Mid Mod Pam on Nov 15 2008 | Filed under: FAQs
As Ohio Catherine’s retro renovation continues, she has uncovered this gorgeous vintage linoleum in her ranch home - and wants to know how to clean and maintain it. To help, I turn to my trusted resource, Twentieth Century Building Materials.
Mid Mod Pam on Sep 27 2008 | Filed under: bathroom, kitchen, pink bathrooms, steel kitchen cabinets, wallpaper
I heard from Ohio Catherine recently - remember her adorable ranch…and all her Drexel furniture? Catherine has continued to work on her vintage steel Youngstown kitchen — pulling together the extra pieces she needs — as well as her pink bathroom — including checking out Bradbury & Bradbury wallpaper to go-with:
hey pam!
i got a few [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Aug 04 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes
Catherine is so young - and so sucked into the retro renovation vortex - I love it! She absolutely positively gets this month’s Ann Landers award for tenacity and decisiveness!
hey pam! i had to share with you pictures of my new drexel piece i found on craigslist for $25!!! it matches my other declaration [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 28 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, steel kitchen cabinets
On Thursday we looked at Catherine’s 1948 Ohio kitchen and bathroom. She wants decorating ideas that will bring these firmly into the modern era and to complement her growing collection of Drexel and Heywood Wakefield furniture — along with her young family’s needs. With this post, I will start with the kitchen.
This house was built [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 26 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, pink bathrooms
Sweetheart Catherine wrote me a while ago, asking for ideas for her 1948 Ohio ranch. She tells me she is already a daily reader — hurray! — and she’s also the Catherine who scanned and sent us some great Drexel brochures. So she is a Giver not just a Taker!
Catherine is fortunate to have a [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 11 2008 | Filed under: furniture
Following the “original” Drexel post (where we also met Troy of Troyland), the wonderful Catherine kindly scanned some precious vintage Drexel advertising to share with other readers. She says:
Here is one of my Drexel Declaration ads that was in the drawer of the dresser that I bought from my Great Grandmother. She had marked [...]
