http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/06/in-praise-of-royal-barry-wills-and-his-important-role-in-popularizing-and-proliferating-cape-cod-and-colonial-homes-in-the-postwar-era/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s 60s and 70s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:03:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/06/in-praise-of-royal-barry-wills-and-his-important-role-in-popularizing-and-proliferating-cape-cod-and-colonial-homes-in-the-postwar-era/comment-page-1/#comment-10050 Femme1 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:35:32 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=2898#comment-10050 I don't have an erudite comment about architecture, but reading about Cape Cods made me think of the last season or so of I Love Lucy. If you remember, Lucy and Ricky moved out of their small NYC apartment and into an expansive colonial in Connecticut. It was furnished with Early American furniture and braided rugs and had those Dutch half doors (where you can open the top of the door separately from the bottom half). And so the popular culture reflected the midcentury popularity of the Royal Barry Willis houses. I don’t have an erudite comment about architecture, but reading about Cape Cods made me think of the last season or so of I Love Lucy. If you remember, Lucy and Ricky moved out of their small NYC apartment and into an expansive colonial in Connecticut. It was furnished with Early American furniture and braided rugs and had those Dutch half doors (where you can open the top of the door separately from the bottom half). And so the popular culture reflected the midcentury popularity of the Royal Barry Willis houses.

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