Mid Mod Pam on May 12 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, kitchen, pink bathrooms
Welcome to Woonsocket Trish (way fun to write that), who has questions about her new/old two-family in the beautiful state of Rhode Island:
Hi Pam,
I found your website while I was searching the web trying to find out more about our kitchen. I absolutely love what you do and enjoy reading your blog. I was [...]
Mid Mod Pam on May 11 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, Uncategorized
San Diego Amy writes:
Hi Pam,
Our kitchen is a galley kitchen about 9×9 in a small Southern CA bungalow. We just moved into our first home in November of 2007 and have been doing our best to bring as much charm back to this beauty as we can. We’re living in our construction [...]
Mid Mod Pam on May 10 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, steel kitchen cabinets
I’ve been emailing with Massachusetts Ellen for a while, about her quest to re-create her parent’s 1955 kitchen. If anyone knows of Crosley cabinets for Ellen - please comment here!
My parents had a 1955 Crosley kitchen. It was the state of the art kitchen - actually the set from the 1955 Crosley Bendix dealers’ [...]
Mid Mod Pam on May 05 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, Uncategorized
Remember Alice and her yellow Geneva kitchen in Richmond, Virginia? We’ve stayed in touch, and she sent some additional photos of her time capsule house. Here’s her update:
You see I got busy with the camera. Attached are a couple of photos of the wallpaper in the dining room of our new, old house..I love [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 26 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, cabinet hardware
St. Louis Elizabeth writes:
Dear Pam:
I wanted to alert you and forum readers to a recent find.
After the Palm Beach restorer’s comments on rechroming hardware, I decided to seek a modern, replacement pull with the right retro feel for my slab-front cabinet doors. (I’ll need ~36 and couldn’t afford vintage items at $8-12 each.)
It took [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 23 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, wallpaper
Last Saturday I invited readers to help wallpaper the world by sending in images of their favorite vintage wallpapers. We had three contributors — all wonderful examples and stories.
From Sumac Sue:
Hi. I was looking for a kitchen wallpaper that featured coffee pots, and I stumbled onto this one. I can’t imagine using it in my [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 22 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, Uncategorized
Last week I posted an urgent message about Ashley in Nashville with some beautiful Kelvinator appliances that she had to get out of her home - fast. Several intrepid retro renovators jumped to the call and Doug from Atlanta whisked up to get them from Atlanta. But hey, there’s more - so read on:
Ashley [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 17 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, dining room, kitchen, living room
Portland Amy wrote to ask about paint colors and I requested more info — so that we can all continue our 50s voyeurism. Amy writes:
Here is the story on our house; it was custom built in 1953 in Portland, Oregon. We are fortunate enough to have the original blueprints. The man who had [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 11 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, kitchen
Wow, Alice. You have a beautiful kitchen, bathrooms – and house to wrap all around them. What a classic! Readers, note that Alice is in Richmond, VA. Alice, you asked about suggestions for your kitchen, so here are a few thoughts:
How about putting a picture window with two sidelight windows (double hung) in your kitchen [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 10 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, kitchen, pink bathrooms
Sleeping Bee Alice writes:
Hello, I am a novice retrorenovator…and am loving your website.
My husband and I are leaving our modern, brand-spanking new customized kitchen for a charming 1950’s yellow Geneva kitchen in a home that we have fallen in love with. I’m having trouble thinking through the “enhancement” of the kitchen…the cabinets are in [...]
