Mason jars made into a pendant chandelier — how pretty. These are in my Pottery Barn catalog, just arrived, $129 for the set of five. Or: I bet we could find tutorials online to learn how to do this ourselves – safely, of course.
Susan Schneider of Shandells in Millerton, NY, can make a lamp out of Anything. She also has an exquiste collection of ephemera, which she transforms into objects like tissue boxes, night lights, matchbooks and lampshades, of course. Above: Vintage seed calogs from the 1800s and 1900s on a wood tissue box base, trimmed in copper. $48 from Shandell’s on etsy.
“Do You Live in A Town?” Colour Me wallpaper by Mini Moderns. I love this stuff. It comes in black-and-white and you color in everything with crayons. I MUST have a room of this (foyer? powder room? office? before I die.) And you KNOW that I am so partial to anything with a house in it.
Woah, just $14.50 for this mint-in-box Scranton Showers shower curtain from petuniapie on etsy.com. Will it last past 9 a.m. Eastern once it’s shown on the blog? Sorry, West Coasters.
Here’s another Scranton curtain – same seller – same price. Musta come from the same place.
Last time I was at Ron’s he had this wonderful vintage GE electric stove… It was in pristine condition. Oh, and it had a self-cleaning oven! Woah, how I wish. If it had been white, I would have bought it for my kitchen. I think he wanted $275. If you are interested: Google Berkshire County Used Furniture, Pittsfield, Mass. and call and see if it is still there, tell ’em I sent you.
Remember when I did all those posts about Sanderson’s reissuing a bunch of vintage wallpapers — eveyone loved those swallows… Well, at the time their PR folks sent me this vintage image. It’s from 1968, all wrapped in chintz. So cool… may I will have Erica Berger replicate me in this pose with some of my vintage fabric next time we do a photo shoot? We’ll have to leave my head free, though, too freaky otherwise.
Tone-on-tone graphic red wallpaper used as a backsplash paired with aquamarine cabinets in a 1963 Frigidaire ad. Hmmm, this is giving me ideas.… Dare I go this mid mod mad?
Jonathan Adler’s retro-modern Happy Chic collection at JCP — cheap, cheerful, colorful 
White ceiling tiles 
Retro Renovation 2013 Color of the Year: Broyhill Premier Chapter One Lime Green 
Repeating architectural motifs: A hat trick example from this 1953 ranch house 
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Glamorlux Nancy says
Wow! My husband and I are 50’s “door spotters”, but we’ve never seen a tear drop door!
Maggi says
I love that stove and the door!
Abby Neumann says
Whoa! My house came with this stove in White.
Gavin Hastings says
Something in me wants to turn those teardrops on the door into exclaimation points….3 black stick-on bathtub flowers, maybe?
MidCMitzi says
Hey, wasn’t one of your readers awhile back looking for a brown stove to match her brown fridge? Or was it a brown fridge to match her brown stove? I remember because no one knew the official name for that cocoa brown color that is like this stove. Well, hope she sees this if it’s what’s she’s looking for. 🙂
MidCMitzi says
Oops, found the post–it is a fridge she’s looking for and it is a different brown. Nevertheless, beautiful stove!
Amy Hill says
I love old stove porn!
The door is tres cool. aussi!
Cindy says
Count me in as a teardrop door lover! That would look fab on my house.
You sure find interesting photos, topics, and homeowner stories for your blog. Keeps us on our toes!
Teresa T. says
Just thought I would share a blog that I found the other day that has instructions on how to make a chandelier out of mason jars. Thought it was a great idea! There are so many uses for used Mason Jars.
http://karapaslaydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/03/diy-mason-jar-chandelier.html
Marcela says
I just came back from Miami and I had a door OD…but this one…tops them all!