Well, it’s a holiday weekend, and I’m puttering around, so I thought I’d do an update of this and that from my so-called life. (Did you watch that show with the young Clare Danes? I loved it.) No particular order. Let’s see what’s in my camera. To start, that’s me at an estate sale Friday. It was a 1988 contemporary house — quite stunning. Note my “Pebbles meets Escape from New York” outfit (and greige!). This is what I almost always look like. My husband says I dress like a bag lady. I don’t care. I have things to do. The mirrored armoire was very cool. I wanted to buy it and put it in my crafts room. Umm, when I get a crafts room. Heck yeah there is more →
Scenes from my so-called life
Posted by: • October 10, 2010
Where to find parts for your vintage bathroom faucets and toilets
Posted by: • October 9, 2010
Randal’s reco after I wrote about Randal’s Mermador shower door. Jacob wrote:
I found Faucet Parts Plus in Oklahoma. Wonderful place. They seem to have everything. I guessed my shower fixture was American Standard, as that was marked on all the other fixtures, and I found the replacement stems pretty quickly. Ordered a kit with new handles, trim, stems and seats.
Shane wrote:
Man that plumbing place needs to be a solid source for vintage goodies. I just found exact replacement stems for my 1954 Briggs bath fixture on their site. Every once in a while you get to do something the easy way, because of someone else’s hard work. Thanks Randal!
Yes: Thank you, both!
Link: FaucetPartsPlus.com … and don’t forget to also try deabath.com, too, which in particular are experts at parts and restoration of vintage Crane faucets.
How to repair 1950s faucets without removing tile — and see Randy’s Mermador!
Posted by: • October 8, 2010
You know I love it when I gets to see me something all-new old. How did I run across Randal and his vintage Mermador shower door? The one in his lovely, 1955 pink tiled bathroom with the ming green Crane (?) toilet, tub and double sink vanity? I do not know. But, I love Randal’s bathroom… and his post about fixing his plumbing… and most of all, his Mermador shower door. Read on for more, from Randal… Heck yeah there is more →
7 reasons that recycling old building materials is growing in popularity (plus the blog in the news)
Posted by: • October 7, 2010
Coming to your hometown newspaper, maybe, soon: An Associated Press (AP) story on the growing trend of homeowners stalking places like the Re-Store for used building materials that they can re-use or re-purpose. Writer Melissa Dutton interviewed for this AP story after she landed on my post about a kitchen countertop made out of recycled bowling alley wood. The bowling alley was at “my” Re-Store in Springfield, Mass. Melissa was a sweetheart, and we talked and talked and talked on the phone. I am a good talker, and though only a bit of the interview made it into the final story, I remember warning her that IMHO the trend to use recycled building materials was on the rise for, like, seven converging reasons –> Heck yeah there is more →
Toast-o-Lator mania: March of the Muffins
Posted by: • October 6, 2010
So I am about to turn off the computer and go to sleep. My blog post for the a.m. is all set. But then I look at my emails one last time and get an intriguing message from Jason. He is responding to Tuesday’s story about the $10,099 vintage Toast-o-Lator sold on ebay. He writes: Heck yeah there is more →
10 Donfeld costume sketches for Claudia Cardinale in 1967′s “Don’t Make Waves” — estate sale treasure
Posted by: • October 5, 2010
In three years of daily blogging, this is the first news from a reader who seems to have struck bona-fide estate sale treasure. David’s booty: 10 vintage Donfeld costume sketches done for star Claudia Cardinale for the 1967 movie, “Don’t Make Waves.” This apparently was a comedy about a New Yorker — played by Tony Curtis — dropped into free love surfer heaven southern California. David came across the sketches at an estate sale. Not only are they super cool Hollywood memorabilia, it turns out they seem to be worth a couple of thousand dollars. Each. For your vicarious thrill of the day — and a slide show of the 10 sketches — read on for more of David’s story … Heck yeah there is more →19 interior designs from 1970
Posted by: • October 4, 2010
When I took my second collage class this year, I was really blessed that there were several supremely talented artists as students, too. I am telling you: You could put any stack of paper crap in front of these women and in about an hour, they would turn it into a stunning piece of art. Heck yeah there is more →
Hippie decor & more 1960s interior design ideas — 15 pages of rooms from 1969
Posted by: • October 3, 2010
Circa 1969 my Uncle Robert and Aunt Judy were like hippie American Pickers. Uncle Robert was the youngest of my dad’s brothers, and Aunt Judy was a Texas beauty with big hair, short miniskirts and go go boots. Together they were totally groovy. During Sunday drives (remember those?!) around rural southern California (remember that?!), I guess we used to caravan together, because I remember them making everyone stop their cars to dig into seedy roadside junk stores and worse — abandoned farmhouses — to look for treasures. Heck yeah there is more →
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