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Breaking news: New midcentury modern Samba exterior door hardware from Rejuvenation

Posted by: • February 10, 2012
midcentury door set

I am posting late (my time) Friday, because I just saw online that Rejuvenation has introduced this new exterior, midcentury modern door set hardware. The Samba is described as “a replica of an original that found its way to us years ago. It spotlights the dynamic dance between dramatic mid-’60s sophistication and the clean simplicity [...]

Upcycled birdhouses and bird feeders from Gadget Sponge

Posted by: • February 9, 2012
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Put a Bird In It! You know how I love my upcycled chippy hippy house things. Our hoard o’ vintage surely is destined for: Art. I also love birdhouses — so sculptural… and useful. Put vintage + birdhouses together and you get: Clever upcycled birdhouse creations from Brian Carlisle aka GadgetSponge on etsy.com. I asked [...]

DIY stair rail ideas for Heather’s retro basement remodel

Posted by: • January 31, 2012
retro stair rails

Heather and her husband need to install a new stair rail along the stairs to the basement in ther 1970 ranch house. They want a design that they can build themselves and have asked for our ideas to help. I have an immediate idea — but read on — and I welcome reader ideas, too! [...]

Midcentury modern planters — 19 circa-1950 designs from LaGardo Tackett available today

Posted by: • December 1, 2011
Lagardo Tackett ceramic planter from Vessels USA authentic Architectural Pottery design circa 1950

Could these be more lovely? Researching the life and work of ceramicist LaGardo Tackett recently, I learned that 18 of his planter designs — and one amazing garden sculpture — are still in production and available today. In 1998 Vessel USA resurrected the iconic ceramics originally made famous by Max and Rita Lawrence’s Architectural Pottery company beginning in [...]

A vintage Lightolier for my dining room — Finish What You Started Week #5 weigh in — Upload your photos, too

Posted by: • November 13, 2011
vintage lightolier chandelier

In the past week, I finished two projects that have gone unfinished for more than a year. First, a big deal:  We installed a vintage Lightolier chandelier into our colonial-modern living room. This replaced a simple colonial reproduction purchased as a placeholder for the space when we moved in 10 years ago. I am so [...]

Doorbells for a midcentury house including atomic starburst

Posted by: • August 28, 2011
doorbell for a midcentury modern house

You only have one chance to make a good first impression, which has a fueled an entire industry focused on curb appeal. And, what does a visitor do when they arrive at the front door? They ring the doorbell, of course. Recognizing this, Rejuvenation has three new midcentury modern doorbells — and they looks to [...]

GE Partio Cart — yes, “partio”, not “patio”

Posted by: • August 27, 2011
General-Electric-Partio-Cart-Brochure

Golly be — it’s not a “GE Patio Cart”, it’s a “GE Partio Cart.” Just as 52PostnBeam pointed out this amazing combination barbeque-rotisserie-oven-stovetop-prep surface-umbrella-on-wheels for sale on our Forum a while back, she also recently pointed to another one of these wonderful oddities — woddities — for sale out west and realized and pointed out [...]

Ideas to address a big bow window with no panes that open for ventilation?

Posted by: • August 21, 2011
the design of house with typical bow window that adrienne is looking at

Adrienne is looking to buy a midcentury modest house and is seeing a lot that have big bow windows in the front. While these are beautiful and original, they do not have panes that open to provide ventilation. Today: She asks for our ideas how to address this situation when and if she pulls the [...]

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