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Posted by: • August 23, 2008
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If you are looking for retro-style laminate for a kitchen or bathroom countertop, you have some blinding research ahead of you. Unless there is a home-run-out-of-the-park solution — like the boomerangs, crackle ice or dogbone still available — it’s going to be a hunt-peck-and-forage to find something that’s “close enough” to original laminates from the [...]
UPDATE (Oct 2011): Click over to –> this story to get an update on all three sources for boomerang laminate. If you are planning Formica Boomerang countertop in aqua for your kitchen renovation, you’d better order now. Alas, if you were planning the skylark (light blue) or coral, it’s already too late. Following up on [...]
Arborite has two new laminates in their 2011-2012 collection that just popped onto my radar. I haven’t seen these as actual samples yet — I’ll order them this week. Meanwhile, I wanted to put them out there, because I know that many Retro Renovators have been left kind of up a creek since Formica discontinued [...]
The new crop of laminates suitable for mid-century kitchen countertops continues. Reader Jon gets snaps for spotting this new “Motion” series of laminate from Pionite. Jon writes: Hi Pam, First, I love the site. I’ve been reading it since December when I purchased my teeny tiny 1946 house (originally a summer home) on the shore [...]
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 [...]
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I need speed and up-time — so I use WP Engine
Wow this looks just like my refridgerator. I love the retro style but I hate the teeny icebox.
i am trying to re-do room by room all 1950′s. my husband is in love with that era and i have learned to do the same. where can i get some books and colors used to paint, by then. i decided that every year i would make one room at a time as vintage as possible.
Hi Erin,
Paint colors are on my Fast & Easy Paint page: http://retrorenovation.com/paint-colors/
My #1 recommended books are on the first two on my Pamazon page, the books showcasing vintage Armstron interiors: http://retrorenovation.com/pamazon/ … Buy from Amazon straight from my blog – great price – and I get a teensy spiff that helps offset some expenses…