Hi Pam,Thanks to Greg and his Moe catalogs, I now know that this is a Moe Venetian featured in their 1965 catalog. I picked this up at our local Re-Store for $10! It’s in great shape! I thought I’d share, since it ties in with this topic…- Susan
Retro Accents
Kitchens – Countertops

Following up on Monday’s exciting post about the Arpa USA palette of solid-color laminates, let’s take a look at how to use this material to recreate this 1959 Ma Bell kitchen. It would be oh-so-easy! Elements include: Laminate cabinetry using Arpa’s “Jardin” colorway. Cabinet pulls: Rejuvenation’s new midcentury “sharp arch”, in satin chrome Countertops are [...]

These are sure a blast from the past: Glass combination trivets and cutting boards that are installed directly into your kitchen countertop. Yes: with metal rim aka Hudee ring. I think that these built-in cutting boards were all the rage in the 1970s, because there was one in our 1975 countertop, to the left of the sink. I’m not sure [...]

A reader wrote to ask how to bring the luster back to her vintage laminate countertops. Paste wax, maybe? To get the answer, I turned to expert Grace Jeffers. She is the writer, design historian and materials expert responsible for restoration of the Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House – including its gorgeous Mondrian-style kitchen, [...]

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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Living Vicariously Mondays – today with L.A. Greg and his beautifully restored 1962 contemporary
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I try to subscribe to the “if you can’t say something nice…” school, but this one, I fear, has eroded my manners. This lamp, IMHO, belongs firmly in the hideous Casa-de-Torquemada school of decorating that came into being with the unlamented dark and dreary “Mediterranean” style of the ’70s. Wrought iron curlecues? Ugh.
I don’t think that’s what Stephan had in mind with his article on the Roman motifs of the ’60s.
Oh, Maggie! Viva la torquemada! I think that Susan may actually have been tying into the laminate topic – about Spanish colonial. It gives a bit more detail on where the case de torquemada look comes from!
I’m not fond of the 70s Mediterranian look, but I think this light fixture is way cool. The photo of it with the purple walls and other ‘mod’ decor in the background did not bring images of Mediterranian uck to mind for me, love the cracked glass effect!
I love it too. I think it’s quite fabulous actually.