Comments on: Time Warp Wives http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s 60s and 70s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:22:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: LRE King http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-40511 LRE King Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:38:45 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-40511 Don't wanna live there but wouldn't mind a visit to go shopping. Don’t wanna live there but wouldn’t mind a visit to go shopping.

]]> By: Sherri(or lynndergin on flicker) http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-40507 Sherri(or lynndergin on flicker) Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:38:30 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-40507 Im interested in the book"the vintage face"also since im a hairstylist & love books too!So i will be looking for that & thanks for answering Pam! Im interested in the book”the vintage face”also since im a hairstylist & love books too!So i will be looking for that & thanks for answering Pam!

]]> By: nina462 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-40475 nina462 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:42:19 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-40475 I believe that either a broiler or toaster above the stove in the first picture. I believe that either a broiler or toaster above the stove in the first picture.

]]> By: pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-40466 pam kueber Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:49:51 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-40466 Hi Sherri, I have no idea! I think I might re-post this photo and have a guessing contest. Note, these folks are all British, as I recall. For example, those are famous vintage English Rose steel cabinets. Hi Sherri,

I have no idea! I think I might re-post this photo and have a guessing contest. Note, these folks are all British, as I recall. For example, those are famous vintage English Rose steel cabinets.

]]> By: Sherri(or lynndergin on flicker) http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-40465 Sherri(or lynndergin on flicker) Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:45:34 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-40465 I know this is a older post but on the first photo what is the gizmo above the stove?? I know this is a older post but on the first photo what is the gizmo above the stove??

]]> By: pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-39615 pam kueber Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:02:24 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-39615 Hi Ginny and all, the number-one rule of the blog is that no one is to be made to feel bad for their choices. I want this to be a place of peace and mutual support. Looking back perhaps I should have closed this story to comments altogether because it was likely to solicit at least initial surprised reactions because it is so unexpected and in such a colorful way. Can I try to end a controversy before one really begins by saying both sides are right. There were great things about having our moms stay home with us. But it's great now for women to have a full range of career choices to choose from. Many thanks to everyone in advance for keeping this discussion on peaceful grounds. Hi Ginny and all, the number-one rule of the blog is that no one is to be made to feel bad for their choices. I want this to be a place of peace and mutual support. Looking back perhaps I should have closed this story to comments altogether because it was likely to solicit at least initial surprised reactions because it is so unexpected and in such a colorful way. Can I try to end a controversy before one really begins by saying both sides are right. There were great things about having our moms stay home with us. But it’s great now for women to have a full range of career choices to choose from. Many thanks to everyone in advance for keeping this discussion on peaceful grounds.

]]> By: Ginny http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-39608 Ginny Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:45:59 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-39608 Midcentury women as "little more than being baby makers"?!!? Please. My own mother and grandmother were midcentury housewives and are some of the most accomplished women I know. Believe it or not, running a household has always been a full time job and is a valid and reputable career choice in and of itself. I know women with families today who tell me they don't know how to cook, or even sew on a button back on a shirt. They tell me they just throw out their clothes if they lose a button. And they feed their kids almost exclusively on fast or preprocessed food. No wonder everyone's fat, malnourished and deeply in debt these days! Yes, there are some very good things from the past that absolutely should be reincorporated into our present day lives. Nothing odd about that. I applaud the "retro housewives"! Midcentury women as “little more than being baby makers”?!!? Please. My own mother and grandmother were midcentury housewives and are some of the most accomplished women I know. Believe it or not, running a household has always been a full time job and is a valid and reputable career choice in and of itself. I know women with families today who tell me they don’t know how to cook, or even sew on a button back on a shirt. They tell me they just throw out their clothes if they lose a button. And they feed their kids almost exclusively on fast or preprocessed food. No wonder everyone’s fat, malnourished and deeply in debt these days! Yes, there are some very good things from the past that absolutely should be reincorporated into our present day lives. Nothing odd about that. I applaud the “retro housewives”!

]]> By: Mid Mod Pam http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-27033 Mid Mod Pam Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:22:06 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-27033 Hi Jenny, thank you for your comment. It made me stop and think and I even re-edited my original post. It also made me recall the one main rule of the blog: No one is to be made to feel bad for their choices. (Short of criminal / ethical misdeeds of course!) Send me photos of your kitchen and I will do a story! pam at retrorenovation dot com. Hi Jenny, thank you for your comment. It made me stop and think and I even re-edited my original post. It also made me recall the one main rule of the blog: No one is to be made to feel bad for their choices. (Short of criminal / ethical misdeeds of course!)

Send me photos of your kitchen and I will do a story! pam at retrorenovation dot com.

]]> By: jennifer http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-27030 jennifer Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:23:03 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-27030 Yes, we get that thats all we would be if we lived in the 50s, thats why we appreciate (some of us) living in our modern day. However there are the good parts of the 50s that we long for such as good neighbors, etiquette, looking well put together, focus on the family, patriotism and simplicity (moreso than today). I dont think that there is anything wrong with taking the things that you see as good from days gone by and incorporating them into your life now. Im also not sure why other people are so critical or mocking of the way we live our life. I mean really, does it affect you? Does it really have such a huge impact on your life that you have to try to make us feel odd, make us feel badly or make comments that question our intelligence (such as the comment above..."Don’t these women realize that if they had lived in the 50’s, their lives would have been little more than being baby makers?" ). The Retro Housewife Jenny Yes, we get that thats all we would be if we lived in the 50s, thats why we appreciate (some of us) living in our modern day. However there are the good parts of the 50s that we long for such as good neighbors, etiquette, looking well put together, focus on the family, patriotism and simplicity (moreso than today).

I dont think that there is anything wrong with taking the things that you see as good from days gone by and incorporating them into your life now. Im also not sure why other people are so critical or mocking of the way we live our life. I mean really, does it affect you? Does it really have such a huge impact on your life that you have to try to make us feel odd, make us feel badly or make comments that question our intelligence (such as the comment above…”Don’t these women realize that if they had lived in the 50’s, their lives would have been little more than being baby makers?” ).

The Retro Housewife
Jenny

]]> By: bombshell http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-12545 bombshell Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:41:10 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-12545 I see so much of this nostalgia 50's lifestyle in the Rockabilly subculture and I truly don't get it. I joke I'm only in it for the cars, the furniture and the clothes. Don't these women realize that if they had lived in the 50's, their lives would have been little more than being baby makers? I am happy to report I enjoy being able to have a career, own a credit card, receive education, use birth control, etc etc.. I see so much of this nostalgia 50’s lifestyle in the Rockabilly subculture and I truly don’t get it. I joke I’m only in it for the cars, the furniture and the clothes. Don’t these women realize that if they had lived in the 50’s, their lives would have been little more than being baby makers? I am happy to report I enjoy being able to have a career, own a credit card, receive education, use birth control, etc etc..

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