The Drexel Declaration television set is to die for. There is a terrific vintage pink bathroom shower curtain. I also love the Moe bullet sconces, and there’s lots more. Note: Many of these auctions end today, so hop to. Disclosure: I belong to the ebay partner network and receive a small commission on any item you buy whenever you click into ebay
I bet a psychiatrist could take a look at my flickr favorites at any given time and issue a diagnosis. Forget inkblots, our flickr favorites are today’s new digital Rorschach test. I have 1,872 images in my favorites list — on flickr, these are photos from other people that you see and tag as ones that particularly speak to you. You can then go back and revel in them whenever you want. Great cheap fun. Back when I started on flickr, my favorites were all pretty much house interiors — below is my first-ever favorites accumulation from 2+ years ago and still there on like page 52: Heck yeah there is more →
I need this whiskey barrel furniture set bad. Very. Bad. Hey, they match my blog perfectly. Just $250 — for 11 pieces — a game table, five chairs, bar and three barstools. Isn’t that 10 pieces? Oh who cares. AAAAAAAAAARGH. Get it from: Craiglist. via RetroCoMo. And be sure to revisit this humongous set, posted two years ago, also in Missouri. I need to move to Missouri.
I have a fancy picture of this group — Retro Renovation readers who got together between my talks at the Southern Spring Home & Garden Show in Charlotte last Friday. But I like this photo better. Because you all know how we feel kind of … *unique*? Like no one quite understands our excess of enthusiasm for renovating our mid-century modern and modest homes? Well, the tribe came together for real, here. That’s us all sitting around talking about cabinets and kitchens and landscaping and trials and tribulations. Oh my, we could have gone on forever. Heck yeah there is more →
You know it had to happen — Mattel is launching a new line of Barbies replicating four of the stars of Mad Men: Betty and Don Draper, Joan Holloway & Roger Sterling. The dolls will go on sale for $74.95 in July. Watch for Season 3 of Mad Men on DVD on March 23. The company’s complete news release follows.
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