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Janice adds a 1950s pink bathroom to her mid century house — from scratch

Posted by: pam kueber • June 21, 2011

Janice is one busy woman, who Gets Things Done. A year ago, she sent in a fabulous, detailed story about remodeling her kitchen with retro style. Now, along with her husband Greg, she has completed an entire bathoom remodel. And boo to the hoo to all those TV decorating and house hunting shows that still don’t get it: [...]

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‘Betty Crafter’ says, Yes to the Knotty Pine!

Posted by: pam kueber • June 17, 2011

‘Betty Crafter’ wrote me a happy email and sent me these happy photos, which reminded me that I need to start another microsite in the same vein as Save The Pink Bathrooms. Only the new blog will be called: Say Yes to the Knotty Pine. Don’t try to buy the url away from me. It’s mine all mine buwahahaha. [...]

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6 ideas from Karen’s retro kitchen remodel — including pink terrazzo countertops!

Posted by: pam kueber • June 12, 2011

There are at least six different things I like about Karen’s kitchen Retro Renovation. #1: …

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Can 1940s kitchen cabinets mix with a 1960s refrigerator, Laura asks

Posted by: pam kueber • May 19, 2011

Laura writes in to ask a perennial question: Is it all right to mix and match mid century eras? Readers — What do you think? Laura writes:

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Jana’s cheerful yellow, red and white kitchen — a $1,268 transformation

Posted by: pam kueber • May 3, 2011

Jana has a sunny, happy story about Retro Renovating her sunny, happy yellow kitchen. My husband taught me, “Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick Any Two.” Jana had time… so she was able to finish the kitchen Good and Cheap. For $1,268, to be exact. And that includes new flooring, a vintage Sears Coldspot refrigerator, and the gorgeous 30″ vintage [...]

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Avocado kitchen sink and appliances? Heck to the yeah, say Jon & Trixi!

Posted by: pam kueber • April 27, 2011

Jon & Trixi are back, with an update on the continuing un-remodel of their 1962 kitchen. They have slowly been (1) peeling away circa-2005 disprovements and (2) replacing millenial flip-this-house crappola with vintage goodness, all in the service of (3) reveling in their kitchen’s innate avocadoness.

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Did I achieve my goal to renovate Mom’s bathroom in 7-10 days? Nope — it definitely took longer

Posted by: pam kueber • April 25, 2011

I still have several more stories to wrap up my series on remodeling my mom’s bathroom into a 1940s jewel box. But now that I’m back home and slowly recovering from the craziness, I see that the first follow-up in order is to circle round on my first post, which asked, “Could we do a bathroom renovation [...]

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Faucet, light and hardware for the black-and-white 1940s bathroom: The 7-day Gut Bathroom Renovation

Posted by: pam kueber • April 14, 2011

Working fast to buy all the basics for my mom’s impromptu gut-bathroom renovation,I first decided tile for the walls and floor…. next, chose the decorative trim tile…. and next, chose the vanity. After that, it was filling in all the “little” pieces that were, for the most part, purely decorative decisions.