What has our Retro Tribe been up to this week, and recently? I cruised around all the midcentury house blogs listed on my blogroll, and found some inspiring stories — readers completing projects, getting crafty and generally loving the house they’re in. Above: Kate gets supa props for doing regular postings on her blog Retro Ranch Revamp. This past week: great job on (1) watching and then pouncing for GE electric cooktop on sale and then (2) installing it to replace the worn glass-top model remuddled into the space years prior. Yup: Great retro style, and impressive DIY skills including a spotlight on safety.
At Our Arts and Crafts Home, Mark and Cara are enjoying a warmer interior after Dad made them custom storm windows. It is my understanding that adding storm windows is much more cost- and environmentally-effective than replacement windows. (See our big discussion about whether to install replacement windows – including 132 comments.)- Eartha Kitsch is always a hoot and a half. I love her recent estate sale finds, which include “We Missed You at Church” cards … a granny shirt “I fell in love with its classic old lady styling,” Eartha says… and a pregnant granny figurine “You and your once more for old time’s sake,” it says. Grannies are the new hotties.
- More on church: Even the churches are MCM masterpieces in that epicenter of all MCM greatness, St. Louis. The ever-prolific Mr. Modtomic ogles the Catholic Education Center.
At Our Arts and Crafts Home, Mark and Cara are enjoying a warmer interior after Dad made them 
Peggy says
Love Kate’s Kitchen…Impressive. love the wood putty idea…that was some smart thinking…..this girl is skilled! love the cook top!
Eartha Kitsch says
Thanks Pam! I’ll take “a hoot and a half” any day! And yes…people are resisting the movement but grannies indeed ARE hot. Any day now, the hipsters will be wearing house slippers. Just you wait!
Kate says
A “supa” thanks to you Pam for featuring me on your blog! 🙂
I keep working away at the kitchen project! I was getting kinda worn out but seeing the positive feedback from you and readers on your blog gave me just the energy I need to keep on truckin’! 🙂 Stay tuned for the final results!
Mr. Modtomic says
Thanks Pam, for the link to my lil ol bloggy blog! We are blessed (aha! get it!) with some amazing religious architecture here in St. Louis county since (I believe) the area was suffused with general prosperity in the 1960s.
Patty says
I just drove by that building earlier today and was telling a friend I thought I had read it was endanger of being torn down. Good timing on your blog. Tearing it down would be a sin.
Stacey says
That pregnant granny figurine cracks me up! I had my first and only child at 41. While we planned and desperately wanted our daughter, I know how that granny feels sometimes! (Sorry if that was TMI!) Let’s hear it for the geriatric set!
pam kueber says
I was a geriatric pregnant woman, too.
Jeanne says
Kate’s been doing a great job on her kitchen. I can’t wait to see how it looks when she gets the rest of the cupboard doors on and the backsplash decision. And Leo (her dog) is a hoot!
Ann-Marie Meyers says
I love watching the doings at Retro Ranch Revamp. Their house is very near to my old place in Wisconsin, the one we sold for $140,000 fifteen years ago that is worth $300,000 now. Retro is cool in the Milwaukee area!
Kate’s kitchen is exactly like my old one, so it is fun seeing what she does with hers.
wendy says
Yay for the Catholic Education Center! It is one of my favorite buildings in St. Louis. I have been meaning to take some pictures of the cool mid century buildings around here – this gives me a little kick in the seat 🙂