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Graham made this wonderful time-lapse video (turn up the volume, there is music, too) of his and Natalie’s exciting Saturday night. Don’t we all identify? Feathering the nest is the best, though. Check in on Graham and Natalie’s projects anytime over at their blog, The Chadwell Chronicles. Thank you, Graham, for the video, and as you can see, I also used your wedding “save the date” photo from two years ago — too cute.
These are sure a blast from the past: Glass combination trivets and cutting boards that are installed directly into your kitchen countertop. Yes: with metal rim aka Hudee ring. I think that these built-in cutting boards were all the rage in the 1970s, because there was one in our 1975 countertop, to the left of the sink. I’m not sure [...]
If you are looking for retro-style laminate for a kitchen or bathroom countertop, you have some blinding research ahead of you. Unless there is a home-run-out-of-the-park solution — like the boomerangs, crackle ice or dogbone still available — it’s going to be a hunt-peck-and-forage to find something that’s “close enough” to original laminates from the [...]
Many thanks to Whitney, who just tipped me that Wilsonart has introduced 11 new colors of boomerang laminate. There now are a total of 14 colorways — the most of any manufacturer. I am quite liking the “butterscotch” above — looks like you could use this in a kitchen with yellow kitchen cabinets. There is [...]
These are new from Formica. Both look like they could swing either “warm” or “cool” – that is, work across the spectrum from reds (and pinks) to blues. I really like the Linen – a very typical look for the 50s — Hey, Formica, can we have it in green, blue, pink and yellow?!: And, [...]
More today from the Wilsonart laminate history archives. In the 60s, laminate colors got, at one end of the spectrum richer and earthier – and at the other end, pop-art bold. Some of the defining trends from the period, this article says: Color TV was introduced in 1965, bringing us closer in touch with design [...]
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That’s so cool! Looks like they party the same way that we party. Our weekend thrills usually avoid knocking out something, cleaning up something and walking back in forth in a home improvement store trying to find an elusive something or the other.
I like when he pets the dog.
I spent last Saturday night tearing out my kitchen floor (ca 1993). Stuff like that is too racy for TV.
Oh, to be that young again, and able to get that much done in one evening! Thanks for sharing.