Just in. Couldn’t wait til tomorrow. $400. Annapolis. On Baltimore craigslist TODAY.

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From Cindy’s mid century pink bathroom, Lexington, Kentucky

When my sister Jenni (above) and I recently visited Lexington, Sumac Sue aka Judi arranged for the first stop on our neighborhood tour to be Cindy’s mid-century ranch house.

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Seems like the #1 issue for new retro renovators is: What to do with my pink bathroom? And I say: What a great problem to have! Mamie pink bathrooms — along with vintage steel kitchen cabinets and 9″x9″ vinyl tiles — are arguably my very favorite things about the era. Not that I don’t have [...]

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“Mamie Pink.” The iconic decorating color of the 50s, arguably. Ubiquitous in fashion as well as 50s bathrooms and kitchens, of course!
The mid-century trend to pink seems to have come directly and irrefutably from Mamie Eisenhower, first lady from 1953 to 1961. Pink was Mamie’s favorite color. She wore a pink gown with 2,000 pink [...]

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