Laura writes in to ask a perennial question: Is it all right to mix and match mid century eras? Readers — What do you think?
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Can 1940s kitchen cabinets mix with a 1960s refrigerator, Laura asks
Posted by: • May 19, 2011
Breaking News: Authentic vintage lighting, from the team at Barn Light Electric
Posted by: • May 19, 2011
Breaking news — You read it here in the blogosphere FIRST! As mid century, vintage and retro style continues to boom in popularity, there are more and more sources of all-new product reproductions. But many of us still love and prefer our “authentic vintage.” The team at Barn Light Electric wants to be able to serve both markets. So in addition to their reproduction lighting, today they launched a new website dedicated to selling authentic vintage lighting from the 20th century – cleaned up and rewired, of course. Stephanie, who is my contact at the company, explains: Heck yeah there is more →
Early American steakhouse restaurant lighting from Barn Light Electric
Posted by: • May 18, 2011
There are days I laugh myself silly as I go prowling all over the internet, probing for the most unlikely places to find new sources of products that are *just* over the rainbow in terms of trendiness today. When I find them, I just laugh laugh laugh, because I know they were trendy ‘back when’ — and that soon, enough, they will be trendy again — although the larger, mainstream design world may not be ready for them just yet. 6 p.m. last night was one of those moments: When I discovered the one-, two-, three-, and, yes, four-bulb configurations for these Early American-esque chandeliers tucked away in the Commercial section of Barn Light Electric’s website. Clearly: Steakhouse chandeliers. And I fell out of my chair, all giggly, because I love them! Heck yeah there is more →
Inexpensive hardware for 1950s and 1960s kitchen cabinets
Posted by: • May 17, 2011
No doubt whatsoever: In the five years that I’ve been doing this blog, the availability of fixtures and hardware and decor to renovate our mid century homes has exploded — and I don’t think it’s near over yet. Things that were rare and expensive are now becoming abundant and inexpensive. Remember, though: You still tend to get what you pay fore. Jon of Jon & Trixi of avocado sink fame and of wanton hacking away at cement board covering vintage laminate countertops fame sends in these latest tips on inexpensive kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls of both the atomic and mid-century modest variety, writing: Heck yeah there is more →
Fabulous vintage medicine cabinets & other buy it now’s on the bay
Posted by: • May 16, 2011
Wow — look at these vintage medicine cabinets — there are three for sale, in all — from a monastery in North Dakota that is undergoing renovation. Thanks, joelaroo, for spotting and posting this vintage loveliness over on our Forum.
Satin Glide steel bathroom vanities, 1963
Posted by: • May 16, 2011
Now here is some serous vintage bathroom porn: Satin Glide bathroom vanities, medicine cabinets, shelving – and even a Relaxion Unit to compete with Hall-Mack – all from a 1963 brochure. We see these metal vanities occasionally — I do not know if they really held up well to the humidity in a bathroom. We also see slanted wood vanities like this — like in Chris and Angela’s 1964 bathroom. Heck yeah there is more →
Wood-Mode kitchens from 1961 — Slide show of 15 photos
Posted by: • May 15, 2011
Let’s hear it for well-made, wood kitchens in mid-century homes. There’s virtually no name bigger in wood cabinetry than Wood-Mode. Their website says they have been in business about 60 years — that puts their start right in the heart of the postwar boom. Heck yeah there is more →
Vintage Raymor horse lamps & more
Posted by: • May 15, 2011
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