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Mid-century modern flooring from Amtico 
Ceratile Stardust pattern tiles in Amy’s 1962 bathroom: Oh my! 
Mod vinyl sheet flooring from Tarkett 
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I just got off the phone with George from New York Metals – purveyors of the stainless steel edging to true to 40s 50s and 60s kitchen countertops. The recent question on the table has been: How to bend my preferred “Snap-On Molding” (in photo above) for rounded edges – be they quarter-round cubbies or [...]
I’ve written before about mixing countertop surfaces in your 40s 50s or 60s kitchen. But I recently came across these great photos and thought they would be very helpful. The photos show: How to lower cabinetry to create a place to roll out your pie dough (of course). Put a slab of marble here — [...]
As follow up to my post yesterday – with a round up of all the laminates for bathroom counters that are on my radar today – I also recently found this great little history of laminate in the 1950s, from Wilsonart. 2011 update, Wilsonart has taken story down, but here are a few highlights: Laminate [...]
Several readers have asked me how to install the stainless steel countertop edging from New York Metals. In this post, I’ll take you step-by-step through the process that we used to install the metal edging in my kitchen. I had my countertops laminated by an outfit recommended by by contractor. They made all the countertops [...]
I have da boomerang laminates covered one-by-one in other stories, but here, I pull them into one place for those renovators to compare and constrast. According to my research, there are three laminate boomerang designs — with a total of 14 possible colorways — available today. Updated January 2011: Wilsonart ads 11 more colors of [...]
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Where can I buy the -amtico-stardust-mint flooring I found on your site?
Sara, in her email Femme1 has included the links. Cut and paste them into your url nav bar. From there, you can look thru Amtico’s website for retailer information. Here is the post: http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/06/femme1-discovers-a-bundle-of-new-retro-tiles-for-our-decorating-arsenal/
Sara, I’m searching some more – here is the North America page, haven’t found the Stardust yet. Have to stop now…. you can poke around, or contact the company. Here’s the link: http://regions.amtico.com/Home/NorthAmerica/Amtico
okay, here’s more info: There are 11 colors in the Stardust pattern – go to Innovations Collection. http://regions.amtico.com/en-GB/Home/NorthAmerica/Home?psvsl=1&psvnv=11&fcpm=psv
Thanks for all your help, Pam! We’re restoring an old Ungers RV. This flooring would look great.