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A vintage Lightolier for my dining room — Finish What You Starte...

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Reader-Pam finds a stash of NOS Imperialites, how should she sell them...

authentic vintage lights from barn light electric

Breaking News: Authentic vintage lighting, from the team at Barn Light...

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Vintage NOS exterior lights for your ranch, cape, colonial or mediterr...

brutalist lighting from 1969

20 pages of 1969 modern lighting from Moe

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41 midcentury lighting ideas – post lanterns, lamp posts, wall l...

60s style exterior lighting from Hanover

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Exterior lighting for your postwar ranch, colonial or Cape house ̵...

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Retro style porch lighting – from Rejuvenation Lighting, our fav...

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    formica-ideal-edge-photos-for-retrorenovation

    “…Eliminates the final telltale sign of laminate – the brown line.” I am a big believer in the idea that the most significant design shifts tend to come from technological breakthroughs. The advance of laminate kitchen countertops — replacing linoleum and wood in most kitchens in the 1950s — came as a result of the [...]

    nevamar-all

    ALAS: DISCONTINUED! The website says that these are for “contract” jobs — that is, interior designers working on commercial projects. But hey, if you really like these retro laminate choices, go after Nevamar and get them! Remember: The only way to do these…is to pair them with authentic steel countertop and backsplash edging available from [...]

    vintage geneva kitchen cabinets spotted in a target commercial

    Another first for the blog and our Retro Renovation journey: Last night I spotted vintage Geneva steel kitchen cabinets in a Target commercial. Don’t they look fantastic! Continue on for the close-up and more play-by-play commentary —> 

    pink-boomerang-countertop

    Many thanks to Whitney, who just tipped me that Wilsonart has introduced 11 new colors of boomerang laminate. There now are a total of 14 colorways — the most of any manufacturer. I am quite liking the “butterscotch” above — looks like you could use this in a kitchen with yellow kitchen cabinets. There is [...]

    vintage beige tile bathroom that needs new laminate countertop

    If you are looking for retro-style laminate for a kitchen or bathroom countertop, you have some blinding research ahead of you. Unless there is a home-run-out-of-the-park solution — like the boomerangs, crackle ice or dogbone still available — it’s going to be a hunt-peck-and-forage to find something that’s “close enough” to original laminates from the [...]

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