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Cindy’s midcentury modern porch remodel, including traditional random color slate

Posted by: • August 17, 2011
mid century modern porch entry

The amazing Cindy is at it again. We’ve seen her house, her bathroom remodel, her Amtico kitchen floor, and her new pinch pleat curtains, and now she shares the new, welcoming entry way to her 1963 home. I love the long, low lines, and the integration of a favorite mid century surface material, random multi-color slate tiles. She also helped [...]

Add curb appeal to your midcentury home with ornamental metal porch columns — 3 sources for this old school product

Posted by: • August 16, 2011
ornamental-iron-and-railing-from-remodelers-supply

Researching ornamental iron and aluminum columns and railings to help owners of mid century home add some old skool curb appeal to their front porches was hard — the websites were not set up for national consumers, particularly, so I had hunt and peck. For this story I found three suppliers — one really good [...]

Tips on canning and preserving summer fruits and vegetables from A Way to Garden

Posted by: • August 13, 2011
WPA canning poster

Did you grow your own fruits and vegetables this year? Or, are you finding lots of great looking fruits and vegetables at great prices at local farmstands or the grocery? If so, it’s time to start putting up the harvest. My friend Margaret Roach, author the blog A Way to Garden, has been testing freezing [...]

Breaking news: 5 styles of mid century modern front door backplates — including atomic star — from Rejuvenation

Posted by: • July 2, 2011
reproduction mid century modern front door backplate

Okay here’s more breaking news: five styles of mid century modern front door backplates, or escutcheons, launched by Rejuvenation in catalogs arriving today. These include the much-desired atomic star backplate. The style above, the Titan, is in three finishes — bright brass, polished chrome and bright chrome.

Russ & Paula’s stash of NOS mid century lighting for sale on etsy

Posted by: • July 2, 2011
mid-century-modern-chandelier

Russ and Paula now have also posted their stash of NOS mid century lighting — along with other cool accessories like cabinets pulls and door escutcheons — into a storefront on etsy.com.  They also are offering 10% until next weekend — use the coupon code XMASINJULY. I think their prices are pretty darn good as it [...]

Renovate SAFE: Precautionary Pam environmental & safety reminder

Posted by: • July 1, 2011

Lead – in lots of places Asbestos – in lots of places Electrical Safety Tempered Glass Window treatment cords Radon And more — I am not the Expert — Consult with a Professional! Renovating and remodeling our mid century homes can be fun galore, but PLEASE ALWAYS REMEMBER, there are many known hazards in surfaces [...]

12 places to buy aluminum awnings — including from three companies in business since 1946, 1947 and 1948

Posted by: • June 27, 2011
house with aluminum awnings

There’s almost nothing I like better than finding a company that’s been in business for more than 60 years — and with a product that is more relevant today then ever. Craft-Bilt, based in Souderton, Pennsylvania, started selling aluminum awnings in 1946 and from the looks of their website, they are marketing the same design today as then. They offer [...]

Reader-Pam finds a stash of NOS Imperialites, how should she sell them? 24 photos

Posted by: • June 13, 2011
vintage-imperialite-peninsula light

Reader Pam recently wrote: I recently purchased a very large number of Emerson Imperial light fixtures still in the original boxes. I do not know what they are worth or where to sell them. Any ideas? I asked Pam to send some photos, and did she ever: Above are thumbnails of an album she sent to [...]

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