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    Luna chairs — affordable, authentic, funky 1970 interior design still available today

    Posted by: • May 24, 2012
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    When I was writing all those stores about where to buy 28 affordable midcentury and modern sofas, and then 29 sofa-sectionals and then 11 round sofas, I also discovered these fantabulous chairs: The Luna chair, first spotted at Dania/Plummers, for what looks to be a terrific price, $398 for the low-back Luna chair, $498 for [...]

    Gabriel and Amanda’s spectacular 1954 midcentury modern house — 28 photos

    Posted by: • April 30, 2012
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    “Luckily we didn’t have the money to do all the renovations we wanted right away, because we ended up falling in love with many of the original aspects that we had considered changing.” Gabriel and Amanda own a stunning house, designed by architect John Erwin Ramsay, in North Carolina. “Own” may not be the right word, though: To me, Gabe and [...]

    1978 St. Charles kitchen with groovy grooved wood doors – 9 photos

    Posted by: • April 25, 2012
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    Thanks to Wendy, who spotted this unique (to us, so far) set of 1978 St. Charles kitchen cabinets that came up for sale on craigslist in St. Louis. The cabinet boxes are steel, as usual. But the door and drawer fronts seem to be crafted from wood strips, with a natural tone wood bar and [...]

    Bonnie Jo Campbell updates her ‘swamp house’ kitchen — and talks about living modestly to pursue a dream

    Posted by: • February 27, 2012
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    We have a famous author in our tribe — and she shares her Retro Renovation story with us today.  Bonnie Jo Campbell‘s recent book of short stories, American Salvage, was a National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and her 2011 novel Once Upon a River: A Novel (affiliate link) continues to earn rave reviews from [...]

    Fashion in the 60s — Plaid combined with flowers, in the kitchen, too!

    Posted by: • February 24, 2012
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    Thanks to Betsy for sending along this wonderful 1962 time capsule house, she writes: Check out this beautiful plaid kitchen! But oh, the fireplace…. I love this kitchen not only because it is bold and uses my favorite color, orange, but also because it shows how you can combine wallpaper patterns effectively. Yes: You can [...]

    Retro wallpaper from original 1960s and 1970s designs – new from Little Greene

    Posted by: • February 23, 2012
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    As much as America is into midcentury modern and retro interiors, I think that the U.K. is, even more so. Remember all those British cookers — 40″ ranges in all kinds of retro colors and styles?  Gorgeous. And now, I’ve spotted another range of vintage wallpaper designs — the Retrospectives Collection — recently introduced by [...]

    Gorgeous vintage Ventahood in stunning Seattle midcentury modern house

    Posted by: • February 2, 2012
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    I bumped into this 1958 kitchen over on our Forum, which helps readers buy and sell vintage steel kitchen cabinets and other salvage items to remodel their homes in authentic period style. Reader Nicole recently bought this single-owner, Seattle house. Alas, there is water damage to the cabinets. She is replacing them with a like [...]

    Come on people now, smile on each other, everybody get together, try and love one another. Right now.

    Posted by: • January 26, 2012
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    I have been away. I was at a conference. Then I was at mom’s in Kentucky. Now I am back home. I have running around like a maniac. Alas, I have overdone it. I have a cold & flu, or some such. So today, a simple message of 70s luv. Straight from the guest bedroom [...]

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