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Captain Corus Cate’s dining room chandelier (a 1969 vintage Moe 2149)

mid century modern garage door

A midcentury modern garage door — made new for Nanette

wilsonart tropical countertop laminate

Tropical laminate from Wilsonart — “Lush Jungle”

kohler triton bathroom faucet

76 years of Kohler Triton bathroom faucets — introduced in 1941 and still going strong

sofa going off to barclay furniture holyoke massachusetts for reupholstering

Barclay Furniture of Holyoke, Mass. — in business since 1950 — gets started on my sectional

Old-fashioned corrugated fiberglass panels for roofing for porches, awnings, sheds, greenhouses — and more

fiberglass tubing

Fiberglass tubing — $14 for 14 tubes worth more than $3,000! What will I do with these pretties?

home laughlin retro dinnerware

16 patterns of new Homer Laughlin vintage- and retro-pattern china — and how to buy them retail

kitchen design after including youngstown steel kitchen cabinets

Youngstown kitchen cabinets share star billing with an O’Keefe and Merritt range in Meara’s kitchen remodel

well sized window shutters tips

Window shutters: How to choose the right size & more tips from landscape architect Ted Cleary

time capsule basement bar

1957 time capsule basement rumpus room — downstairs in the American Dream House

ceiling covering options for a home tiki bar

Open weave jute for the ceiling of my Mahalo Lounge — I find it at a great price (I think)

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