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, the Brescia marble is getting closer to the vintage crackle ices of the day:
More tools for our retro renovation toolbox!
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That linen in a warmed-up beige is exactly what we (sob) had to remove from our kitchen counters. Wish the re-issue had been around when we remodeled: between that and my heightened awareness from your blog, Pam, we might have gone for it!
Didn’t know if you’d see this before or not, but this manufacturer of repro dinette sets sells cracked-ice laminate by the sheet as well as cracked-ice vinyl by the yard.
http://www.pastense.com/materials.html
I’m planning on ordering some of the yellow vinyl to redo a chair set at some point.