Mid Mod Pam on Jul 25 2008 | Filed under: FAQs
Hey Pam,
I am building a new house and I am doing a 50’s theme kitchen. I have a 60″ Beauty Queen sink base cabinet that needs to be restored. I am trying to find some replacement plastic rollers for the drawers and some new hinge springs as well as the rubber bump stops for the [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 11 2008 | Filed under: FAQs, furniture
Following up on the FAQ regarding Heywood-Wakefield refinishing, Palm Springs Stephan shares his wealth of experience on the issue. Thank you, Stephan!
Heywood Wakefield (HW) furniture has become almost synonymous with Mid Century Modern design, largely because of its simple lines and lack of “fussiness.” The pieces are usually solid birch (no particle board [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 10 2008 | Filed under: FAQs, tile
I’m looking for green 1950’s tile. Do you have a contact for Olympia Tile? — Karen
Bad news, friends, but the Maple Leaf tile sold by Olympia Tile has been discontinued. As you will recall, I really liked some of their colors. I am told, that we may still be able to get the tile until [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 09 2008 | Filed under: FAQs
I thought this may be a great place to ask if anyone knows of a professional refinisher with experience with Heywood-Wakefield pieces? I just bought a lot of 9 and one piece needs some attention. Do you know of anyone in the Portland or Washington area who knows this stuff? I figure someone out there [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jul 01 2008 | Filed under: FAQs, pink bathrooms
Seems like the #1 issue for new retro renovators is: What to do with my pink bathroom? And I say: What a great problem to have! Mamie pink bathrooms — along with vintage steel kitchen cabinets and 9″x9″ vinyl tiles — are arguably my very favorite things about the era. Not that I don’t have [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 28 2008 | Filed under: FAQs
Hi Pam,
I noticed one of your “harmless obsessions” is retractable kitchen lights. I recently purchased one on ebay - and unfortunately it had all be cut apart at the wires. I am trying to locate a part for this fixture and I have hit a wall. We need to the piece that has the three [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 24 2008 | Filed under: FAQs, pink bathrooms
Hi Pam - It’s Laura B. from Portland, Oregon again. I saw your post on Jeff wondering if he should keep his pink bathroom while trying to sell his townhouse and thought of an article I just read in the July issue of Real Simple.
Although I love the vintage 50’s appeal of his bathroom as [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 23 2008 | Filed under: FAQs, Reader homes, pink bathrooms
Jeff writes:
Hi Pam,
I am selling my 1959 brick townhouse that comes with a nice pink bathroom. The problem is that not everyone loves pink baths. Do you have a link to any articles explaining that pink baths are coming back into style? I would like to print out some copies for potential [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 20 2008 | Filed under: FAQs, steel kitchen cabinets
Hi Pam, just had a new estimate on painting my pink kitchen cabinets and the guy is concerned about the hinges. I guess they are worn down and there is a lot of play in some of them so they are hitting each other a bit and he’s worried about the new paint [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 16 2008 | Filed under: FAQs, bathroom, pink bathrooms
A Monday reader FAQ:
I’ve been using Google to search for a replacement tank for my 1952 Crane pink toilet. I stumbled upon this site and was wondering where are the places I should be entering my plea? Do you have any suggestions for me?
Thanks, Jane
Jane: This is likely a needle-in-the haystack search [...]
