My taste is most certainly evolving to the wackier and wackier. It’s like: Show me something I haven’t seen!
How and where to sell your vintage metal kitchen cabinets
Posted by: • April 9, 2009
WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE to sell your vintage steel kitchen cabinets? As a follow up to my post on how much your metal cabinets may be worth, here is an outline of where and how you can sell them.
Let’s take Rejuvenation’s $1,000 prize!
Posted by: • April 9, 2009
Do you have a project that could use $1,000 in Rejuvenation midcentury lighting? Here’s your chance — the company is running a contest all this month. Contestants must submit a short description of their renovation stories along with a few photos. Then, the world votes on a short list of finalists in May. Your interior does not have to include Rejuvenation products. Take a look – and if one of our readers makes the cut, we can be sure to give them our votes and help them win!
10-second poll
Posted by: • April 8, 2009
Voting buttons are right in the little graphic, above. DON’T THINK too hard: Answer from the gut – fast. Afterwards, think about ‘why’ and share your opinion and experience in a Comment, if you like!
Antiques in the Berkshires – midcentury treasure hunt
Posted by: • April 7, 2009
If you are looking for antiques in the Berkshires… and want to find some great midcentury stuff… be sure to stop at Berkshire County Used Furniture on 4th Street in Pittsfield. My friend Ron — who helped me get the kitchen cabinets out of Gotham — runs this treasure trove. Ron empties out houses ’round the clock, it seems. He takes everything — so you never know what you will find at his store. I swear, if I were doing another kitchen, I would for sure buy up these avocado green GE appliances — they were in fantastic shape. Read on for 13 photos in all… including an 40s Kenmore washing machine… and a Witco tiki throne.
New vintage wallpaper repro’s from Bradbury
Posted by: • April 7, 2009
Bradbury & Bradbury has introduced four new vintage wallpaper reproductions — classic damasks that, as owner Steve Bauer says, “would be appropriate in almost any style of home, with the exception of perhaps the most sterilized of midcentury modern homes, where ‘ornament is crime.’”
The four papers — Berkshire, Hampshire, Warwickshire and Essex — are all taken from 1920-1940s documents in the Bradbury archives. Read on for more from Steve…
Midcentury-miniature design for Barbie, from Maryann Roy
Posted by: • April 6, 2009
WE FIRST MET MARYANN ROY when we interviewed Pat Henry, publisher of Fashion Doll Quarterly magazine, in honor of Barbie’s 50th birthday. I so loved contributor Maryann Roy’s miniature retro interiors that I asked her for an interview, too. Read on…for details on what it’s like to create mid mod looks for Barbie’s dream house… and 8 photos in all, with plenty of ideas to consider for our own, fullsized homes.
Knotty pine kitchens – a look that’s due for a comeback
Posted by: • April 5, 2009
I LOVE KNOTTY PINE KITCHENS. They were very popular in the postwar era — they fit with our interest in both western ranch and early American interiors… they were were affordable… and the material was available.
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