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Tile for your 50s style kitchen or bath: Go Canadian

50sPam on Feb 13 2006 | Filed under: bathroom, countertops, kitchen, tile

It was very difficult to find tile in the correct 50s shades. My best source: A Canadian-based company, Olympia Tile, had a selection of 4.25 x 4.25 “Maple Leaf” tiles in appropriate shades. Good news, their distribution network in the U.S. is growing. Go to olympiatile.com to see where you can buy this tile. No [...]

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50s style laminate countertops for your retro kitchen or bath - Formica, Pionite, Wilsonart

50sPam on Feb 01 2006 | Filed under: bathroom, countertops, kitchen, pink bathrooms, pink kitchens

The countertops I removed from the two vanities in my 1951 bathrooms were both laminate, edged in metal. One - a soft aqua tinged green - imitated a really beautifully, nubbly linen weave. I could not identify any current laminate to replicate it in either style or color. (Greens really differ in popularity by era, [...]

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