I have been trying to restrain myself from accumulating more vintage treasures. There is a serious hoard accumulating in the far section of my basement, and it stresses me out every time I see it. My key strategy to avoid the absolutely irresistable, black-hole-of-spending-doom temptation that estate sales hold for me has been to avoid even looking at the newspaper listings. Heck yeah there is more →
Estate sale season: Upload photos of your thrifty or just plain wonderful finds
Posted by: • July 31, 2011
Proud owner of an Ergotron standing-or-sitting computer work station
Posted by: • July 30, 2011
So far, I have found that the only downside to being a blogger has been: My backside. Sitting all day, day after day, over time (1) has encouraged my butt to take on the shape of my office chair and not in a good way, and (2) of graver concern, has started to cause me recurring back problems so acute that doctor visits, muscle relaxants and painkillers are involved. I like to blog blog blog all the live long day — and want to continue on that path — but it is quite difficult when it only hurts when you move. Heck yeah there is more →
Polaroid Best Under the Sun sunglasses — 10 vintage designs from the 1930s to 1980s
Posted by: • July 29, 2011
Yes, across most of the U.S. it has been bloody, unbelievably, wicked hot. But that also means: It’s sunglass season, and no matter how much a dork you may be, cool sunglasses pretty much always make you look and feel like a with-it dude. And what could be better than these Polaroid sunglasses — 10 designs, recently introduced, that have been meticulously copied from the 1930s through the 1980s.Read on — you’ll see that even his loveliness Johnny Depp can’t resist –> Heck yeah there is more →
and the winner is…
Posted by: • July 28, 2011
Congratulations to: Tracy O, the winner of our recent contest to win a new HGTV Home Shaw Floors area rug. I paid $9.09 and did an audited drawing via Random.org, and Tracy’s comment – #578 in my complete & comments-in-order-as-they-came-in admin panel log of all 1,018 entries — came up the winner. What were her lucky words? Tracy wrote: Heck yeah there is more →
Hannah’s 1960s grape cluster swag light kit & a peek inside her mid century modest house
Posted by: • July 28, 2011
Hannah scored big time on ebay recently with this New Old Stock swag light kit — 42 little glass balls combine to create a dazzling grape cluster light. Just imagine the thrill. Hannah, who paid $54 for this treasure, writes:Hi Pam,I’m sorta excited about you showcasing my grape lamp kit! My 15 minutes of fame finally rolled around (unless you count that time I was pulled over for being Patty Hearst in the early 70s while she was on the lamb with the SLA)
Malena makes glamorous black lacquer wall panels out of Acurio Lattice “Circles”
Posted by: • July 27, 2011
Malena saw my story about the mid century modern style lattice now available from Acurio Lattice, and she created these glamorous black lacquer wall panels using the Circles design. It sounds pretty easy and looks fantastic. Malena writes: Heck yeah there is more →Win a new HGTV Home Shaw Floors area rug — enter daily through July 26
Posted by: • July 18, 2011
Update: It’s Thursday noon, and I have just gone through the comments one more time. Eliminated three more – mine and two repeats (moderation issues). Down to 1,018 and That is It. Getting ready to choose via the Random Number Generator… am doing it in an “audited” way for the record. Update: Congratulations to Tracy — our winner! Heck yeah there is more →
7 odd & inventive home features from 1954 — like an island type drainboard sink
Posted by: • July 17, 2011
Isn’t this the most strange — yet wonderful — and I bet, very rare — drainboard sink that we have ever seen? It’s the Midway sink from American Standard, and it appears to have been introduced in 1954. Oh glorious day to see one in its natural habitat in the wild. Does anyone out there have one? Has anyone out there seen one? Bueller? Bueller? Read on for 6 more wonderful mid century oddities –> Heck yeah there is more →
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