Hillwood Estate: Historic Homes with Mid-Century Flair
Next in our series of mid century historic homes that you can visit: Hillwood Estate, with some mid mod surprises inside — like a 1950s..
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The Louis Armstrong House Museum: Historic Mid Century Homes To Visit
Second in a special series of stories spotlighting historic mid century homes across America that are open to visitors. Louis Armstrong’s home — with an..
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The 1950 House at the Shelburne Museum: Historic Mid Century Homes to Visit
First in a series of posts spotlighting mid-century house museums “The 1950 House” is a complete, original mid century home moved onto grounds of the..
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Mamie Eisenhower and “Mamie pink”: More insight from Gettysburg
HOW DID AMERICA END UP WITH 5 MILLION pink bathrooms? Credit goes to: A super-efficient military wife with sparkling blue eyes. Mamie Doud Eisenhower had..
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A 1957 Time Capsule Kitchen
THE 1957 KITCHEN from the Koravos family home in Andover, Massachusetts is the eye candy of the America’s Kitchens exhibition. Imagine original robin’s egg blue..
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The White House family kitchen: Jackie Kennedy had Geneva metal cabinets!
This photo (part of HABS collection) of the White House family kitchen is from 1992…but if you jump onto this White House Museum page, you..
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Modern Kitchen “Wife-Savers”
ACCORDING TO AMERICA’S KITCHENS, many of the things we take for granted today in our kitchens were introduced or became widely available in the 20th..
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The Gropius Kitchen
THE AMERICA’S KITCHENS EXHIBITION profiles the sleek, black and white kitchen and pantry designed by Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius for his 1938 Massachusetts home. According..
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Mid-Century Kitchen Design
THE 20th CENTURY WAS A TIME OF RADICAL CHANGE in kitchen design. As Nancy Carlisle and Melinda Nasardinov describe in America’s Kitchens, a focus on..
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Julia Child’s kitchen
Julia Child donated her kitchen to the Smithsonian in 2001. She had been in it exactly 40 years, since 1961. Here is her kitchen still..
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America’s Kitchens: Fascinating AND Entertaining
Reviewers generally don’t gush, but I can’t help myself! The America’s Kitchens publication and exhibition both nimbly cover a broad topic without bogging down, and..
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America’s Kitchens
If you are obsessed with mid-century kitchens, looking for design ideas, or interested in kitchen history, check out the book America’s Kitchens by Nancy Carlisle..
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“America’s Kitchens” exhibit in Concord, New Hampshire — retro road trip
On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the..
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Retro Roadtrips: The Varsity Drive-In in Atlanta
ELIZABETH saw the Wigwam Village post and also writes in to suggest the Varsity Drive-In in Atlanta. It claims to be the world’s largest. Click..
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Open thread: Your favorite Retro Roadtrips?
SUMMERTIME IS ON ITS WAY — and research from AAA says that in this economy, we’ll be taking a lot of road trips. Although…maybe not..
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More wacky and wonderful bedrooms from the Madonna Inn
In my initial post about the Madonna Inn – the iconic 50s motel in St. Luis Obispo, Calif. – I showed five viva Las Vegas..
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Plan a retro vacation to the amazing Madonna Inn
The Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California, provides all kinds of inspiration on how to give your bedroom some crazy retro flair. Today, I..
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The whimsical Carol Janeway midcentury modern fireplace at Field Farm
Our good friend Sue recently surprised her husband Pete with a weekend at Field Farm, a mid century home turned boutique B&B in nearby Williamstown,..
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Sleep in a wigwam — Femme1 vacations at Wigwam Village outside Mammoth Cave
Femme1 stays in Wigwam Village in Cave City, Kentucky - Mammoth Caves.
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The Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House in Temple, Texas: The house that that launched America’s love affairs with laminates
During last week’s laminate ramblings, I stumbled on this incredible 1959 house in Texas – it’s the original home of the founder of Wilsonart laminates,..
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With its googie architecture, 60s decor and rat pack lounge, La Villa Basque is the greatest retro restaurant ever
Sunday I try to feature something a little off the beaten path. So how about this… Absolutely positively the way coolest restaurant possibly ever!..
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