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    I *collage* costume jewelry onto a vintage dress form

    Posted by: • March 23, 2012
    collaging with costume jewelry onto a dressmaker dummy

    Artsy fartsy day. Here is story that combines no fewer than five things I am currently interested in: (1) Going to estate sales where I must buy something. (2) Buying costume jewelry — preferably pins, because they usually very pretty, they usually are very  inexpensive ($1 or less) and they take up much less room, [...]

    Wallpaper frieze — 50 feet of vintage NOS

    Posted by: • March 22, 2012
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    Here at Retro Renovation, we know the word “frieze” as the highly desirable vintage fabric, usually with a sort of jacquard design woven in, that has a gold Lurex thread running through it. But, here is another definition: A wallpaper frieze is also a stretch of relatively narrow wallpaper that runs horizontally around a room usually [...]

    1,500 pairs of New Old stock vintage 1970s shoes in St. Paul, Minnesota

    Posted by: • March 20, 2012
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    Over on her blog After the Dust Clears, reader Beth stumbled upon a shoe store in St. Paul, Minnesota, that is closing and that is liquidating some 1,500 pairs of NOS shoes from the 1970s. I talked to the owner by phone last week, and he said that the store,  Williams Store at 908 University [...]

    Full Circle – Callum Cooper

    Posted by: • March 17, 2012
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    So creative, albeit dizzy! Did you jump rope as a kid? I sure did – loved it!

    Gemma Taccogna paper dolls, Burt Reynolds clothes hangers, and other odd & pretties

    Posted by: • March 15, 2012
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    I’m kind of obsessed with my living room lighting project, and with getting some geek girl stuff done with the blog, so my latest stories have not been overachiever escapades lately. Maybe next week, when things *settle down* haha. I still am lookin’ at my daily ebay, and there is always lots more to share [...]

    Reader favorites: From the March archives

    Posted by: • March 11, 2012
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    I took a trip through the archives to see what stories were popular in Marches past, and came up with these lovelies: Liz & Sarah’s 731 s.f. cottage 1940s decorating style Frances & Dave’s ’40s kitchen 24 upcycled pendant lights 28 affordable retro sofas Mad Men Barbies  

    Vintage Lightolier, you light up my life

    Posted by: • March 9, 2012
    vintage lightolier pendants from a theater

    Since I am on the hunt for sconces or for my living room, I have been looking at hundreds, if not thousands (no kidding), of lighting designs online. Old and new. But of course, I immensely prefer the vintage. Like: The six vintage Lightolier pendants that Chad just listed on ebay. Thanks, Chad for giving [...]

    Atomic clock and sign art by Stevotomic

    Posted by: • March 7, 2012
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    Palm Springs Stephan was at the Palm Spring Modern Show last month, and sent me an email crowing about the atomic clock and sign art of Stevo Cambronne — aka Stevotomic. I caught up with Stevotomic as he was driving home from the show, and he told me about his evolution from telephone installman… to [...]

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