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Oh my, this is one of the best MIB madness carousels yet. MIB Club Aluminum, in 70s avocado green. A Virtue dining set – gorgeous – in Bolivar, Missouri. MIB Melmac (ends today!) Parisian Prints linen towels with kitties and Santas.Bathroom chenille, GE Telechron, and a Jet-O-Matic that’s Dine-O-Mite. Are you ready yet for Santa’s big day?
A few years ago I saw my first bathtub and shower surround tiled in with a “crazy quilt” of all different tiles, and it was love at first site. If you love color and pattern, heck, going crazy quilt means can have it all. Designer Amy Mescia — with her new company Oscar & Izzy – now [...]
The new crop of laminates suitable for mid-century kitchen countertops continues. Reader Jon gets snaps for spotting this new “Motion” series of laminate from Pionite. Jon writes: Hi Pam, First, I love the site. I’ve been reading it since December when I purchased my teeny tiny 1946 house (originally a summer home) on the shore [...]
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, [...]
Reader Sarah successfully removed a layer of more modern laminate from her yummy gold-speckled mid-century laminate beneath. She wrote about her experience — and the products she used — on her blog, Sarahs’ Blue Castle. But before you jump over there, take a look at her note to me and my comments here first –> [...]
UPDATE (Oct 2011): Click over to –> this story to get an update on all three sources for boomerang laminate. Where to find a retro Formica countertop for a red, black and white kitchen? Pamela recently wrote to ask: Hi! I bought a home a couple of years ago … it’s a 10-year-old FL ranch, [...]
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That dining set is great…and it’s pretty close to me too…must restrain myself…
I love that Avocado Club Aluminum set! I got the exact same thing (in pieces, not the set) for my wedding back in 1977. That was the best cookware ever! I lost the last few pieces in my divorce. haha. I don’t need any pots and pans, but if I had unlimited amounts of disposable income, I would definitely buy that set.
I have that set of Club Aluminum and also a Turquoise colored set. Still use them every day!