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Home / What to Collect / happiness

Karen knew that the secrets to life could be found every year at the Home Show

pam kueber - Updated: September 2, 2020

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

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Seriously burnt out. But still energized to entertain and inform. So here are four random-ish photos from my massively out-of-control photo file. Which is still in better shape than my massively-out-of-control gmail account, where scores of your emails and photo submissions scream for my attention. Above: I’m a multimedia collage artist now, too, didja know.  tee hee.  Made this for my friend, home show manager extraordinaire Karen. Kinda crooked. And smudged. But the gold metallic poodles make up for it, don’t you think.

 

 

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Brini Maxwell’s Ingrid bathroom towels are on sale, $32.50 for the threesome. They are so CUTE! Shop here. P.S. I went to nose around and saw a margarita on Brini’s site. I’m going to have one THE MOMENT I finish this!

 

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  1. Kelly says

    August 30, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    http://atlanta.craigslist.org/fuo/1303975768.html

    Here is a cool barrel bar set…I’d so buy this.

  2. sumac sue says

    June 20, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    The lady in the last photo is smiling. She has decorated her home with vines, and it looks like she is getting ready to air out some blankets. We can follow her example and be thankful for our homes and take good care of them. Home sweet home!

  3. Eucritta says

    June 20, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    I had some experience (when it was new) with a similar all-in-one — same era, much the same in appearance but in avocado with a slightly sloped dish-drainer alongside the sink. Tip: wait for the stovetop to cool down all the way before you wash the dishes!

  4. Happy Daze says

    June 19, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    2 Comments:
    1- That kitchen is amazing. It would be great in a garage apartment or small office space.

    2- Regarding the last photo, we are so quick to forget how much the American standard of living increased from the 1920s to the 1950s. While many people would consider my grandmother’s 1951 ranch to be a pretty plain house, it’s quite luxurious to the small 3-room house she grew up in. She must have been quite proud to own a house with a bathroom and a real kitchen.

  5. Clarity says

    June 19, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    I really like that stool and I don’t even drink!

    It’s quaint and witty at the same time.

  6. St. Christopher says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    When I first looked at the Orange and Brown kitchenette I thought that where they had removed the tile on the left was actually a glass block wall made of glass blocks the same shape and size as the tile. How cool would that be?!?!

    • pam kueber says

      June 19, 2009 at 4:38 pm

      Chris, I think that would be a very cool idea indeed, maybe with the glass blocks scribed in kind of randomly. some therapy for a carpenter or DIY-er though! But definitely very very cool….hmmmm….

  7. Elizabeth Mary says

    June 19, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    My first apartment in NYC in the 60’s had a kitchen like that all-in-one. And, it had doors that closed it off and on the door was a drop down cutting board. That was the extent of the work surface. But, I gave dinner parties out of that kitchen, including a birthday dinner of 5 different Chinese dishes as requested by my sister. That was the last time I cooked Chinese. It was exhausting, but tasty and a big hit. I think of that kitchen often and wonder how I managed.

  8. Juju says

    June 19, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    OMG
    I adore that orange tile.

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