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Open thread: What would you like to see at Retro Renovation this year?

pam kueber - Updated: April 13, 2020

Retro Renovation stopped publishing in 2021; these stories remain for historical information, as potential continued resources, and for archival purposes.

Do you have ideas… questions… suggestions… wants… and needs… that you’d like me to research and write about  this year?

Add your Comment — and I’ll work on it.

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  1. Dustin says

    What Robert said!

    Pictures, pictures, pictures, pictures.
    Old with new.
    Landscaping.

    🙂

  2. Joe says

    Kory Carroll
    #2- Going on a ‘Mid-Century Modern’ Vacation? Take alot of Pictures. I just Love, Love, Love the ‘Main Street USA’ type of Towns that have stood still in time. (Like My Town, Wildwood, NJ it’s very 1950’s/1960’s) I know…. I will start putting some Pics online. 🙂

    Here’s something I’ll share with the group: We’re getting married at the Wildwood DooWop Museum in October and having the after party at the Starlux. Both are prime examples of MCM in NJ. 🙂
    Do a Flickr search for Wildwood Doowop and you’ll come up with some pics.

  3. Kory Carroll says

    First of all.. I would like to wish Everyone a Happy, Healthy & a Prosperous New Year ahead!
    What I would Love to see on here is:
    #1- Alot of Pictures of Kitchens & Bathrooms (Pref Aqua & Pink ones) before and after
    #2- Going on a ‘Mid-Century Modern’ Vacation? Take alot of Pictures. I just Love, Love, Love the ‘Main Street USA’ type of Towns that have stood still in time. (Like My Town, Wildwood, NJ it’s very 1950’s/1960’s) I know…. I will start putting some Pics online. 🙂
    #3- Interesting Stories & Pictures.
    #4- I really Loved all the Retro Christmas Pictures that everyone sent in. Why can’t We leave Our Christmas decorations up all Year long!
    #5- I would Love to see on Retro Renovation a link to Retro 1950’s/1960’s Songs that We could listen to while surfing retrorenovation-com-staging.enwf9w61-liquidwebsites.com.
    Have a Kitschy New Year Kory

  4. liz says

    I love seeing the before and after pics and how other people are restoring rather than “remodeling”. Also any resources for vintage and reproduction materials is greatly appreicated. Thanks so much!!

  5. Barb Scott says

    I think a great addition would be to list shops/stores in the particular areas that we live in….you never know how far people will be willing to travel to look at and/or buy items for their homes. Ohio has some great vintage shops in the Colymbus, Cleveland, and Toledo areas, as well as some great antique malls around the state. Of course, website URLS would be welcome as well!

  6. Sarah L. says

    Since I am a furniture junkie, it stands to reason that I would love to see you feature more furniture. Also, furniture care suggestions for furniture of mid-mod vintage–you are a master at tracking down information!

    Thanks for a great year of blogging and for saving the pink bathrooms!

  7. Joe says

    I’m an interwebs junkie and I can never seem to find enough resources. Since I found this site about a month ago I seem to be checking in a couple times a day. I’d love to see more input from the readers. Trying to reverse decorate a house to before it was built isn’t an easy thing (70’s rancher going Mid-Century, one room at a time) and I would love to get ideas about the details, accessories, etc.

  8. sumacsue says

    Robert, I like that landscaping idea. I am something of an eccentric with my yard. I grew pumpkins in the front yard last summer, which looked really fun, but wasn’t really too retro, I’m guessing.

  9. Beth says

    I live in a part of the world with very few mid-century modern homes and I would like to live in one, so I would like to see some info on building your own, tenants to follow, old house plans, etc.

  10. Robert says

    1) Pictures lots of pictures. Before’s and afters. Maybe just a section of pics under categories, Kitchens, Living rooms, Exteriors, furniture etc.. No text really needed but pictures inspire.
    2) How to blend the old(Retro) with today’s styles.
    3) Landscaping and gardening, I feel that old bushes like the older Spirea variety and those dreaded Fitzers are part of Retro, so good ideas with how to add a “retro” shrub and landscape to our abodes.

    Every one have a good prosperous year.

    Kind Regards,
    Robert