For anyone with a large single window in their 50s kitchen — and a pink, yellow or blue-green color scheme — this 72″ pinch pleat valance would be PERFECT.
- Put it on a rod that wraps around your horizontal 2″ blinds, or stretches in front of them from cabinet-to-cabinet or cubby-to-cubby.
This valance is a real steal at $15!
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trying to get ideas to decorate my kitchen in retro. Love the melmac dinnerware. funky colors are awesome
Welcome, Karen. I hope that you find lots of ideas on the blog to help you – You can start with these page to start making your way though it. Good luck! See: http://retrorenovation.com/new-start-here/
I have a 1950 kitchen: Shirley cabinets, sink, counters, shelves, etc. I absolutely love it and we want to restore it; there is some rust along the cabinetry and so on. Any tips on how to proceed with this process? Sandblasting and powder coating perhaps? I know the sink will need to be reglazed. Any idea on how much this type of restoration costs?
Thanks,
Marcy Fleischman
Everett, Washington
Marcy, it’s advisable to consult with professionals on both these issues. For cabinets: check with powder-coaters and/or auto body shops – readers have reported luck there. I think that prices can vary widely… Good luck.
We just moved into a house that has not been updated since around the 40’s or 50’s. The kitchen has a lovely Tracy stainless steel sink with double drainboards. Cabinets are not that great, but the sink top is in excellent condition. It must be indestructable! Manufactured in Pittsburgh’s Northside by Tracy. Were these common at that time? Do you have any further info on the Tracy Company?
We’re in the neverending process of retro-renovating our kitchen to its 1940s hayday. Just for fun, I thought I’d make up some vintage aprons to hand on my jadite-knob apron pegs. Effie’s Quilt Shop, in Lindsborg, Kansas, offers genuine vintage patterns for aprons from the 1920s through the 1950s. She also offers vintage calicos and fabrics. I just finished making one, and while the assembly technique is authentically old school, the end result is delightful. All the instruction you need is included with the pattern. She also has many vintage tea towels and other kitchen linens which might be perfect for your older kitchen.
Check her out: just go to ebay.com and search for Effie’s Quilt Shop.
We just bought a home built in 1953. The kitchen has a turquoise double wall oven and sink, original maple cabinets with copper hardware, original copper oven hood etc. I don’t think the floor is original, some yucky vinyl. Any suggestions for what kind of floor to put in?
Gretchen, we have all the flooring recommendations on the Fast & Easy Flooring page – center column.
Hi,
We have a Shirley cabinet kitchen and are just looking at soda blasting the cabinets. We also are hoping to put in a dishwasher and realize that the kitchen sink cabinet is of a whole–hopefully we can move it 8-10 inches, remove the drawer cabinet to the left of it, and the D/W will go there. We will use the drawer cabinet elsewhere. Has anyone moved around your metal cabinets like we hope to do? We have removed some upper cabinets and those cabinets that were installed singly, but moving the kitchen under cabinet may or may not work. Any info is greatly appreciated.
Kateri
Nashua, NH
Hi,
I would like to purchase the valance that is being featured on the website but cannot seem to get into the link. Please send info on how to get the hydrangea pleated valance (72″).
Thanks,
Kateri
Kateri – that was a long time ago ebay listing…