – before all the dinosaur juice runs out completely. In a pinch (pleat – haha), do you think we can recycle the curtains into motor fuel?

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2008/06/03/vintage-barkcloth-pinch-pleats-very-desirable-for-your-postwar-retro-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-8134 iluvretro Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:23:33 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=2429#comment-8134 When my parents bought a little holiday house by the beach over 15 years ago there were curtains exactly like the last ones here in this post, I still remember them even now... When my parents bought a little holiday house by the beach over 15 years ago there were curtains exactly like the last ones here in this post, I still remember them even now…

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2008/06/03/vintage-barkcloth-pinch-pleats-very-desirable-for-your-postwar-retro-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-8126 chriss Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:00:20 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=2429#comment-8126 Mmmmm...barkcloth, I do love thee. But barkcloth can be so expensive. Let us not forget the value of vintage fiberglass drapes! They can be easily found at most any thrift store for pennies on the barkcloth dollar! My mom hates them though. I had her cut a long single set in half to cover two short windows for my "den". I think she just sees them as cheap (they are!) and just can't see past that. I like the fact that they seem so impervious to the ravages of time. No moth holes! No fading! Mmmmm…barkcloth, I do love thee. But barkcloth can be so expensive. Let us not forget the value of vintage fiberglass drapes! They can be easily found at most any thrift store for pennies on the barkcloth dollar! My mom hates them though. I had her cut a long single set in half to cover two short windows for my “den”. I think she just sees them as cheap (they are!) and just can’t see past that. I like the fact that they seem so impervious to the ravages of time. No moth holes! No fading!

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