Dustin of the 170 New Old Stock (NOS) plastic wall panels in mind-bending colors mentioned that he also has 10 NOS accordian door shower doors available for sale. Of course, I asked for pictures, pretty please.
10 NOS Tub-Master accordian-door shower doors — for a vintage travel trailer or home
Posted by: • May 10, 2012
Brini Maxwell shows us her vintage Sunbeam Automatic Control Panel
Posted by: • May 9, 2012
Go Brini, well thank you very much, pritty lady, for the RR shout-out in your video about your vintage Sunbeam appliance center. Yes, formally known at the Sunbeam Automatic Control Panel. And yes, one of my favorite all-time wonderful oddities or “woddities.” I also have one of these units and Brini, you inspired me to [...]
Vintage treasure hunting at Eco Building Bargains, Springfield, Mass.
Posted by: • April 23, 2012
The past few weeks have been pamdemonium around here — there has been mega-action on my office remodel, updates to come. As part of that project, I’ve been to the ReStore over in Springfield three times. Actually, it’s not a ReStore, it’s Eco Building Bargains. Same concept exactly and in fact, *my* center really notches [...]
Erica Wilson needlework — from her private collection <3
Posted by: • April 20, 2012
Just a little blast of spring color love from one of my favorite artists of all time: Over on the Erica Wilson Nantucket Facebook Page, they have been occasionally posting photos of needlework from Erica Wilson’s private collection. So beautiful. So inspiring. Thank you, Erica Wilson Nantucket, for giving me the permission to show these [...]
‘Hang It All’ vertical, flippable, portable barbecue grill – super cute graphics
Posted by: • April 19, 2012
There sure was a lot of innovation going on in post-World-War II America when it came to that important topic: Barbecue grilling. I certainly recall, as a young child in the 1960s, that camping and barbecuing were a regular part of our life. Dad always had a pickup with one of those camper shells that [...]
Vintage Star Trek light — only 500 made — plus more West Palm Beach vintage from Modern Historic
Posted by: • March 18, 2012
Of course I was a trekkie. So, I immediately loved this vintage light designed to look like the Star Trek Enterprise. It immediately goes into my wonderful oddities — “woddities” — Hall of Fame. The Modern Historic is an etsy seller in West Palm Beach, Florida. I can only being to imagine the midcentury wonders [...]
Child’s polio braces … and how they relate to spotless midcentury kitchens
Posted by: • March 15, 2012
Back in the early days of the blog, I wrote a story 10 Reasons I’m Glad I Don’t Live in the ’50s to clarify that with this blog, I’m singing the praises of the decorating, not necessarily the lifestyle or all the ins and outs of life then. A few of my reasons for life today vs. [...]
Mamie pink 4″x6″ bathroom tiles, Monument Mountain High School, Great Barrington, Mass.
Posted by: • March 7, 2012
Vintage pink bathroom tile. We see it all the time. But….this is 4″ x 6″ pink bathroom tile, run vertically. So it qualifies as a wonderful oddity — a woddity. Lookie that nice Hallmack glass shelf with chrome bracket too. A perfectly beautiful shade of Mamie Eisenhower pink. This story goes under the “Hmmmm, Let’s [...]
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