Can I use stainless steel snap-on edging to make a curve? Not easily. Use butcher block or switch to aluminum tee molding

I just got off the phone with George from New York Metals – purveyors of the stainless steel edging to true to 40s 50s and 60s kitchen countertops.

The recent question on the table has been: How to bend my preferred “Snap-On Molding” (in photo above) for rounded edges – be they quarter-round cubbies or 180-degree/half-circle peninsula or snack bars. The news is ‘bad’ – but with solutions – George says:

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Traditional style wallpaper for your retro foyer or dining room – surround yourself in Roses

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I was so enamored of the Rose Red and Pink wallpaper in yesterday’s 1956 room, that I went hunting for modern day proxies. This “Brentwood Rose” damask pattern would look very inviting in a foyer or dining room — rooms where this kind of cheerful flamboyance would not be overwhelming because of the measured amount of time you typically spend in these spaces.

While I was e-shopping I also found some beautiful nearby colors — a veritable “berry bowl” of choices. All of these designs are all from Thibaut, whose wallpaper I really like. And they have a great website, loads of fun to play with. The other company that also impresses me, for traditional styles of high quality, is Sanderson.
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