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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Many thanks to Mel for letting me feature this Artist Trading Card — it’s just perfect. See more of her wonderful work here on flickr. And, you can read her blog, Much About Stuff, here.
Where to find speckled gold laminate? Also called “lame” (with an accent on the “e”, as in “lam-ae.”) A typical reader question, like this one: Hello – I really hope you can help me. I have been searching for weeks with no luck. I have an old trailer from the 50′s and need to replace [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Our arsenal of suppliers for metal kitchen countertop edging continues to grow — with the addition of Eagle Moulding, a distributor in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Eagle Mouldings’ large inventory includes a two styles of aluminum countertop edgings, in a variety of sizes.Eagle Moulding is the direct supplier to many furniture manufacturers and, in fact, I see at [...]
“…Eliminates the final telltale sign of laminate – the brown line.” I am a big believer in the idea that the most significant design shifts tend to come from technological breakthroughs. The advance of laminate kitchen countertops — replacing linoleum and wood in most kitchens in the 1950s — came as a result of the [...]
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Pam! Thanks so much for using my card on your website, which is SPECTACULAR, by the way! A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Cheers, Mel
Hope all of the Retro Renovation Readers have a beautiful Thanksgiving.
Thanks for introducing me to Mel’s art, Pam. She’s my newest Flickr contact now!
Happy Thanksgiving Pam…and everyone else. Thanks for all that you do and satisfying my “Jones” with your daily posts!!
Today is my standard, traditional “retro” day where I act like a 50s housewife and cook all day, wearing my apron. I’ll soon have a “highball” in my hand.