Mid Mod Pam on Feb 09 2008 | Filed under: attic & basement, flooring
I am so excited - I have not one… not two…but 39 postwar brochures, magazines, pamphlets and more in hand and will be featuring lots of great new material for the blog in coming weeks.
How’s this for a start? An utterly groovy 1956 basement for lounging all weekend long. The decor is just spectacularly [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Feb 09 2008 | Filed under: Hi Pam - Reader Spotlight, flooring, historic preservation
Cloude.com Connie asks about sheet flooring to go with a pink and turquoise kitchen. Something jazzy and colorful.
Hmmm. Not much online but I found these. Actually, I found some very interesting designs from Tarkett — go to their “Design” section and take a look.
Update: Atomic Addiction Brian asks for the url — and of [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jan 12 2008 | Filed under: attic & basement, bedroom, flooring, living room
With so much focus these days on hardwood, tile, cork and here, of course - VCT - flooring, it’s easy to forget that in postwar homes, carpet was very desirable.
In our 1951 colonial-ranch, the long step-down living room had (1975-era) carpet, with plywood underneath. Okay, we tore it out and replaced it with beautiful Berkshires [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jan 03 2008 | Filed under: flooring, kitchen
As I see and learn more about home design in the postwar period, I seem to be getting more liberal in my views. That is, stuff that used to disgust me, I find, well….actually pleasing.
Take vinyl sheet flooring. In all the houses I remember living in, from 1971 on, we absolutely had vinyl flooring. [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Nov 17 2007 | Filed under: attic & basement, bedroom, dining room, flooring, living room
I have two of these braided Capel rugs, and I love them. They are very durable, versatile and affordable — and fit my 1951 colonial ranch home’s decor just fine. Remember, while we may associate modernist ranch houses with the 1940s 50s and 60s, in reality postwar homes were a mix and match…inside and out…of [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Oct 24 2007 | Filed under: countertops, flooring, kitchen
Today: Modern day products to recreate yesterday’s flashback kitchen. My finds include:
Formica microdot laminate in yellow.
Wilsonart brushed yellow laminate.
Sherwin-Williams Pink Flamingo Paint from the Suburban Modern palette.
Armstrong’s Marmorette (true linoleum) sheet flooring in Green Parrot.
Pretty cool! If this kitchen wouldn’t make you happy - nothing would!
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 01 2006 | Filed under: attic & basement, bathroom, flooring, kitchen
These rubber tiles appear to have the same features as VCT and linoleum - and I really love the marbleized effect. http://www.burkemercer.com/flooring/rt_marble.asp
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 01 2006 | Filed under: attic & basement, bathroom, flooring, kitchen
Forced to make final decisions about my kitchen reno, I have settled on this Azrock Cortina tile - #423 Autumn Haze. I haven’t installed it yet, but the sample looks FABULOUS. Very streaky — rather than “blotchy” like so many of the other VCT tiles today. I am going to install the tile at a [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 18 2006 | Filed under: attic & basement, bathroom, flooring, kitchen
Looking at photos of interiors from the ’50s, it is clear that both vinyl composite and linoleum were used. Here are sources I recommend today:
- Armstrong Commercial floor tile - Standard Excelon Imperial Texture. One homeowner I heard from said the black was identical to what is still in his basement. There are 75 colors, [...]
Hang around long enough - and not only will your house look good -- but you might get a Ph.D. in postwar social history, too.
