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]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/26/the-first-retro-renovation-coffee-clatch/comment-page-1/#comment-11268 Femme1 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:52:46 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3219#comment-11268 How cool! I can't wait to hear about Cindy's trip to S.J. Masters. How cool! I can’t wait to hear about Cindy’s trip to S.J. Masters.

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2008/07/26/the-first-retro-renovation-coffee-clatch/comment-page-1/#comment-11266 olive22 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:40:35 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3219#comment-11266 The aqua kitchen is fabulous!! What a breath of fresh air to find out that I am not the only person who throws things at the TV and screams when HGTV decides that a perefectly good vintage kitchen or bath needs to be 'updated'. I call it lack of imagination and original thoughts. I will be sipping my cream and purring contentedly in 5-8 years when HGTV is telling the divas with the stainless steel & granite kitchens that they are 'dated'. All of those shows are scripted down to the last 'I like the granite'. To me, the commerical kitchen look does not evoke images of warmth and home...more like poor service & food posioning! It has been 3 years and I am still haunted by a house salvage sale that I went to. It was a very high end home when it was built in the late 50s..all quality and it was being torn down to build a McMansion. It was pure madness and I left in tears..with a few bargains tucked under my arm...including the plants and landscaping which was all free. The aqua kitchen is fabulous!!
What a breath of fresh air to find out that I am not the only person who throws things at the TV and screams when HGTV decides that a perefectly good vintage kitchen or bath needs to be ‘updated’. I call it lack of imagination and original thoughts.
I will be sipping my cream and purring contentedly in 5-8 years when HGTV is telling the divas with the stainless steel & granite kitchens that they are ‘dated’. All of those shows are scripted down to the last ‘I like the granite’.
To me, the commerical kitchen look does not evoke images of warmth and home…more like poor service & food posioning!
It has been 3 years and I am still haunted by a house salvage sale that I went to.
It was a very high end home when it was built in the late 50s..all quality and it was being torn down to build a McMansion. It was pure madness and I left in tears..with a few bargains tucked under my arm…including the plants and landscaping which was all free.

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