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With Christmas coming I am on the hunt for mint-in-box items that, under your tree, will set the mood for… 1964. In this bunch — notice the two great bucket purse kits. And when have you ever seen a Bubble-o-Bill Bubble Hat. There also is an Easy Bake Oven. My mom and dad would not let me have one of those. No batteries allowed in our house, it would have bankrupted us. I was so deprived, woe is me.
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. [...]
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 [...]
How is this one, Retro Renovation readers? I recently scored a full box of est. 1960-65 era GE Textolite laminate samples, absolute mint condition unused. This is the first bunch — the others aren’t so over-the-top FABULOUS, but still are great gauges of what to look for. OMG. What else do I need to say. [...]
I am updating this Retro Renovation “Classic” post for Tiel, her husband, and all readers looking for classic 50s and 60s metal countertop edging. Trust me – this is the real deal: My husband hunted down the only place left — in Astoria, Queens — that still made the exact stainless steel edging on 50s [...]
Seems like I’m starting the week off with the spotlight on RESOURCES! I was checking out Formica’s site recently – and saw these two new laminates. They both have a nice retro groove, underscored by their names, Atomic Orange and Atomic Turf. Back in the postwar era, there were a number of laminates that had [...]
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hmm @ Bubble-O-Bill. I might need that. AND it’s aluminum to stop the govt from sending mind control rays at me!
Pam, I know how you feel. I had a cousin the same age as me and we had some of the same toys, only HIS fire engine had hoses and shot water, and HIS battleship shot depth charges and missiles. I figured out many years later my mom would just take the stuff out of the box and throw it away before I ever knew it existed and she never had to clean it up. But I did have Creepy Crawlers with the electric metal stove that would burn your fingers as you cooked the Goop.
Um, Pam?
Did the old ones take batteries for sure? The ones I remember from the early 70′s that people’s sisters had (and OK, I admit it! I WANTED ONE TOO!)…plugged into the wall and had a little lightbulb in them for heat.
Chloe’s does too…so the batteries?
As a parent housing an easybake oven? If it were batteries that would be costly…it isn’t that.
It’s the little teeny mixes! Ouch! Truly extortionate!
If the little tiny mixes are to be avoided, well, mom and/or dad can make little teeny mix packets up. Simpler just not to buy the easy bake!
Dave
The Easybake mixes are about 3 to 5 dollars each!
Hey, Laura — idea: How about the Easy-Bake-Oven-Diet? You can only eat what you bake in that oven!
Tiny tataer-tot casseroles?