• Seeburg Stereophonic Model 222 Juke Box

    Lust. Envy. Greed. Materialistic desire. Like Bob and Kaarin’s. Waah waah waah. Wanna wanna wanna. I also want the Gary Larson Imbeciles coffee cup, please. Clickaroo for my 10-item ebay carousel –>

    Man Cave study: 60% are sick of the term

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    I asked readers what they thought of the term, “man cave”, and nearly 80% were meh. Results above, from 554 votes, April 3-9, 2012.

    Fabulous 1970s decorating ideas — guess the movie

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    Okay, I am crazy overloaded what with all the activity in the house. So here is an easy, fun, mid-day story. I get lots of emails from readers suggesting I talk about this old movie or that old movie with great interiors. One day I will start a series. But meanwhile, no one has ever [...]

    Time for a coffee break

    A & P coffee commercial clock

    I Love Coffee, Yes I Do! Thanks to ebay seller nokillshelterdogs for permission to feature this photo of a terrific A&P Coffee clock. Tip to using the ebay carousel:

    Man cave poll

    What do you think of the term, “man cave”?Is there any topic more timely? Let your voice be heard.

    Danish modern room divider and more

    Thanks to everyone who clicked into ebay via one of my carousels in March. I make a little commission on any items you buy (not just the ones I feature in my carousels) whenever click into ebay here Be sure to take lots of before-and-after photos of the projects you create with these gorgeous, fantastically-priced [...]

    A house full of 400 vintage appliances: Crazy cool!

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    “… Yes… we’re obsessed… but in positive way…” This video is INSANE! This couple, Robert and Fred, have collected $40,000 worth of vintage appliances — a total of 400 appliances — including vintage Mixmasters, Hoover vacuums, Constellations, toasters. And, they have like 26 washers and dryers in their 1,200 basement alone. They now never use [...]

    26,031 vintage newspaper, AP and UPI press photos

    Buckle up and plan to spend several hours — or days — looking through the 26,031 vintage newspaper and press photos that this ebay seller has stockpiled — great for custom displays. Seems his thing is to buy up complete archives of defunct newspapers… to catalog them… and to put them up for sale. Pretty [...]