1940s Archives - Retro Renovation

Retro Renovation

Remodeling, decor and home improvement for mid century and vintage homes

1940s decor — 32 pages of designs and ideas from 1944...

vintage earrings used to decorate shower curtain rods

Mom’s black-and-white vintage bathroom sparkling with vintage jewelry: Don...

black trim tile for white subway tile from home depot

Black trim for a white subway tile bathroom — The Gut Bathroom Renovation ...

1940 New Mexico dugout house FSA photograph

Color photographs of the Great Depression: Living in a dugout house, New Mexico,...

streamline 1940s dinette

1948 Streamline Moderne time capsule house, Portland, Oregon...

cottage-kitchen

Kate’s camp cottage renovation on Martha’s Vineyard...

how to create a mid century kitchen

How to design a mid century kitchen — instructions straight from 1949...

1940s chrome trim for linoleum — a 7-page Chromedge reference guide...

Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut, 1942...

Gropius House: Historic mid century homes to visit...

The Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio: Historic mid century homes to visi...

Where to find cracked ice laminate...

Ceramic towel bars, soap dishes & more from Rejuvenation...

71 kitchens, bathrooms & more in 1940s photo gallery...

Vintage style hooked rugs for your 1930s or 1940s home...

A 1948 home theater – yes, 1948...

1940s color ideas from a 1939 Kroehler guide...

Linoleum floors and countertops brighten up Dave & Frances’ 1938 kitc...

1940s decorating style...

46 years of Aladdin Home catalogs...

18 kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms from 1949...

Create a sweet pre-war bungalow kitchen...

1946 Monarch-Paramount Roaster Range...

10 pretty and affordable wallpapers for 40s or 50s bedrooms, dens and kitchens...

21 ideas for your 1940s ranch, bungalow or cape – 40s kitchens, living roo...

Hygiene was an important theme in the postwar era...

Dishmaster faucets: Dishwashing the easy way...

Stylish and sassy dames — free from kitchen toil — thanks to 1940s i...

“For incendiary sleepers” — a 1947 fireproof mattress pad...

1948: Gadgets galore for America...

Dishmaster faucets will get the whole family in the dishwashing act!...

A cheery 1945 kitchen to mark month’s end...

A vintage 1949 bathroom — simple pleasures for people who’d been thr...

40s kitchen – a sweet, patriotic 1946 kitchen to welcome dad home...

1948 was a very good year: Awesome retro kitchens and Cary Grant’s Dream H...

BE SAFE / RENOVATE SAFE!
Get informed and be aware about the environmental & safety hazards in old homes, materials and products. #1 RULE: Consult with your own properly licensed professionals. More info: See our Be Safe/Renovate page... EPA asbestos website ... EPA lead website ... U.S.F.A. – fire safety, etc.