Remember — black lite? This is the Hawaiian dress I wore to the recent Tiki weekend once the regular lights went down, and the show lights went on. This makes me want to wear my vintage tiki clothes all the time.
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In my recent story about authentic 1950s 1960s and 1970s kitchen remodeling products still made today, I spotlighted Elkay Lustertone stainless steel drainboard sinks — made back in the day and still available today. Over the past year, I’ve been in touch with a reader who was preparing to install a new Elkay sink top [...]
For either kitchen or, especially, bathroom countertops, I believe that Carrara marble laminates are an authentic vintage choice. I blinded myself searching for them among the 8 retailers of laminate in the U.S. today. The number-one choice, I think, is going to be from Wilsonart — their White Carrara, shown above. Read on for some [...]
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, [...]
UPDATE (Oct 2011): Click over to –> this story to get an update on all three sources for boomerang laminate. In wake of the news that Formica is discontinuing, or has discontinued, two shades of our beloved boomerang laminate, I started receiving reports from readers of other discontinuations. I checked with the super duper helpful [...]
So here is a little piece of trim made to fit between the edge of your countertop and the edge of your stove, to prevent all manner of food from dropping down between. Hmmm, a handy dandy that I didn’t even know I needed, but which I am pretty sure would make DH, a neat freak, very happy. [...]
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Oh black lights. Reminds me of the football homecoming dance my senior year of high school, 1974. I was wearing what was in style at that time — a floor-length plaid skirt with a knit top. Very modest. But, under the blacklight, my white bra shone through the knit material of the top. The other girls laughed at me. I was mortified. Today, that look would hardly raise an eyebrow!
Love the dress fabric. We went to a tiki event in Alameda CA 2 weekends ago at Forbidden Island – they close thier parking lot and do a swap meet of sorts with vendors there selling all things tiki. Everyone is encouraged to arrive in their tiki, rockabilly, 1950s or 1960s attire. IIt was great, our first visit to this annual event. I’ve been in full blown tiki-mode ever since. Haven’t been able to find a vintage tiki dress to fit yet, so am sewing one, fun thing is that some of the pattern companies have a retro section with patterns from the 1950s and 1960s, and even the ones that don’t specifically label a pattern retro have some styles that are very vintage indeed! I was thrilled with the enormous amount of bolts of reproduction 1950s and 1960s fabrics at the local fabric store.
This would be especially fun to do after a couple of Mai Tais!