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“Don’t be afraid of color. Promise me,” says Amy ...

20 years of mid century kitchen history — in 24 favorite images

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The seven month saga of Susan’s steel kitchen (and her tip on a ...

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1964 split level time capsule – great midcentury mailbox and kit...

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73 pink kitchens – all in a new slide show

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Should Nancy paint her vintage wood cabinets?

Betty surely had a Dishmaster in her kitchen

Recreate Don & Betty Draper’s 50s Mad Men kitchen

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A Colonial-meets-Modern 1960s kitchen to make you very, very happy

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    formica-boomerang-laminate-aqua

    UPDATE (Oct 2011): Click over to –> this story to get an update on all three sources for boomerang laminate. If you are planning Formica Boomerang countertop in aqua for your kitchen renovation, you’d better order now. Alas, if you were planning the skylark (light blue) or coral, it’s already too late. Following up on [...]

    1960s quartz countertop

    Wow, does anyone know about countertops like these? Becky recently bought a time capsule and her french provincial kitchen (I’d call it) includes these countertops. Reminds me of these Fritz floor tiles. Anyone work with this back in the day who knows? Kind of, an early-days version of Silestone or the other composite-quartz countertops sold [...]

    sarahs-laminate

    Reader Sarah successfully removed a layer of more modern laminate from her yummy gold-speckled mid-century laminate beneath. She wrote about her experience — and the products she used — on her blog, Sarahs’ Blue Castle. But before you jump over there, take a look at her note to me and my comments here first –> 

    countertop-magic

    A reader wrote to ask how to bring the luster back to her vintage laminate countertops. Paste wax, maybe? To get the answer, I turned to expert Grace Jeffers. She is the writer, design historian and materials expert responsible for restoration of the Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House – including its gorgeous Mondrian-style kitchen, [...]

    orange kitchen countertop laminate

    The new crop of laminates suitable for mid-century kitchen countertops continues. Reader Jon gets snaps for spotting this new “Motion” series of laminate from Pionite. Jon writes: Hi Pam, First, I love the site. I’ve been reading it since December when I purchased my teeny tiny 1946 house (originally a summer home) on the shore [...]

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