Living the Dream

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Ramblings. I’m all psyched — or is it psycho? — about the blog these days. January was the best traffic month ever — 200,000 unique visitors… and I really loved the stories, too. I also went to a conference, the Alt Design Summit, which got me all jazzed about doing even more to turbocharge the [...]

Odd and pretty things

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Charming… odd… funny… gorgeous… sentimental… inspiring… colorful… beyond the main… stuff you can really truly use in your Retro Renovations: These are the things I look for on ebay and to showcase here for you. If you click on a link and end up buying, I make a spiff, that’s part of how I earn [...]

DIY Valentines Day candy Sweethearts® sculpture

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Changing planes on Southwest Airlines last year, I spotted this super creative — and super ambitious — DIY Valentines candy Sweethearts® sculpture at the entrance to one of the gates in Baltimore. Supersize me: This thing is like 12′ feet tall. The creator seems to be Colleen — see her name on the ‘box’ that’s pouring [...]

Flocked PBR wallpaper

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If flocked red PBR wallpaper does not make you fall out of your chair laughing, you scare me. Some more most excellent “flocked wallpaper” humor: HERE. Tip to using the ebay carousel: To go to a particular item, click on its photo (NOT on the ebay logo) — then, click on the lime green “View [...]

Dozens of New Old Stock 1960s bikinis and mono-kinis found in Salt Lake City

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On my recent tour of midcentury modern Salt Lake City with Mony Ty, we stopped a lovely downtown vintage clothing store, Misc. Boutique. That’s pronounced “Missy”, like owner Missy Baber, shown above. I did not have a lot of time to shop… I was on a fast-paced photo tour… but my ears perked right up when [...]

Bitossi Rimini Blu marble Earth

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Bitosso Rimini Blu marble Earth. The only one we have. Tread lightly. Images: Highest resolution ever images of Earth from NASA, released recently in January 2011. Follow NASA Goddard on Facebook.

New Old Stock from small town variety store

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How often do I get to feature such a lovely fuzzy creature on my homepage. LUV. Keep an eye on this ebay seller, s/he has got h/her hands on lots of New Old Stock (NOS) from an old variety story that h/she is slowly but surely getting on to ebay and into our greedy little [...]

Somewhere in Time Antiques Mall, Radliff, Kentucky — 53 photos

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I was in Kentucky last month, and while my mom went to an appointment, I speed-shopped the Somewhere in Time Antiques Mall along Highway 31W in Radcliff, Kentucky. It was super duper fun — there was lots to ogle, from all eras, at generally terrific prices. Click on through for 52 more photos from my photo shoot.