Marsha took inspiration from the blog and found this vinyl sheet flooring, which nicely mimics mosaic floor tiles, for her 60s bathroom. It looks great. She writes: Heck yeah there is more →Vinyl sheet flooring with a mosaic tile look: Earthscapes Rivulet
Posted by: • September 23, 2009
Marsha took inspiration from the blog and found this vinyl sheet flooring, which nicely mimics mosaic floor tiles, for her 60s bathroom. It looks great. She writes: Heck yeah there is more →More: MIB Nutone Food Center and MIB Hall-Mack bathroom hardware
Posted by: • September 23, 2009
It’s always amazing to see this stuff still mint-in-box. I always want to know the story: Where did it come from? Why did it sit for 50 years unopened? Who finally uncovered it? And — where will it go! Today: Four parts of a vintage Nutone Food Center – including the base. And if you are doing your bathrooms – there’s some great Hall-Mack chrome from both the Coronado and Metropolitan line.
George creates a built-in oven enclosure with brick veneer
Posted by: • September 22, 2009
George sent in these photos of his retro renovation kitchen — he very ingeniously “built in” his wall oven by creating a brick veneer surround. I’ve definitely seen precedents for this idea, and am so pleased to see a reader do it. George shares his experience, and a bit of the step-by-step his contractor and mason used to get the job done. And we get to see more of the adjacent vintage GE stove — a dumpster-dive! –> Heck yeah there is more →
Colvin’s pink unglazed porcelain ceramic bathroom floor tiles
Posted by: • September 22, 2009
Vintage pink unglazed porcelain ceramic bathroom floor tiles – pinwheel pattern. Could there be anything more luscious to find in a mid-century home? Heck yeah there is more →
Vintage Vera Neumann table linens – reproduced today
Posted by: • September 21, 2009
Update Summer 2010: Discontinued, we think??? Except for the black-and-white Imprints, which is on closeout sale as I type this. Thanks to reader Adam who wrote to let me know that vintage Vera Neumann designs were “rediscovered” a few years ago, and that some of her original designs are now available again at places like Macy’s. Right now, Macy’s has three table linen lines available on their website. At the left: Turning Leaf. Maybe it’s time to think ahead to a Merry Retro – Thanksgiving. Two more styles — both on sale as I write this — after the jump. Heck yeah there is more →
Tiki carvings by Dave Hansen
Posted by: • September 20, 2009
My favorite artisan at the Luau on the Lake was Dave Hansen, who does hand carvings like these. His company is Lake Tiki / South Pacific Street, and he is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (another one of my “hometowns” as I went to college there.) I thought his work was gorgeous, and we bought our first piece. Oh my, tiki is possibly the only thing we have not started collecting yet. Where will it go? You can contact Dave here.
Report from Luau on the Lake
Posted by: • September 20, 2009
I don’t think that I have ever shown a photo of Mr. Retro Renovation on the blog. That is me with my husband David at the Luau on the Lake. He nearly has pneumonia right now, but he is holding up and hanging in there with me as we enjoy our tiki weekend in Lake George, New York. The dinner and Polynesian show at the Tiki Motor Inn Resort were a hoot. The dinner included Spam prepared in some unique way that no one quite cared about, because rum was also being imbibed. Mai Tai’s have re-entered my consciousness in a big way. They will not outpace the importance of coffee in my life, but woah I like them a lot. Tiki people are super fun. We are having a very good time. “Ohana”: I learned that it means: Family.
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