
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.
Remodeling, decor and home improvement for old homes

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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