Comments on: Time Warp Wives http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s and 60s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: PugFreek http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-27036 PugFreek Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:54:41 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-27036 Wow! That is kinda freaky... cool but freaky. Wow! That is kinda freaky…
cool but freaky.

]]> 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..

]]> By: thedinolounge http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-12196 thedinolounge Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:21:18 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-12196 Wow! That's pretty interesting. I say whatever floats your boat. Great pictures. Wow! That’s pretty interesting. I say whatever floats your boat. Great pictures.

]]> By: thomwatson http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-12160 thomwatson Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:51:41 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-12160 Re comment #5 Back when I was living in Boston in the mid-80s, I went to a Halloween party where one of the attendees was dressed as a housewife from a 1950s B&W television show; he had died his housedress black and white; wore a black wig; painted his face, arms and legs in shades of gray; and carried a vintage canister vacuum cleaner also painted in grayscale. It was one of the best costumes I've ever seen. Re comment #5

Back when I was living in Boston in the mid-80s, I went to a Halloween party where one of the attendees was dressed as a housewife from a 1950s B&W television show; he had died his housedress black and white; wore a black wig; painted his face, arms and legs in shades of gray; and carried a vintage canister vacuum cleaner also painted in grayscale. It was one of the best costumes I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: olive22 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-12114 olive22 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:18:59 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-12114 This was a fun read..and people thought I was nuts cause I didn't want a granite countertop. I do wear my 'pinney' in the kitchen. Our neighborhood is still very 50s...many of the women do not work and a visit to their house always involves bringing baked goods. This was a fun read..and people thought I was nuts cause I didn’t want a granite countertop.
I do wear my ‘pinney’ in the kitchen. Our neighborhood is still very 50s…many of the women do not work and a visit to their house always involves bringing baked goods.

]]> By: karmi_woolfe http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-12098 karmi_woolfe Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:32:45 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-12098 LOL!!! Well y'all need to see my Halloween outfit from last year! I was a 50's bombshell for sure. If any of you gals (or..I don't know... chriss?) want to try out the look, there is a great book called The Vintage Face that shows you how to do the make-up and hair from the 40's through the 60's. Verrry cool. And don't feel bad chriss... I do all my own drywall. We're all secure here! LOL!!! Well y’all need to see my Halloween outfit from last year! I was a 50’s bombshell for sure. If any of you gals (or..I don’t know… chriss?) want to try out the look, there is a great book called The Vintage Face that shows you how to do the make-up and hair from the 40’s through the 60’s. Verrry cool. And don’t feel bad chriss… I do all my own drywall. We’re all secure here!

]]> By: chriss http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-12080 chriss Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:15:41 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-12080 OK, this may get me kicked off the site and might be, mmmm politicaly incorrect...but...that's pretty hot. Oh yeah, I said it! Hot! No no no, I don't want to live in the 50's either (a co-worker just asked me that a week ago!) but I DO have the Leave It To Beaver lifestyle fantasy. But it is just the fantastical parts that I am drawn to. I love the Bettie Page sorta look of these lovely ladies. If I was to have anything like an "atomic family" lifestyle it would be me all tarted up putting the roast on the table while my wife was walking in through the front door bringing home the bacon! BTW, just so there's no confusion, I'm a guy, a straight guy. A straight guy who collects (among other things) vintage hostes aprons. OK, this may get me kicked off the site and might be, mmmm politicaly incorrect…but…that’s pretty hot. Oh yeah, I said it! Hot! No no no, I don’t want to live in the 50’s either (a co-worker just asked me that a week ago!) but I DO have the Leave It To Beaver lifestyle fantasy. But it is just the fantastical parts that I am drawn to. I love the Bettie Page sorta look of these lovely ladies.

If I was to have anything like an “atomic family” lifestyle it would be me all tarted up putting the roast on the table while my wife was walking in through the front door bringing home the bacon!

BTW, just so there’s no confusion, I’m a guy, a straight guy. A straight guy who collects (among other things) vintage hostes aprons.

]]> By: Shawna http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/09/time-warp-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-12067 Shawna Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:57:40 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3451#comment-12067 Wow. I can't quite imagine having that much time on my hands...and doing that with it. Interesting. Wow. I can’t quite imagine having that much time on my hands…and doing that with it. Interesting.

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