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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. Retrocat says

    I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your website. I found it by accident when I was looking for aqua appliances. I grew up in several houses that had aqua appliances in the kitchen. Although my tastes are very traditional (French antiques and ovrstuffed, skirted sofas and chairs), I am also very fond of a lot of styles from the 50s and 60s. I grew up during that period.

    I love what you and some of the readers have done in restoring the mid century modern look.

    I would love to see more before and after pictures, more furniture pictures, and more home plans and renditions from that era.

    Keep up the good work! I look forward to more interesting posts!

  2. retropink57 says

    Hi Pam

    I am totally infatuated with vintage stoves, refrigerators, chest freezers, dishwashers, washers and dryers…you name it! Any info on vintage appliances would be awesome!

    Also – I can’t get enough of readers ‘before and after’ pictures…the more the better.

    Thanks so much for all your hard work – your website is my renovating bible!

    Tammy

  3. Evan Gould says

    I would like to see more of this website! Just found you today, and instantly added you to my blogroll, and I had to write a quick post about it. I really dig this place! So, after I finish my leisurely stroll through Retro Renovation, I’ll let you know what I want to see more of. That should be sometime in early March. Thanks for the great resource.

  4. Jeanne says

    I would be happy to take some pictures soon. I wasn’t really a fan of knotty pine but am trying to embrace it. 🙂 It’s a work in progress. I think I have some good ideas, though. I live in Dearborn, Michigan.

  5. Jeanne says

    I LOVE this blog and am so glad I found it! I did a search on the Madmen kitchen and stumbled upon it.

    We downsized into a 1952 story-and-a-half bungalow that had only one owner and nothing had been updated since the kitchen (1963). It needs quite a bit of updating, and since I love mid-century modern, this blog is helping me get ideas and resources for hardware, etc. It’s also motivating to see there are many other people who are into the period!

    I’d like to see period landscaping (as others have mentioned) as that’s one of the projects we will be tackling come spring. I love lots of pictures as well.

    FYI I have a gray tile bathroom, a knotty pine upstairs (our master bedroom), a knotty pine finished basement (thinking tiki louge, here) and a kitchen that was very custom for 1963 (nutone built-in food center, Philco “galaxie” double electric oven).

    THANKS FOR THE BLOG!

    • Mid Mod Pam says

      Welcome, Jeanne, and thank you for such nice comments! I’ll email you some time in the future – we want to see pics of your place. However, I’m overloaded with reader pics I haven’t run yet…I’m particularly into running more knotty pine this year. So get your digi-cam ready, girl. And don’t hesitate to let me know if I can help with any specific wants/needs that come up. Oh, where do you live?

  6. Sara says

    Thanks for your offer to help the search for the 2000 sq.ft. ranch pam! 3-4 bdrms/2-1/2 bath, super mud room and large living room (not “great” room) 🙂 Oh, and on Bewitched I noticed a red geranium on the window sill of the kitchen from a living room shot! You’ve really got me searching. I look forward to a great retro year.

  7. Julie Rogers says

    Like many others, I love the how-to’s that you can’t get anywhere else. I don’t have any salvageable real linoleum, but I read the “how I saved our linoleum” post with rabid interest.
    I also like anything that helps us figure out how our 1955 home ought to look. Short of breaking into the octegenarian neighbors’ untouched time capsules, you’re my only hope.

  8. bsmet94 says

    I love how such good ideas on retro renovating come out in the comments sections of blog entries. But, again, more than once I’ve had a specific question that I’d love to pose to the community in general, but there’s no current thread going on that topic… take for instance “any ideas on period appropriate baseboard, door and window casing to replace the mix-mash of 50s through 90s stuff my 1950 house currently exhibits.” A general forum might be the way to go. The only downside would be potentially less comment traffic on the main blog entries.

  9. Missouri Michael says

    I would like to see some things that people have had in their family for a few generations and they are working into their homes – not just the great things that we find at different types of shops/sales that are from the post-war era. I have pieces that have been in my family for 50+ years (some of them 60+ years, or more) that I am trying to incorporate into my late 1950’s house. I always find family pieces and the stories behind them to be incredibly interesting.

  10. retroppo says

    Hi Pam, I just also wanted to add that I too would like to see more ideas for exteriors, including ideas for cladding, materials, paint colour colour schemes, etc. We have unique “mondrian” style light columns & I’d like to see more quirky, kitsch, unusual stuff also. I’m really enjoying your site so much, thanx Pam for feeding our retro souls! Michelle x
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroppo/1451145130/in/set-72157602181434312/
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