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    1953 Crane kitchen cabinets — 26 photos — complete catalog

    Posted by: • July 8, 2011
    eight colors of vintage crane kitchen sinks

    Crane is one of our all-time favorite brands for their beautiful and very desirable bathroom sinks — the Crane Criterion comes immediately to mind, and we’ve seen NOS Crane Marcia’s, too. But back in the day, Crane also made steel kitchen cabinets and porcelain drainboard sinks. This catalog shows their designs from 1953 … Click [...]

    1960s starburst-white and orange laminate kitchen

    Posted by: • June 9, 2011
    1960s-kitchen

    Here is a kitchen style that we have not seen featured on the blog before, as I recall. It’s a kitchen with cabinets made from two contrasting colors or designs of laminate. In this case: A starburst white laminate is the “field” color — and yo, a Brady Bunch orange is added to the Revco [...]

    Pretty darn excellent Marimekko bed and bath sale at Crate & Barrel

    Posted by: • June 2, 2011
    marimekko bath towel

    If you’ve been holding out for great prices on vintage Marimekko designs for your bedroom or bathroom, go take a look at the Marimekko on sale at Crate & Barrel. The sheets above are the Samovaari design originally created by Maija Isola in 1970. It’s available in a variety of colors for towels, sheets, duvets and shower curtains, at great prices (for [...]

    Satin Glide steel bathroom vanities, 1963

    Posted by: • May 16, 2011
    vintage bathroom vanity

    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-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.

    Jana’s cheerful yellow, red and white kitchen — a $1,268 transformation

    Posted by: • May 3, 2011
    yellow kitchen

    Jana has a sunny, happy story about Retro Renovating her sunny, happy yellow kitchen. My husband taught me, “Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick Any Two.” Jana had time… so she was able to finish the kitchen Good and Cheap. For $1,268, to be exact. And that includes new flooring, a vintage Sears Coldspot refrigerator, and the gorgeous 30″ vintage [...]

    Avocado kitchen sink and appliances? Heck to the yeah, say Jon & Trixi!

    Posted by: • April 27, 2011
    avocado kitchen sink with metal rim

    Jon & Trixi are back, with an update on the continuing un-remodel of their 1962 kitchen. They have slowly been (1) peeling away circa-2005 disprovements and (2) replacing millenial flip-this-house crappola with vintage goodness, all in the service of (3) reveling in their kitchen’s innate avocadoness.

    Gainey Ceramics’ 1960s Cylinder Planter — still available new — with more vintage revivals to come

    Posted by: • April 26, 2011
    gainey ceramics cylinder planters

    The folks at Gainey Ceramics saw that I mentioned their planters a while back, and emailed me that they have a new website, including online sales, and a new “Modern” line. They mentioned their “Vintage” pieces, too, so you know I jumped on that question. Yes: Iconic Gainey Ceramics ”Cylinder” planters like the two orange beauties [...]

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