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Open thread: Real-world advice to consider if you’re NEW to your OLD house and contemplating a kitchen remodel
Posted by: • April 26, 2013
So this week I made a new Retro Kitchens Page aimed at helping helping readers get started with a kitchen remodel. Importantly, it shares some of my experienced aimed in particular at folks who are NEW to their OLD house and contemplating a kitchen makeover. My kinda major focus is… take your time. I came [...]
Vintage scarf designs by Vera Neumann — available in vast numbers, at great prices, online
Posted by: • April 10, 2013
Yesterday’s breaking news post – 17 reproduction Vintage Vera scarves at Target on April 28th — is exciting. But if the Vintage Vera (lady)bug has bit you, and you don’t want to wait, good news, because there are a vast number and variety of vintage Vera scarves readily available today on Etsy, Ebay and in [...]
Breaking News: 17 reproduction Vintage Vera scarves at Target on April 28
Posted by: • April 9, 2013
Update: 17 Vintage Vera scarves are now on sale at Target in the store and online. There is no denying it — Vera Neumann is a mid century design icon — and it seems that she is gaining popularity in mainstream culture once again as many corporations have been partnering with The Vera Company to rerelease [...]
Available today: Vintage seed packet stamps
Posted by: • April 5, 2013
Plus, an excellent quick history of seed package art! We love to show postage stamps based on old illustrations — a cheap, cheerful and utilitarian way to celebrate the vintage every day. But, we are often late to the party, and by the time we get around to writing about some pretty stamps, they’re sold [...]
23 ways to frame your record album covers
Posted by: • April 1, 2013
Many Retro Renovation readers like to collect and display vintage LPs — we looked at eight ways that readers are displaying vintage album covers in this story. Hanging album art is an instant and affordable way to turn a blank wall into a swingin’ scene — as well as display your collection. The only thing [...]
Download our free April computer desktop wallpaper
Posted by: • March 31, 2013
Here’s something new for our zoo crew: Free, downloadable desktop wallpaper for your computer. Since Kate is a talented graphic designer, I asked her to look through images we posted in the past month… to decide on a goodly selection that represent the breadth of our mid mod mad world… and then to pull them [...]
Modern Art in America Stamps – gorgeous!
Posted by: • March 21, 2013
Recently, the USPS released this collection of Modern Art in America stamps — featuring work from famous American Artists from 1913-1931. Odds are — you’ve heard of at least a few of these artists — and even if you haven’t, there is a mini art lesson on every sheet. Packing 18 years of important American art [...]
