Retro Renovation

In response to Friday’s post on the patriotic 40s kitchen, Josh writes:

I’m in love with that sink. Do they still make any like that?
Thanks for the question, Josh. Unfortunately, not that I know of. But, I have some recommendations:
These porcelain-enamel-on-cast-iron or steel drainboard sinks were UBIQUITOUS in the postwar period, so you [...]

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Maggie writes,
Pam..thanks for your great photos. I’m moving back to my childhood home and restoring the 1959 kitchen. I’m looking for the silver color trim ring that seals in the TURQUOISE porcelain sink! That matches the turquoise wall oven and stove-top and the white, black and turquoise design in the floor! Thank [...]

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This is quite the instant collection. Not one, not two, but…58 linen kitchen dish towels from the 60s through the 90s, including a number of calendar towels. I have a number of these, which I have picked up at estate sales, and I really love them. They get so nice and soft.

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So…I must stop buying all these great retro relics mint in their boxes! This is a great great great item, so EXCRUTIATINGLY painful as it is, I set it free into the retroblogosphere!

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Sarakay spotted today’s ebay treasure:
Hi Pam! I love reading your blog because I’m a product of the 1950’s and your pictures bring back memories. I wondered if you would be interested in this “eBay find”?

Sarakay continues:

My folks were much more traditional than atomic in their decor … actually, since we were a [...]

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I’ve been collecting a bundle of ebay listings, and several are due to expire soon, so here are lots of little obsessions to share with you:
A total of six of these neat Heywood Wakefield Woodite Trim-Line chairs are listed:

A combination, vintage Oster can opener and ice crusher, very retro with starbursts:

A vintage stationery mixer and [...]

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